DER Weekends: WDET’s Shustho series explores how language access affects health care for Bangladeshi women
“Detroit Evening Report Weekends” highlights stories from the WDET Newsroom about the many communities making up Detroit’s rich culture and identity.
Detroit Friendship House hosted several health education workshops for Bangladeshi women to learn about breast and cervical cancer.
On this episode of Detroit Evening Report Weekends, we listen to the first story in WDET reporter Nargis Rahman’s series Shustho.
The four-part series explores the barriers Bangladeshi women face in accessing high quality health care, and efforts to bridge those gaps.
Michigan is home to the third largest population of Bangladeshis in the U.S., most living in the metro Detroit area.
Throughout the Shustho series, Nargis explores a number of challenges that make it hard for Bangladeshi immigrants to access health care, including cultural competency within the medical profession and access to adequate insurance.
The first story is focused on language barriers. Nargis speaks with organizations advocating for Bangla-speaking patients, community members who serve as advocates, translators and educators and medical professionals working to increase awareness.
Stay tuned to DER Weekends to hear the entire four-part series in May.
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