I am a community developer working with the mulitcultural advisory
committee with the Vancouver Richmond Health Board. And I too would be
very interested in hearing about multicultural resources that people
have developed....what about if we start compiling any known health
resource lists that are current?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Currie
> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 1998 6:10 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: Canadian Health Resources
>
> Edmonton has a "cultural broker" program with women from 7 cultural
> communites providing health education and support for immigrant
> families.
> Part of their role has been to translate and culturally adapt health
> information. Infant car seat safety, nutrition, birth control,and
> prenatal
> health are only some of the materials completed. I would be very
> interested
> in partnering and sharing.
> Leeann Currie
> Coordinator of the Culturally Responsive Perinatal Care and Family
> Support
> Program
> Edmonton Alberta
>
> ----------
> > From: Sao Ricardo <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Canadian Health Resources
> > Date: Wednesday, September 09, 1998 11:06 AM
> >
> > Hi Pratima,
> >
> > > I would like to know about existing health resources in Canada
> > > that are available in different languages.  I would liek to focus
> > > on resources for people from different cultures for whom english
> may
> > > be a second language.
> > > I am the coordinator of the Cultural Health Information &
> > > Interpreting Service (Nova Scotia) where one of many goals is to
> > > partner with health organizations and produce health resources in
> > > different languages and using culturally appropriate language.
> > > I would appreciate any suggestions that you may have about topics
> > > that urgently need to be covered, and also samples that we could
> use
> > > as guides in developing resources for Nova Scotia.
> > If you you're interested in the articles at http://www.bodywise.net,
> let
> us
> > know how we could work together.
> > --
> > Sincerely,
> > Sao Ricardo, Publisher
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