| Translations
In our effort to alleviate problems faced by non-English speaking patients at our Health Care institutions we realise the need to develop translations of various materials already existent in English. This page provides information on various efforts along these lines and Guidelines on how to prepare Health Care materials for multi lingual environs.
One out of every five Californians - over six million people - does not speak English well and to manage the billingual needs of People in California's and America's Patients it is important to develop communication materials in Spanish Languages.
Ten Principles for Developing Effective Spanish Health Written Materials
Linguistic and cultural barriers represent a serious threat to the quality of and access to
health care services, with serious consequences to patients’ health conditions and
functioning of health care services.Cultural adaptation of written materials is necessary because of the role of translated materials in the communicative process and interaction between health care service providers and patients. The authors propose that all material originally written in English should go through a process of cultural adaptation as opposed to translation, in order to better suit the needs and characteristics of the Latino population regarding health care.
Bridging the Communication Gap: Provider to Patient Written Communication Across Language and Cultural Barriers
The purpose of this paper is development of an evaluation framework based on research and a theoretical foundation. The development of a two-section instrument to assess the cultural adequacy of health related written material, either developed in Spanish or written in English and translated into Spanish, to be used with Latinos in the USA. Recommendations for the use of the instrument.
Development of an Instrument to Test the Cultural Adequacy of Health Related Written Material for Latinos in the USA
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