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Family Voices Wants to Hear from Families Whose Preferred Language is Not English

We recently received word about these essential surveys to help families for whom English is not their first language. We encourage you to share these with any families you know.

Here are the details from Family Voices in English:

“Family Voices is working with the Office of Minority Health to learn more about language access services for families of children with special healthcare needs. This project’s goal is to improve the quality and use of language access services in the healthcare setting for families whose preferred language is not English. To do that, we have developed a survey in different languages to learn about the barriers or challenges experienced by these families in the healthcare setting.

Please help us by sharing this survey with families in your community. Our goal is for families to complete the survey by August 8th, 2023. Thank you for supporting Family Voices and the families in your community who will benefit from equitable language access in the healthcare setting.”

En Español:

“Family Voices está trabajando con la Oficina de Salud de las Minorías para obtener más información sobre los servicios de acceso al idioma para familias de niños con necesidades médicas especiales. El objetivo de este proyecto es mejorar la calidad y el uso de los servicios de acceso al lenguaje en el entorno de los servicios médicos para las familias cuyo idioma preferido no es el inglés. Por eso, hemos desarrollado una encuesta en diferentes idiomas para conocer las barreras o retos que experimentan estas familias en los servicios médicos.

Ayúdenos compartiendo esta encuesta con las familias de su comunidad. Nuestro objetivo es que las familias completen la encuesta antes del 8 de agosto 2023. Gracias por su apoyo a Family Voices y a las familias de su comunidad que se beneficiarán del acceso equitativo al idioma en los servicios médicos.”

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