ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses children and young people’s language brokering in health care settings. The theoretical frame for our work on child language brokers draws on sociocultural theorizing and on developmental psychology. The chapter draws on sociocultural theorizing and developmental psychology to frame conceptual and theoretical issues arising from the example of child language brokering in health care settings. Language brokering is often part of a transitional situation for migrating families. A conventional literature search was carried out using the terms “language broker,” “translator with child/children and health,” “interpreter with child/children and health,” “interpreter with child/children and medical,” “cultural broker with child/children and health,” and “immigrant child/children with broker/brokering.” Children’s involvement in health related language brokering is not confined to formal settings. The metasynthesis of research focused on child language brokering in health care settings demonstrates the scarcity of research in the area.
