What's Ne

• IMMIGRANT WOMEN'S HEALTH MATTERS!
  Advocacy Day is schedule for Monday, May 12, 2010.

Click here to register and click on the logo below for the save the date flyer.

 

• A New Resource Guide from the Education Fund of FPA
  Promoting and Strengthening Cultural and Linguistic Competency: A Resource Guide for Family Planning Providers
  In this resource you will find a short but reliable list of professionals and organizations in the area of medical interpretation; document translation; language skills assessment (for bilingual staff); cultural competence and information regarding telephonic interpreting services. This resource was produced for Family planning providers in New York State. For a copy of the guide click here.

• A New Policy Brief from the Education Fund of FPA
  Medicaid Coverage of Plan B® Over-the-Counter: New York State’s Experience
  New York significantly expanded access to emergency contraception when it agreed to cover Plan B® over-the-counter (OTC) through Medicaid beginning February 1, 2007. New York is one of the few states in which Medicaid covers the nonprescription Plan B® product without requiring a fiscal order from a health practitioner. This brief examines the impact this policy has had on the provision of EC and calls for the continuation of the policy and increased efforts to inform recipients, pharmacists and health care providers about Medicaid coverage for the Plan B® OTC product. For a copy of the brief click here.
  
  
• Health Care Providers from Across the Country Seek to Improve Services for Clients with Limited English
  

  To help meet the health care needs of the five million New Yorkers who speak a language other than English at home, the Education Fund of Family Planning Advocates of New York State held a cultural competency assessment training for health care providers. The event attracted providers from across the country, who worked with Family Planning Advocates staff and nationally recognized experts to assess compliance with Title VI Civil Rights legislation for language access.To learn more click here.

• Policies Needed to Improve Language Access to Healthcare
  More than 20 percent of New York’s population is foreign-born and 2 million New Yorkers speak little or no English. Language and cultural barriers prevent many New Yorkers from receiving needed healthcare. On February 13, members of the legislature, immigrant women and representatives of health organizations will unveil a policy brief containing recommendations for improving language access across the country. Click here to learn more.