Five ways to improve care for immigrant children at the practice level:
1. Provide co-located or integrated mental health, social work and legal services in addition to primary care.
2. Employ medical interpreters, either remotely or in-person, to improve communication. Qualified translators are preferable to family members, friends or children.
3. Train clinicians and staff to work with language services. Test bilingual providers’ language skills before allowing them to work without interpreters.
4. Develop culturally specific competencies such as immigrant health, global health and travel medicine.
5. Screen patients for social determinants of health.
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