Studies from University of California Update Current Data on Health Insurance (Health Insurance, from a Child Language Broker’s Perspective)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest -- Researchers detail new data in Health Insurance. According to news originating from Los Angeles, California, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, "In the midst of dramatic changes to American health care law there is need to understand the challenges that vulnerable populations encounter in obtaining and managing health insurance. Research has found that child language brokers, children who mediate language and culture for their immigrant families, assist with health-related matters."

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of California, "We report on focus groups with 17 language brokers living in Central Los Angeles. In this article we detail their experiences language brokering for health insurance and their knowledge of health insurance and policies that apply to their immigrant families. We illuminate some barriers immigrant families face as well as how they navigate them."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "We conclude with policy implications, particularly in relation to making health insurance more accessible to non-English speaking and immigrant populations."

For more information on this research see: Health Insurance, from a Child Language Broker's Perspective. International Migration, 2017;55(5):31-43. International Migration can be contacted at: Wiley, 111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, NJ, USA. (Wiley-Blackwell - www.wiley.com/; International Migration - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1468-2435)

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from K. Martinez, University of California, Grad Sch Educ & Informat Studies, Los Angeles, CA 90024, United States. Additional authors for this research include M.F. Orellana, M.A. Murillo and M.A. Rodriguez (see also Health Insurance).

Keywords for this news article include: Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America, Health Insurance, University of California.

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