¿No Comprende? Spanish Health Information Resources for English Speaking Librarians
Abstract
Do you have a growing Latino population in your community? Do you need to quickly find health information in Spanish but don’t know where to look? Are the only words in your Spanish vocabulary burrito and gracias? If you answered yes to these questions, then this is the class for you. This 4-hour hands-on class will cover resources for learning basic, library, medical, and Internet Spanish vocabulary. You will also learn to evaluate and identify health websites in Spanish to which you can direct your patrons.
Objectives
Participants will be able to...
- Identify print and online resources for basic, library, medical, and web Spanish vocabulary.
- Pronounce the letters in the Spanish alphabet and type special Spanish characters like accent marks.
- Identify the criteria for evaluating health websites.
- Evaluate online health information resources that are in Spanish. Identify reliable online Spanish health information resources.
Course Materials
- Class Manual
(860kb,
rev: Jan 29, 2008 ) - Course Powerpoint Presentation
(1476kb,
rev: Oct 24, 2008) - Practice Questions
(rev:
Jan 29, 2008) - Practice Questions with Answers ( rev:
Jan 29, 2008)
- Consumer Health Resources Brochure in Spanish (103kb,
rev: Jan 29, 2008
Continuing Education
- This course has been approved for 4 hours of Medical Library Association Continuing Education Units.
- This course has also been approved for Level I or II of the Consumer Health Information Specialist Program
Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, Community Outreach Liaison, siobhan@creighton.edu, 402-280-4156
Barbara Jones, Network Membership and Missouri Liaison, jonesbarb@health.missouri.edu, 573-884-5042
Arpita Bose, Acting Associate Director; Outreach and Communications Coordinator, arpita.bose@med.nyu.edu, 212-263-4176
Michelle Eberle, Consumer Health Information Coordinator, Michelle.Eberle@umassmed.edu, 508-856-2435
Maryanne Blake, Outreach/Evaluation Coordinator, blakema@u.washington.edu, 206-221-3405
Gail Kouame, Consumer Health Coordinator, gmarie@u.washington.edu, 206-221-3449
Alan Carr, Outreach Coordinator, acarr@library.ucla.edu, 310-825-7263
Kay Deeney, Education Coordinator, kdeeney@library.ucla.edu, 310-206-0525
Kelli Ham, Consumer Health Coordinator, kkham@library.ucla.edu, 310-825-1984
Karen Vargas, Consumer Health Outreach Coordinator, karen.vargas@exch.library.tmc.edu, 713-799-7198
Mandy Bayer Meloy, Community Outreach Coordinator, mbayerme@hshsl.umaryland.edu, 410-706-2855
Sheila Snow-Croft, Outreach Education Coordinator, ssnowcro@hshsl.umaryland.edu, 410-706-2855
Developers
Kay Deeney, MLS, AHIP is the Education Coordinator for the NN/LM Pacific
Southwest Region.
Sheila Snow-Croft is the Outreach/Education Coordinator for
the NN/LM Southeastern Atlantic Region.
