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.

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招聘和培训多语种家庭治疗师：COAMFTE 认可的婚姻和家庭治疗项目网站的内容分析

在美国英语能力有限 (LEP) 社区中，语言需求和偏好为获得优质医疗保健造成了重大障碍，并导致身心健康差距不断扩大。为了减轻这些障碍，招募和培训新一代语言多样化的提供者至关重要，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对多语种 MFT 的招募和培训承诺。研究样本包括所有当前认可的项目（N = 122）并包括编码是否存在（a）对多文化和语言知识培训的明确承诺，（b）专业的多语言培训和支持，以及（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，但语言响应培训并非如此。