Alejandra Zapien Hidalgo

Interests

Teaching

Health Disparities, Language Access, Border Health, Minority Health.

Courses

Scholarly Contributions

Chapters

• Zapien Hidalgo, A. (2024).

  17 - Dedicated Medical Spanish Courses and Crosslinguistic Healthcare Communication Skills

  . In The Handbook of Language in Public Health and Healthcare(p. 560). Wiley Blackwell.
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  An interdisciplinary overview of theory, history, and leading research in the fieldWith a joint linguistic and medical perspective, The Handbook of Language in Public Health and Healthcare explores innovative approaches for improving clinical education, clinician-patient communication, assessment, and mass communication. Contributions by a diverse panel of experts address a wide range of key topics, including language concordance in clinical care, medical interpreting, the role of language as a social determinant of health, reaching linguistically diverse audiences during public health crises, assessing clinician language skills, and more.Organized into five parts, the Handbook covers the theory, history, and context of linguistics, language interpretation and translation, language concordance, medical language education pedagogy, and mass communication of health information with linguistically diverse populations. Throughout the text, detailed chapters present solutions and strategies with the potential to improve the health and healthcare of linguistically diverse populations worldwide.In an increasingly multilingual, global society, language has become a critical area of interest for advancing public health and healthcare. The Handbook of Language in Public Health and Healthcare:Helps professionals integrate language-appropriate communication in healthcare settingsAddresses clinician-patient communication, assessment, research, and mass public health communicationOffers key theoretical insights that inform the intersection of language, public health, and healthcareHighlights how various approaches in the field of linguistics have enriched public health and healthcare practicesThe Handbook of Language in Public Health and Healthcare is essential reading for undergraduate, postgraduate, and professional students of applied linguistics, health communication, and medicine. It is also an invaluable reference for language educators, clinicians, medical educators, linguists, health policy experts, and researchers.

Journals/Publications

• Zapien Hidalgo, A., Ortega, P., Shin, T., Aleman, M., & Martinez, G. (2022). Recognizing and Dismantling Raciolinguistic Hierarchies in Latinx Health. AMA Journal of Ethics, 24(4), 296-304. doi:10.1001/amajethics.2022.296.

Presentations

• Zapien Hidalgo, A. (2014, February). The Role of Medical Interpreters in the Medical Setting.. Global Health Conference- College of Medicine-Tucson. Tucson, Arizona: College of Medicine-Tucson.

Poster Presentations

• Zapien Hidalgo, A., & El-Khayat, Y. (2020, January). A Clinical Bilingual Medical Spanish Program: Successful outcomes and added value for developing culturally competent physicians. Building the Next Generation of Academic Physicians conference. College of Medicine- Phoenix.