“Language justice shifts the responsibility from the person to the system.”

Author Maya I. Ragavan shares best practices for including people who use languages other than English in research. She highlights how language justice can be a barrier to achieving health equity and exacerbates health disparities in these populations. The six core pillars required to achieve language justice are expounded upon in this episode.

This episode references the article “⁠Applying a Language Justice Framework in Research: A Step Toward Achieving Health Equity⁠” by Tran Doan, Gabriela Lopez-Zeron, Guillermo Prado., and Maya I. Ragavan.