************************************************************** Net Happenings - From Educational CyberPlayGround ************************************************************** Date: Sat, 3 May 2003 19:51:56 -0400 (EDT) From: "David P. Dillard" <jwne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Medical information is vital. Speaking a language different than that of the health care providers who are taking care of a patient, the patient may be at a distinct disadvantage in knowing and understanding what is happening in their health situation. Web resources like the ones below, may be useful to health care providers in helping their Spanish or other non-English speaking patients and their families develop better information about the medical circumstances in which they find themselves. In the United States Spanish is particularly important because Spanish speaking citizens now constitute the largest minority in the United States. Library Services Online: South Texas Community College A Su Salud Health Information in Spanish <http://www.stcc.cc.tx.us/lrc/Library/webdirectory/asusalud.htm> Healthy Wisconsin People Your Gateway to Quality Health Information Espagnol <http://www.healthywisconsin.org/Espanol1.htm> Medical Translation Resources <http://www.state.ma.us/dph/bhqm/webresou.pdf> Foreign Language Patient Resources on the Net <http://www.crmef.org/CRMEF%20Online%20med% 20reference%20links_files/ForLangRes.htm> Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in Spanish <http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/espanoix.htm> CAPHIS Resources in Spanish for Consumer Health Information http://caphis.mlanet.org/ resources/CHISspanish.html Familydoctor.org Pamphlets in Spanish http://familydoctor.org/espanol.html Healthfinder in Espaol http://www.healthfinder.gov/espanol MEDLINEplus in Spanish http://medlineplus.gov/esp Another important aspect of working with patients whose language is non-English is to better understand as much as possible about the language of the patient. The resource links found on these web pages will help with this need: Foreign Language Database <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Linguistics/flangdatabase.html> Language Arts Lesson Plans <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/dblanguagearts.html> List of Language List Serves and Descriptions of what you'll find there <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Internet/LISTSERVS/ List_of_Language_List_Serv.html> I hope that the members of this discussion group will find these resources a healthy way to use the internet, so to speak. Sincerely, David Dillard Research Librarian david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ECP RingLeader http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html Temple University (215) 204 - 4584 jwne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ****************************************************************** LITERACY FROM HOME LANGUAGE TO THE STANDARD Why don't people vote? 50% of all Americans over 65 years old are functionally illiterate. 60% of the Urban School Children do not graduate High School of the 40% that do they are only reading at 4th grade level. Find out more about literacy and approaches to improving it. Learn how to successfully bridge from the Dialect Speakers' home language to the Standard. http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Literacy/default.asp ****************************************************************** <>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<> EDUCATIONAL CYBERPLAYGROUND http://www.edu-cyberpg.com <>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<> ADVERTISE REACH THE EDUCATION MARKET GET FREE EDUCATION VENDOR DIRECTORY LISTING http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Directory/default.asp Net Happenings,K12 Newsletters, Network Newsletters, New-list http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/index.html HOT LIST OF SCHOOLS ONLINE http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Schools/default.asp SERVICES http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/PS/Home_Products.html <>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>