¿No Comprende? Online Health Resources for English Speakers Serving Spanish Speaking Communities
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 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:
- Define the basics of health literacy and cultural competence
- Identify online resources for basic, medical, and internet Spanish vocabulary
- Pronounce the letters in the Spanish alphabet
- Describe criteria for evaluating health websites and evaluate online health information resources that are in Spanish
- Identify reliable online Spanish health information resources
Course Materials
- Class Notes
(11715kb,
rev: Jan 26, 2011 ) - Class Handouts (1077kb,
rev: Jan 26, 2011 )
- Class Links
- Consumer Health Resources Brochure in Spanish (217kb,
rev: Sep 23, 2010 )
- Course Powerpoint Presentation
(7665kb,
rev: Jan 26, 2011) - Practice Questions (8kb,
rev: Aug 23, 2010 )
- Practice Questions with Answers (19kb,
rev: Aug 23, 2010 )
- Bibliography (12kb,
rev: Aug 23, 2010 )
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
Midcontinental Region
Barbara Jones, Network Membership and Missouri Liaison, 
jonesbarb@health.missouri.edu, 
1(573)884-5042
Middle Atlantic Region
Lydia Collins, Consumer Health Coordinator, lydia@pitt.edu, 
412-624-1515, 412-624-1411
New England Region
Michelle Eberle, Consumer Health Information Coordinator, 1(508)856-2435
Pacific Northwest Region
Gail Kouame, Public Health Outreach Coordinator, 1(206)221-3449
Pacific Southwest Region
Kay Deeney, Educational Services Coordinator, 1(310)825-5389, 1(310)206-0525
Kelli Ham, Consumer Health and Technology Coordinator, 1(310)825-5389, 1(310)825-1984
South Central Region
Karen Vargas, Outreach and Evaluation Coordinator, karen.vargas@exch.library.tmc.edu, 1(713)799-7198
Southeastern Atlantic Region
Nancy Patterson, Community Outreach Coordinator, 1(410)706-2855
Developers
Kay Deeney is the Educational Services Coordinator for the NN/LM, Pacific
Southwest Region
Nancy Patterson
is the Community Outreach Coordinator for the NN/LM, Southeastern/Atlantic Region
Sheila Snow-Croft is the Outreach/Education Coordinator for
the NN/LM, Southeastern Atlantic Region.
