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

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> 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
> http://www.bodywise.net
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