Communication Difficulties Between One Agricultural Worker and Her Doctors

Communication Difficulties Between One Agricultural Worker and Her Doctors

An agricultural worker who was struggling the medical concerns needed help from a promotora in order to communicate clearly with her doctors.

Trini Coronado

February 2022

Delanee Taylor

Anonymous Agricultural Worker

Agricultural Worker

Montrose County, West region 1

Trini Coronado is a promotora working in the West 1 region of Colorado, and in February, she was able to help an agricultural worker who needed a translator at her doctor appointment. She needed to be able to clearly communicate with the doctor because in her previous appointments, the doctors had not listened to her medical concerns and disregarded the symptoms that she had been feeling. This was highly frustrating for the worker because these doctors had only been checking her for one problem and then recommending that she follow-up at an emergency room instead of taking the time to ensure that they properly understood all the worker’s symptoms. Although it took some effort and patience, Trini and the agricultural worker were able to speak with this new doctor who took her concerns seriously and listened to them as they described all the worker’s symptoms. In the end, the doctor was able to order some bloodwork as well as schedule her for imaging and a follow-up appointment where they could go over the results of the tests as well as recheck her symptoms and scan for possible illnesses.