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Bilingual Proficiency Among California's Health Care Professionals [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Explores the policy options for encouraging and measuring second-language competence among healthcare providers in ...
Catherine Dower
core  

Screening for Social Determinants of Health in Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Point‐of‐Care Feasibility Study

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Social determinants of health (SDoH) can impact outcomes but are not routinely screened for in US outpatient rheumatology clinics. This study determined the feasibility of routine point‐of‐care SDoH screening among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and associated barriers and facilitators at the physician, care team, and ...
S. Sam Lim   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interfacing Language Research with Policy

open access: yesNordic Journal of African Studies, 2000
This paper addresses the interaction between language research and the formulation of language policy in the education sector of Malawi. It is widely agreed in the literature of language planning that research (i.e.
Gregory H. Kamwendo
doaj   +1 more source

Language Policy and Language Repression: The Case of Spanish Basques and Mexican Americans [PDF]

open access: yes, 1993
This paper presents the argument that there are many similarities between the linguistic and cultural repression experienced by Basques in Spain and Mexican Americans in the United States.
Faltis, Deborah
core   +1 more source

Equity - some theory and its policy implications [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
This essay seeks to characterise the essential features of an equitable health care system in terms of the classical Aristotelian concepts of horizontal and vertical equity, the common (but ill-defined) language of “need” and the economic notion of cost ...
Culyer, A.J.
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Heterogeneity of Rheumatoid Arthritis‐Associated Interstitial Lung Disease by Longitudinal Forced Vital Capacity Trajectory and Associations with Disease Outcomes

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective We aimed to identify unique disease trajectories within rheumatoid arthritis‐associated interstitial lung disease (RA‐ILD) based on longitudinal forced vital capacity (FVC) values and their associated clinical outcomes. Methods We performed a cohort study of RA‐ILD within the Veterans Health Administration from 1999‐2021. RA‐ILD patients were
Bryant R. England   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Minority Language Parenting and Family Language Policy [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages
The language acquisition practices of parents and their child(ren) within a family language policy is essential to the maintenance of indigenous, heritage, and less commonly taught (minority) languages. Prefaced by a comprehensive exploration of existing
Adebimpe Adegbite
doaj  

Book Review: Language Planning and Policy in the Pacific, Vol. 1: Fiji, The Philippines and Vanuatu by Richard B. Baldauf, Jr. and Robert B. Kaplan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
RICHARD B. BALDAUF JR. AND ROBERT B. KAPLAN (Eds.). Language Planning and Policy in the Pacific, Vol. 1: Fiji, The Philippines and Vanuatu. Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters Ltd., 2006. pp. 239. Hb £ 34.95.
Shrestha, Prithvi
core   +1 more source

The Economic Burden of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries: Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective The aim of this systematic review was to synthesise the economic impact of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on households, health systems, and society in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). Methods Electronic databases such as PubMed, Web of Science, and CINAHL were searched using keywords related to RA and cost of illness.
Tadesse Gebrye   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Neighbours Communicate: The Role of Language in Border Relations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This paper reports on a study of the linguistic situation in the border region where Norway meets Russia in the north. The aim of the study was to investigate language use when contact is revitalised after a long period with closed borders. The Norwegian
Olsen, Sonni
core   +1 more source

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