A website was created through a collaboration of the 3 large health systems
and the Children's Hospital in Columbus, OH. Hundreds of low literacy
materials in 10 languages are available. The materials have gone through
rigorous testing and all materials are copyright free. 
www.healthinfotranslations.com

Sandy

Sandra Cornett, RN, Ph.D.
Director, AHEC Clear Health Communication Program
Office of Outreach & Engagement
The Ohio State University College of Medicine 
052 Meiling Hall
370 W. 9th Ave.
Columbus, OH 43210
P: 614-688-3327 (Tues/Thurs)
F: 614-292-5364
sandy.cornett at osumc.edu
http://medicine.osu.edu/ahec/4977.cfm
"In the world of the future, the new illiterate will be the 
person who has not learned how to learn." 
Alvin Toffler, futurist & author
Future Shock, The Third Wave, & Powershift

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From: healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Julie McKinney
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 9:23 AM
To: healthliteracy at nifl.gov
Subject: [HealthLiteracy 1770] Wednesday Question: Transfer of HL
skillsfromhome language to English/multilingual resources

Kathleen and others,

Here are some ideas for collections of multilingual resources that are
tested. I'd love to hear from others about more!

The Health & Literacy Special Collection
(click on "Multilingual Resources" for a list of sites updated in 2006)
http://healthliteracy.worlded.org/ 

Healthy Roads Media
(in itself catalogued by language and topic)
www.healthyroadsmedia.org 

Culture Health and Literacy
(this link brings you to the language index where you can look up brochures
and sites w/ health info, not updated since 2000, but it is catalogued by
language)
http://healthliteracy.worlded.org/docs/culture/indices_language.html

All the best,
Julie


Julie McKinney
Discussion List Moderator
World Education/NCSALL
jmckinney at worlded.org


>>> "Horton, Kathleen" <KHorton at vdh.state.vt.us> 02/13/08 4:10 PM >>>

Julie,
This is a bit off the topic of your question, but you mention that there is a
lot of good translated health material out there. I wonder if anyone knows a
good catalog of materials by topic and language.
Kathleen

Kathleen Horton
Design & Marketing Coordinator
Vermont Department of Health
108 Cherry Street
PO Box 70
Burlington, VT 05402-0070
(802) 951-5154
khorton at vdh.state.vt.us



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> Sent: 	Wednesday, February 13, 2008 3:18 PM

> To: 	healthliteracy at nifl.gov

> Subject: 	[HealthLiteracy 1766] Wednesday Question: Transfer of HL

skillsfrom home language	to English

> 

> Hi Everyone,

> 

> Thanks for sharing all the information about translation standards. It got

me to wondering about transfer of health literacy skills from one language to
the next. If people have access to good quality health education materials in
their home language, can that result in more effective communication, health
learning and behavior change in the U.S. system?

> 

> There are more and more good health materials available in a range of

languages these days. Do these indeed help people stay healthier, even if
they get most of their health care in English? Of course it is one of many
factors, but I wonder what people think about this.

> 

> Has anyone studied it? Have any ESOL teachers out there done activities

where students look for information (content-based, like health) in their own
language, and check their comprehension and ability to discuss the content in
English?

> 

> Let us know what you think,

> Julie

> 

> 

> 

> Julie McKinney

> Discussion List Moderator

> World Education/NCSALL

> jmckinney at worlded.org

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