Return-Path: <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h75DKo704672; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 09:20:50 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 09:20:50 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <410-22003825133436234@earthlink.net> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Debbie Yoho" <dwyoho@earthlink.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:4071] Language Poll X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: EarthLink MailBox 2003.2.92.0 (Windows) Status: O Content-Length: 1301 Lines: 38 Posted by request: The California Endowment conducted a poll on language access and use of in-language media in health. The poll, conducted by noted Spanish language pollster Sergio Bendixen, is the first ever to study the role of language barriers in health care as reported by immigrants. The poll was conducted in 11 languages and dialects, including Armenian, Cantonese, Mandarin, Cambodian, Hmong, Korean, Iranian, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog and Vietnamese. To obtain a copy of the press release and poll results, contact Catherine Black (Catherine@pacificnews.org) at 415-503-4170 or visit www.ncmonline.com/polls http://www.ncmonline.com/polls/ Executive summary: http://www.ncmonline.com/media/pdf/tce_summary.pdf Presentation of survey: http://www.ncmonline.com/media/pdf/hc_presentation.pdf Dora Johnson Research Associate National Center for ESL Literacy Education Center for Applied Linguistics 4646 40th Street, NW Washington, DC 20016 Telephone: 202-362-0700 Fax: 202-363-7204 E-mail: dora@cal.org Web site: www.cal.org/ncle Deborah W. Yoho Co-moderator, NIFL-Health Listserv President, SC Adult Literacy Educators Executive Director, Greater Columbia Literacy Council 2728 Devine Street, Columbia, SC 29205 803-765-2555 Fax 803-779-8417 dwyoho@earthlink.net
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