title: Meeting the linguistic needs of urban communities.
abstract: In a collaborative effort to address the linguistic disparities within communities, an urban public university, school of nursing (SON), and a certified home healthcare (HHC) agency partnered in an Influenza Initiative. Undergraduate nursing students provided individual health screenings, education, and materials on the importance of influenza vaccination. In order to address the linguistic needs of the New York City (NYC) residents the nursing students, many of who were bilingual, served as translators for non-English speaking Spanish, Chinese, Russian, and Ukraine NYC residents.
authors.affiliation: Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, Hunter College, 425 East 25th Street, Mailbox #888, New York, NY 10010, USA. jap@hunter.cuny.edu
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aponte
mesh_terms: D003144:Communication Barriers; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D054521:Cultural Competency; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D018574:Home Care Agencies / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs / Q000458:organization & administration; D007252:Influenza Vaccines; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D016294:Models, Nursing; D019303:Multilingualism; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009519:New York City; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012579:Schools, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D014495:Universities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019037:Urban Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*
chemical_list: D007252:Influenza Vaccines