{"product_id":"2940148878643","title":"The Inclusion of Language-Minority Populations in National Studies: Challenges and Opportunities","description":"In August 2000, President Clinton issued an Executive Order requiring all federally\u003cbr\u003eassisted programs to provide access for persons with limited English proficiency. This\u003cbr\u003eorder highlighted the need to consider language issues in the design and execution of\u003cbr\u003efederal, state and local service programs. Concurrently, it stimulated awareness of the\u003cbr\u003eneed for scientifically reliable data on the prevalence of English proficiency and the\u003cbr\u003esteps needed to overcome existing barriers to collecting such information.\u003cbr\u003eIndividuals in the United States who do not speak English well (referred to\u003cbr\u003eas language-minority individuals) represent a major challenge for health and social\u003cbr\u003eservice agencies, educators, policy planners, and researchers. Although only about\u003cbr\u003e3 percent of the U.S. population aged 5 and over speak English poorly or not at\u003cbr\u003eall, the proportion varies substantially by age, nativity, education, and other factors.\u003cbr\u003eDemographers and other social scientists usually use large-scale household surveys,\u003cbr\u003ebased on probability sampling, to collect data that accurately represent the characteristics\u003cbr\u003eof the U.S. population as a whole. Most surveys limit their interviewing to English or\u003cbr\u003eEnglish and Spanish, and respondents must have a relatively high level of proficiency\u003cbr\u003ein that language.\u003cbr\u003eIf, as expected, the proportion of language-minority individuals in the population\u003cbr\u003eincreases over time, the representativeness of national samples is increasingly compro-\u003cbr\u003emised. Indeed, population research based on what are purportedly nationally repre-\u003cbr\u003esentative surveys very often will overlook those immigrants likely to be the most\u003cbr\u003evulnerable. Since lack of language ability is often a barrier to accessing health care\u003cbr\u003eand other social services, the inability to speak English well may contribute to dis-\u003cbr\u003eparities in health outcomes.\u003cbr\u003eIn view of strong national commitments to (1) improving the inclusion of\u003cbr\u003eminorities in clinical trials; (2) reducing health disparities among subpopulations;\u003cbr\u003eand (3) developing cultural competence in health service delivery, researchers and\u003cbr\u003epolicy makers should give added attention to language as a potential barrier excluding\u003cbr\u003epeople from national surveys, as well as from access to health care and social services.\u003cbr\u003eTo help find ways for survey research to capture the increasing linguistic diversity of\u003cbr\u003ethe United States and hence be truly nationally representative, this report focused on\u003cbr\u003ecurrent barriers to inclusion as well as ways to enable inclusion.","brand":"ReadCycle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47111578190064,"sku":"2940148878643","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148878643_p0.jpg?v=1763709345","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148878643","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}