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ventanilla de salud

English translation: Health Windows (office)

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Spanish term or phrase:ventanilla de salud
English translation:Health Windows (office)
Entered by: Fernando Tognis

18:59 Dec 7, 2014
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Human Resources
Spanish term or phrase: ventanilla de salud
Estoy traduciendo un CV donde aparece el término. Supongo que esta persona se refiere a atención al público en temas que refieren a salud, pero igualmente necesitaría sugerencias para la traducción. Gracias.

2012 VENTANILLA DE SALUD DEL CONSULADO MEXICANO.
Fernando Tognis
Argentina
Local time: 05:00
Health Windows (office)
Explanation:
Believe it or not, this is what they call it.
"Ventanillas de Salud (Health Windows) was created by the Mexican Consulate as a collaboration between government and private organizations to eliminate barriers to healthcare in New York City’s growing Mexican American population."

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Note added at 14 hrs (2014-12-08 09:20:57 GMT)
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"Ventanilla" refers to the office (or desk) that acts as the interface with the public of (usually official or govt) entities.
CF: "ventanilla única"...

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Note added at 14 hrs (2014-12-08 09:22:08 GMT)
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http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventanilla_única
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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 10:00
Grading comment
Muchas gracias a todos.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +1Public Health Booth
Francois Boye
5Health Referral
Henry Hinds
4 +1Health Windows (office)
neilmac


  

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Public Health Booth


Explanation:
http://ventanilladesalud.org/

Francois Boye
United States
Local time: 04:00
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Maybe "advisory desk" would give a clearer idea of what it does.
6 mins
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Health Referral


Explanation:
Lo que hacen es brindar información al público al respecto, pero se trata de salud en general, no específicamente salud pública.

Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 02:00
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 298
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Health Windows (office)


Explanation:
Believe it or not, this is what they call it.
"Ventanillas de Salud (Health Windows) was created by the Mexican Consulate as a collaboration between government and private organizations to eliminate barriers to healthcare in New York City’s growing Mexican American population."

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Note added at 14 hrs (2014-12-08 09:20:57 GMT)
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"Ventanilla" refers to the office (or desk) that acts as the interface with the public of (usually official or govt) entities.
CF: "ventanilla única"...

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Note added at 14 hrs (2014-12-08 09:22:08 GMT)
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http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventanilla_única

neilmac
Spain
Local time: 10:00
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 103
Grading comment
Muchas gracias a todos.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  patinba: It is officially known as the Health Window Program, see for example www.stlukesonline.org/cancer_care/docs/health_window.pdf
5 hrs
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