News tagged with language barriers
Research examines a growing immigrant population's self employment in the US
For a growing immigrant community in the United States, setting up shop means blending tools of the trade from home with discoveries made in the new country, and there's a strategy that's threading through an array of small ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Patient-provider language barriers linked to worse diabetes control
Patients who cannot discuss their diabetes with a doctor in their own language may have poorer health outcomes, even when interpreter services are available, according to a new study by researchers at UCSF and the Kaiser ...
Oct 06, 2010 |
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Study finds language barriers may play role in health care disparities
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) have found that individuals who do not speak English at home are less likely to receive colorectal cancer ...
Sep 28, 2010 |
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IBM Researchers Lower Language Barrier With Text Translator
IBM Researchers are helping to break the language barrier with the advent of technology dubbed "n.Fluent" -- smart software that translates text between English and 11 other languages. IBM employees use it to instantaneously ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 23, 2009 |
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Experts offer strategies for working with immigrant victims of violence (w/ Video)
Last year, the United States provided asylum and resettlement assistance for nearly 80,700 people from other countries, an increase from 71,300 individuals in 2007, according to the U.S. Committee for Refugees ...
Nov 10, 2009 |
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The eScience revolution: Creating semantic Web platforms for massive scientific collaboration
(PhysOrg.com) -- Web scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will use the World Wide Web to compile and share scientific data on an unprecedented scale. Their goal is to hasten scientific discovery ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Breaking language barriers in health care
(PhysOrg.com) -- For someone with limited English, using typed medication directions instead of hand written directions can make a huge difference in understanding medical instructions.
Sep 21, 2009 |
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