They may have difficulty finding their first job in the Canadian labour market because of lower-than-average language proficiency, unrecognized credentials, or lack of Canadian work experience, among other factors.
Therefore the differences in language proficiency and lower degree of acculturation for the Pakistani and Bangladeshi groups may be mitigated when there is language (or ethnicity) concordance.
Patients with lower education, limited health literacy, lower trust in physician and limited English language proficiency are more likely to report suboptimal SDM [ 6].
Multivariable GEE model results revealed that mothers with no formal education, high parity, who smoked tobacco, lower household income, who lacked English language proficiency, and had multiple births were all at higher odds of failing to use car seat/booster seats.
The Institute of Medicine (IOM)'s landmark report "Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care" (2002) identified that access, quality, delivery and outcomes of health care are lower for racial/ethnic minorities and those with limited language proficiency.
The European Survey on Language Competences (ESLC) was designed to collect information about the foreign language proficiency of students in the last year of lower secondary education or the second year of upper secondary education in participating European educational systems.
Patients with limited language proficiency have problems with healthcare access, comprehension, adherence and receive lower quality of care overall [ 49].
Language learners who possessed a higher level of language proficiency demonstrated a higher level of knowledge of formulaic sequences than language learners who possessed a lower level of language proficiency.
"Because of his foreign language proficiency, he brought social skills.
