No Comprende Spanish Health Information Resources for English Speaking Librarians

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No Comprende? Spanish Health Information
Resources for English Speaking Librarians
National Network of Libraries of
Medicine MidContinental Region 800-338-7657
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No Comprende? Spanish Health Information
Resources for English Speaking Librarians
Participants will be able to... identify some
print and online resources for basic, library,
medical, and web Spanish vocabulary pronounce
the letters in the Spanish alphabet identify
the criteria for evaluating health websites
evaluate online health information resources that
are in Spanish identify reliable online Spanish
health information resources
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Agenda

• Introductions 10 minutes
• Cultural Sensitivity and Health Literacy 5
  minutes
• Spanish Language 20 minutes
• Spanish Vocabulary 45 minutes
• Evaluating Spanish websites 60 minutes
• Break 10 minutes
• Quality Health information in Spanish 80
  minutes
• Evaluation and Certificates 10minutes

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Culture Sensitivity

• Cultural sensitivity starts with becoming aware
  that we all live and function within culture of
  our own and that our identity is shaped by it,
  and then accepting the validity of others
  cultures.
• Let your patrons know that you are sincere and
  trustworthy.
• Greet them, smile, and create a non-threatening
  atmosphere.
• Remember One size does not fit all
• Be sensitive to many differences that exist
  within the same culture due to socioeconomic
  levels, place of origin, and education

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Health Literacy

• Health literacy is the ability to read,
  understand, and act on health care Information
• According to the National Adult Literacy Survey
  (NALS) 50 of Hispanic Americans have reading
  problems. You cant tell by looking.
• Take time to listen and create an atmosphere of
  trust and openness.
• For more information about Health Literacy, go to
  the National Network of Library of Medicine
  Southeastern/Atlantic Region Health Literacy
  Toolkit at http//nnlm.gov/sea/outreach/healthlitk
  it/index.html

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Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
 
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Pronunciation
 
Accent Marks
When speaking, the accent normally goes on the
second to last syllable. If there is an accent
mark in the word, the spoken accent goes on the
syllable with the accent mark. For example No
accent markaccent the 2nd to last syllable
Burrito Accent markaccent that syllable
Información
There are many exceptions to the accent rule!
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Basic Vocabulary
 
 
Spanish Flashcards http//members.tripod.com/spa
nishflashcards/ Excellent website for learning
basic Spanish vocabulary Main website is not
too pretty or well designed, but the vocabulary
pages are very good Vocabulary sets use Flash
to feature authentic audio and photos when you
move your mouse over the Spanish words Some of
the topics are the alphabet, animals, clothing,
and more
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Basic Vocabulary
 
 

• Flashcard Exchange
• http//www.flashcardexchange.com/tag/nnlm
• http//www.flashcardexchange.com/directory/1637.ht
  ml
• A free services that has over 749,000 flashcards
  from 26 languages with 14 different main
  categories of words including science and
  medicine
• Flashcards are created by the Internet community
  you can add your own flashcards and share them
  with others
• Features are interactive and extensive
• Study flashcards in a variety of orders
• Spell check with dictionaries in multiple
  languages
• Download and Import your flashcards with MS Excel
  or text
• Download your flashcards to your Palm Pilot or
  Pocket PC (paid feature)

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Basic Vocabulary

• Learn Spanish
• http//www.studyspanish.com/freesite.htm
• This is a website that has tools for
• Pronunciation,
• Grammar
• Vocabulary
• Useful links
• Medical vocabulary is
• http//www.studyspanish.com/travel/spanishhelper/m
  edical/index.htm

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Basic VocabularySymbols
 
 

• In general, Spanish symbols such as
• accents búsqueda
• upside-down question marks
• and enyes niño
• can be found in Symbols under the Insert menu.
• If you like keyboard commands, often the Control
  key works
• Accent Ctrl vowel
• Upside-down question mark CtrlShiftAlt?
• Enye Ctrl Shift n

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Basic VocabularySymbols

• Alt numbers work, too
• Alt and 160 á
• Alt and 130 é
• Alt and 161 í
• Alt and 162 ó
• Alt and 163 ú
• Alt and 164 ñ
• Alt and 168

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Library Vocabulary

• Spanish in Our Libraries
• http//www.sol-plus.net/plus/home.htm
• Ever want to know how to say I will get someone
  who speaks Spanish or Do you have a library
  card?
• SOL-Plus has a wealth of library vocabulary in
  Spanish
• Site even features
• Dewey in Spanish
• Library of Congress system in Spanish
• Bookmarks
• Signage
• And loads of other goodies!

 
 
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Library Vocabulary
 
 

• REFORMAs Library Resources
• http//www.reforma.org/libresources.html
• REFORMA is the National Association to Promote
  Library and Information Services to Latinos and
  the Spanish-Speaking
• In addition to the other resources that REFORMA
  provides such as the listserv, networking
  opportunities, and scholarships, the Library
  Resources page has a wealth of vocabulary for
  libraries and the web
• Note the Spanish for Librarians link is a large
  PDF document.

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Internet Vocabulary
 
 
Important /Common Spanish Internet Words La
búsquedasearch, generally a box next to this
word Los enlaceslink as in hyperlink
Actualizadoupdated La páginapage La Redthe
Net or Web El InternetInternet El base de
datosdatabase
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Internet Vocabulary
 
 

• Glossary of Spanish Internet Terms
• http//www.myspanish.net/internetterms.pdf
• This commercial website has an excellent list of
  the basic Internet terms that you will come
  across on a daily basis.
• Learn Spanish Internet Terms in Spanish and
  English
• http//www.lingolex.com/internet.htm
• Not beautiful, but simple, once you scroll down
  on this site, there is a more extensive list of
  Internet and computer terms in Spanish.

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Medical Vocabulary
 
 

• Polyglot Multimedia Medical Spanish Translator
• http//polyglot.topsailmultimedia.com/polyglot.htm
  l
• Interactive, side-by-side vocabulary and phrase
  listing with audio
• Dictionary English-Spanish from the Oregon
  Occupational Safety Health Division
• http//www.orosha.org/pdf/dictionary/english-spani
  sh.pdf
• 136 pages of free health and safety phrases and
  helpful vocabulary come in handy pdf format.

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Online Translators

• Babelfish and Google Translate
• http//babel.altavista.com/
• http//translate.google.com/translate_t
• Good Tools for getting the general idea
• Watch out with translation mishaps
• Dont use for critical medical information
• Dont use for translating into writing

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Vocabulary and Pronunciation Exercises
 
 
How do you pronounce neoplasma oreja muñeca refr
igerador What do those words mean? How do you
say pregnant broken leg spinal cord

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Evaluation of Online Spanish Health Information
 
 
TIPS Alphabet is almost the same Language is
similar You probably know more words than you
think. Photos or Graphics Can help you figure out
what the site is about and who it is for. Really
bad sites may have graphics of completely
unrelated topics
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Evaluation of Online Spanish Health Information
 
 

• TIPS
• The About us information about the organization
  or author is usually under
• Sobre nos
• Sobre
• Acerca de nos
• Quienes Somos?
• Acerca de Name of Organization
• If they dont have an about section or intro,
  that is a clue to the level of quality.

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Evaluation of Online Spanish Health Information
 
 
TIPS Use one of these tools to translate the
About Us section Babelfish and Google
Translate http//babel.altavista.com/ http//trans
late.google.com/translate_t Extremely helpful
but not reliable This will help you get the
gist of the Spanish words. You can translate a
word, a sentence or paragraph, or an entire site.

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Evaluation of Online Spanish Health Information
 
 

• TIPS
• There may also be an English version of the site
  you can compare.
• Look for the words inglés or English.
• Beware Spanish versions of English pages may not
  be translated well or can be much more limited
  than the English version
• Also, feel free to lead your patrons to the
  MedlinePlus Guide to Healthy Web Surfing, which
  is also in Spanish http//www.nlm.nih.gov/medline
  plus/spanish/healthywebsurfing.html

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Evaluation Criteria
 
 
Evaluation methods in black font borrowed from
Evaluating Internet Resources Factors to
Consider by Gale Dutcher, National Library of
Medicine

• Currency
• Is there a date? What does the date represent?
• Is the information up-to-date?
• Is the update frequency apparent?
• Is it static or does it change regularly?
• Is currency necessary for this type of
  information?
• Look for the word Fecha meaning date
• Remember that dates are displayed day.month.year
• Look for the word Actualizado meaning updated
• Look for the word Modificado meaning modified

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Evaluation Criteria
 
 

• Authority
• Is information available about the author?
• Who is the author?
• Is the author the original creator of the
  information?
• What are the author's credentials?
• Occupation?
• Education?
• Look to see if you recognize a name near on the
  page
• in the places you would normally see an
  authors name
• on a page in English

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Evaluation Criteria
 
 

• Affiliation
• Affiliation Publisher
• What institution is connected with this
  information?
• Does the institution exercise quality control?
• Have you ever heard of this organization?
• Run the name through babelfish
• Does the organization have an English counterpart
  or
• webpage that you could read?

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Evaluation Criteria
 
 

• Objectivity
• Is there a minimum of bias?
• Is there any apparent conflict such as
  advertising by the sponsor?
• You can identify an ad in Spanish just as well as
  in English.

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Evaluation Criteria
 
 

• Purpose
• What is the purpose of this Web site?
• This one might be difficult if they dont have an
  About Us section.

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Evaluation Criteria
 
 

• Audience
• Who is the intended audience?
• Professionals
• General Public
• From the look of the page you can probably
  determine age range
• The type of organization may give away who the
  audience is
• Graphics will come in handy for this criterion.

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Evaluation Criteria
 
 

• Accuracy
• Is the information reliable?
• Is the information free from error?
• Where does the information come from?
• Are sources cited? Can you independently verify
  the information?
• Has the information been reviewed or refereed?
• Again, this one may be difficult, so look for
  organizations or people you recognize that
  support the information on the page.
• Are they linking or do they have actual content?
  If there are only links, test them to see if they
  are still working.

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Evaluation Criteria
 
 

• Coverage
• What topics are included?
• What is the depth of exploration?
• Try to recognize cognates, words that look
  similar to English words.
• Translate header words using a dictionary or
  online translators.
• How large is the site? Number and length of pages?

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10 minute Break
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Evaluation Group Activity
 
 
What is good and/or bad about these sites?

http//www.redmedica.com.mx/ http//www.mediweb.c
om.mx/ http//www.tuotromedico.com/ http//www.m
ipediatra.com.mx/
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Online Health Resources
 
 

• MEDLINEplus en español
• http//medlineplus.gov/spanish/
• Consumer Health Information in Spanish
• Health Topicsover 600 Health Topics in Spanish
  with links to great information including
  Hispanic-American Health
• Can toggle from English to Spanish and back
• Medical Encyclopedia
• Drug information
• Low literacy health information tutorials with
  audio
• News

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Online Health Resources
 
 

• http//pubmed.gov
• Professional medical information
• To see articles in Spanish click on
• Limits Language Spanish
• Generally abstracts are in English
• For full-text articles in Spanish, contact your
  nearest medical library for document delivery
  options

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Online Health Resources
 
 

• Locating Spanish Language Health Information on
  the World Wide Web
• http//nnlm.gov/outreach/consumer/chspanish.html
• Websites in Spanish
• Abstracts written in English
• Organized Associations, Foundations,
  Organizations, Government agencies, local and
  regional resources
• Note helpful for English speaking librarians,
  but not for Spanish speaking patrons

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Online Health Resources
 
 

• http//toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/espanol/index.html
• Information about health associated with chemical
  substances and different locations in towns and
  cities
• Learn about possible chemical hazards present in
  different locations in a town or a city
• Unfortunately, the graphic portion of the site is
  not in Spanish yet

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Online Health Resources
 
 

• Cancer.gov
• http//www.cancer.gov/espanol/
• Tons of information on cancer for professionals
  and consumers
• Beginning cancer tutorial
• Publications on different kinds of cancer

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Online Health Resources
 
 

• AIDSinfo en español (SIDA)
• http//aidsinfo.nih.gov/other/links_sp.asp
• Online glossary of AIDS terms
• Search for clinical trials
• Search the drug database
• CDC brochures
• aidsinfonet.org
• http//www.aidsinfonet.org/topics.php?categoryne
  wLanges
• Site funded by NLMs SIS and created in New
  Mexico
• Has resources and printouts of lots of AIDS
  information in Spanish divided into various
  categories such as prevention, nutrition, and
  medicines.

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Online Health Resources
 
 

• healthfinder
• http//www.healthfinder.gov/espanol/
• Many health topics in Spanish. Similar to
  MedlinePlus health topics, but fewer articles per
  topic. Very easy to use

• Salud y Seguridad
• http//www.usa.gov/gobiernousa/Salud-Nutricion-Seg
  uridad/Salud.shtml
• Huge list of health and safety websites from the
  federal government
• More than 80 links all in Spanish (with English
  titles shown as well!)

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Online Health Resources
 
 

• CDC en español
• http//www.cdc.gov/spanish/
• Public health topics such as obesity,
  vaccinations, the flu, pre-natal care, diabetes,
  and more
• current public health news, general topics,
  specific groups, and links to other reliable
  sites in Spanish.

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Online Health Resources
 
 

• Pan American Health Organization
• http//www.paho.org/default_spa.htm
• Features
• News and public information from other countries
• Data
• Health Topics
• BIREME Virtual Health Library
• Bookstore and more

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Online Health Resources
 
 

• World Health Organization
• http//www.who.int/es/
• United Nations specialized agency for health
• Features
• Health statistics for different countries
  (Países)
• Health topics (usually in English)
• Individual pages toggle

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Online Health Resources Exercises
 
 

• A Latino patron who speaks little English wants
  to know the side-effects of a drug his doctor
  recommended for his son. Where can he find side
  effects on Guaifenesina? For your own
  curiousity, what is a brand name for this drug in
  English?
• Your patrons grandmother was just diagnosed with
  cervical cancer. She would like basic
  information in Spanish on cancer that she can
  print out and bring to her grandmother.
• An international student is doing a paper on a
  public health topic on his home, Costa Rica.
  Where can he find general information to help
  narrow his topic?

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Other Resources
 
 

• http//familydoctor.org/online/famdoces/home.html
• From the American Academy of Family Physicians
• Created as patient education handouts
• Health topicscontent and links
• Toggles between English and Spanish

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Other Resources
 
 

• NOAH New York Online Access to Health
• http//www.noah-health.org/
• Links selected by librarians and health
  professionals in New York
• Health Topics in English and Spanish
• Partnership of a number of New York libraries
• Limited toggle-ability

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Other Resources
 
 

• KidsHealth
• http//www.kidshealth.org/parent/en_espanol/index.
  html
• http//www.kidshealth.org/kid/en_espanol/
• http//www.kidshealth.org/teen/en_espanol/
• Different pages for Parents, Kids, and Teens on
  health information topics relevant to each group
• Information and links in Spanish, but navigation
  is in English
• Nemours Foundation

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Other Resources
 
 

• American Diabetes Association
• http//www.diabetes.org/espanol/default.jsp?WTLPro
  moHEADER_espanolvms159465616194
• Tons of information on diabetes and some
  specifically for Latinos
• No toggle-ability. Spanish site is entirely in
  Spanish
• National Diabetes Education Program
• http//ndep.nih.gov/campaigns/PasoaPaso/Paso_a_Pas
  o.htm
• a federally funded program sponsored by NIH CDC
  
• Has educational brochures, fact sheets, and
  publications in Spanish

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Other Resources
 
 

• NN/LM Consumer Health Information in Many
  Languages
• http//nnlm.gov/outreach/consumer/multi.html
• Resources including Cultural Competency
  Resources, Multilingual health information,
  Specific Languages including Spanish, and
  Glossaries by Language.

• AdCouncils Healthy Lifestyles
• http//www.adcouncil.org/default.aspx?id399
• Ads encouraging healthy lifestyles in English and
  Spanish

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Other ways to Practice

• Practice with a native speaker
• Restaurants
• Church
• Social Gathering
• Local Spanish Club
• Websites, audio tapes, etc.
• Rosetta Stone (expensive though)

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Pair ExerciseReference Interview
 
 

• Break up into pairs
• One of you be the librarian
• The other be the patron
• The patron asks the librarian a question (in
  English)
• The librarian must find the answer/resource in
  Spanish
• Use the resources given in the class and in your
  handout to find the answers
• Switch roles and repeat

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Thank You! Muchas Gracias! Please fill out your
evaluations Contact Us at www.nnlm.gov/mcr Or
800-338-7657
 
 

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Bibliography

• Centers for Disease Control. Sabemos Por
  respeto-Aquí no se fuma.http//www.cdc.gov/tobacc
  o/secondhand_smoke/sabemos/english/Sabemos_Tips.pd
  f.
• Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc. Health
  Literacy Fact Sheets, 1-9. http//www.chcs.org/us
  r_doc/Health_Literacy_Fact_Sheets.pdf
• Developing Culturally Sensitive Programs for the
  Latino Community A needs based assessment.
  http//www.espnational.org/2006NationalMeeting/Cul
  turallySensativeProgramsForLatinoAdrieRoberts.ppt
  264,27,Impact Statements