Department of Counseling & Marital and Family Therapy, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.
Marital and Family Therapy Program, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.
J Marital Fam Ther. 2022 Apr;48(2):576-587. doi: 10.1111/jmft.12497. Epub 2021 Mar 28.
Among U. S. Limited English Proficiency (LEP) communities, language needs and preferences create significant barriers to accessing quality healthcare and contribute to growing physical and mental health disparities. To mitigate these barriers, it is critical to recruit and train a new generation of linguistically diverse providers, including marriage and family therapists (MFTs). This study examined how Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) program website content promotes a commitment to recruiting and training multilingual MFTs. The study sample consisted of all currently accredited programs (N = 122) and included coding for the presence or absence of (a) an explicit commitment to multiculturally and linguistically informed training, (b) specialized multilingual training and supports, and (c) multilingual faculty involved in training multilingual students or engaged in related scholarship. Results indicate that a majority of MFT programs are communicating a commitment to multiculturally informed training, but the same is not true of linguistically responsive training.
在美国有限英语能力（LEP）社区中，语言需求和偏好给获得高质量医疗保健造成了巨大障碍，导致身心健康差距日益扩大。为了减少这些障碍，关键是要招聘和培训新一代语言多样化的服务提供者，包括婚姻和家庭治疗师（MFT）。本研究探讨了婚姻和家庭治疗（MFT）计划网站内容如何促进招募和培训会讲多种语言的 MFT 的承诺。研究样本包括所有当前认可的项目（N=122），包括对以下内容的编码：（a）明确承诺进行多元文化和语言知情培训；（b）专门的多语言培训和支持；（c）参与培训多语言学生或从事相关奖学金的多语言教师。结果表明，大多数 MFT 项目都在传达对多元文化培训的承诺，但在语言响应培训方面则并非如此。
