Monday, July 31, 2006

Providers Guide to Quality and Culture

This website is designed to assist healthcare organizations throughout the United States in providing high quality culturally competent services to multi-ethnic populations.

The Other Language Resources Web Site

Librarians are increasingly seeking multilingual online health resources to serve their diverse population of patrons. You can respond to this demand with the assistance of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine's Consumer Health Coordinators. Take a look at the recently updated Other Language Resources web site. The Other Language Resources contains resources with items in multiple languages.

The Other Language Resources web site provides links to useful health information, including the University of Utah -- Health Education Brochures in Multiple Languages. It is organized by specific languages and glossaries by languages.

Thursday, July 20, 2006

Language Barriers to Health Care in the United States

A good article in the New England Journal of Medicine about language barriers.

Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Statistical Data on Hmong Americans

This resource includes comprehensive data tables and analysis of Hmong socioeconomic, educational and demographic trends across the United States, based on data from the U.S.Census. From the Hmong Cultural and Resource Center in Saint Paul and Hmong National Development in Washington DC.

Hmong language STD prevention video and DVD

This popular video and DVD was produced by Lynn Buhmann, RN, NP and MeLee Thao, RN, PA of UW Wausau Family Medicine in 2003 with funding from the Wausau Health Foundation and Northern Wisconsin AHEC's outreach contract with the National Library of Medicine. Single copies are available for a $5.00 shipping and handling fee - please see order form.

Friday, July 14, 2006

Working with Immigrant and Refugee Populations: Issues and Hmong Case Study

There is a critical need to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate health information for immigrant and refugee populations. This article discusses the challenges related to providing health information for immigrants and refugees in the context of developing health education and health literacy programs.

Wisconsin's Hmong Population Chartbook 2000 Census

The report represents demographic data prepared by the Applied Population Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

Hmong Studies Journal Article

A great article by Dia Cha, Ph.D., titled Hmong and Lao Refugee Women: Reflections of a Hmong-American Woman Anthropologist.

Thursday, July 13, 2006

Health Crosses a Culture DVD

An 8-segment DVD developed to educate Hmong men and women about cancer prevention and early detection. It provides translated, culturally appropriate, and relevant cancer information intended to reduce cancer disparities in the Hmong population.
Free copies are available:
American Cancer Society, 903 South 17th Ave., Wausau, WI 54401
1-877-423-9128

Hmong Legal glossary

This is believed to be the first Hmong-English legal glossary in the United States. It defines more than 800 common court terms and suggests equivalent White Hmong phrases for many of them. We hope the glossary will be useful to the courts, law enforcement, social services, researchers, teachers, and state government as a resource for interpreting legal proceedings, translating forms, and training interpreters.