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- Title
Training Contact Tracers for Populations With Limited English Proficiency During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
- Authors
Maleki, Pegah; Al Mudaris, Mutaz; Oo, Kuang K.; Dawson-Hahn, Elizabeth
- Abstract
The authors discuss training contract tracers for the COVID-19 pandemic to deal with populations that have limited proficiency in English. Topics include working with interpreters, using community leaders as assets, cross-cultural communication, and providing resources and equipment needed by contact tracers.
- Subjects
CONTACT tracing; COVID-19 pandemic; NEEDS assessment; ENGLISH as a foreign language; NON-English speaking people; PROFESSIONAL employee training; PUBLIC health; HEALTH facility translating services; COMMUNICATION barriers; IMMIGRANTS
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2021, Vol 111, Issue 1, p20
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2020.306029