[lg policy] bibitem: Limited English Proficient Asian Americans: Threshold Language Policy and Access to Mental Health Treatment

[Kathryn Howard]

  Holy Cow: Does the deficit-laden term 'limited English proficient' 
still make it through the editorial process?!

Kathy

On 11/28/10 1:32 PM, Harold Schiffman wrote:
> Limited English Proficient Asian Americans: Threshold Language Policy
> and Access to Mental Health Treatment
>
>
> References and further reading may be available for this article. To
> view references and further reading you must purchase this article.
>
> Lonnie R Snowden Ph.Da, Mary C Masland Ph.Db, Carol J Pengc,
> Corresponding Author Contact Information, E-mail The Corresponding
> Author, Christine Wei-Mien Lou M.S.Wd and Neal T Wallace Ph.De
>
> a School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, United States
>
> b Center for Mental Health Services Research, University of
> California, Berkeley, United States
>
> c University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
>
> d School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, United States
>
> e Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University, United States
> Received 31 March 2010;
> revised 2 October 2010;
> accepted 18 October 2010.
> Available online 18 November 2010.
>
> Abstract
>
> The importance of providing timely, effective mental health services
> is increasingly recognized worldwide, and language barriers are a
> formidable obstacle to achieving this objective. Threshold language
> policy is one response implemented by California and other states
> within the U.S., in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act
> of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color,
> and national origin in programs receiving federal funding. This policy
> mandates language assistance services for Medicaid enrollees whose
> primary language is other than English once their population size
> reaches a designated level.
>
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-- 
Kathryn M. Howard, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Language and Literacy in Education
Graduate School of Education
University of Pennsylvania

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