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Implementation of Language Assessments for Staff Interpreters in Community Health Centers
- Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 24, Number 3, August 2013
- pp. 1002-1009
- 10.1353/hpu.2013.0149
- Article
- Additional Information
Bilingual staff is used to provide interpreter services in community health centers. Little is known about the language proficiency of dual-role staff interpreters. Golden Valley Health Centers implemented a formal language assessment program to improve the number of qualified dual-role staff interpreters and ultimately improve the quality of patient care.