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Consumer Health Information for Asians (CHIA): a collaborative project

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Titel: Consumer Health Information for Asians (CHIA): a collaborative project
Autoren: Halsted, Deborah D, Varman, Beatriz, Sullivan, Marsha, Nguyen, Lynne
Quelle: Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA. 90(4)
Verlagsinformationen: DigitalCommons@TMC, 2003.
Publikationsjahr: 2003
Schlagwörter: Libraries, Medical, Asian Americans, Information Services/*organization & administration, Libraries, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Community-Institutional Relations, Medicine and Health Sciences, Humans, Cooperative Behavior, Program Development, Health Education, Consumer Advocacy, Information Services, Academic Medical Centers, Asian, 4. Education, 05 social sciences, Texas, Health Education/*organization & administration, 3. Good health, Needs Assessment Program Development, Academic Medical Centers/organization & administration, 0509 other social sciences, Medical/*organization & administration, Needs Assessment
Beschreibung: According to the 2000 United States Census, the Asian population in Houston, Texas, has increased more than 67% in the last ten years. To supplement an already active consumer health information program, the staff of the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library worked with community partners to bring health information to predominantly Asian neighborhoods. Brochures on health topics of concern to the Asian community were translated and placed in eight informational kiosks in Asian centers such as temples and an Asian grocery store. A press conference and a ribbon cutting ceremony were held to debut the kiosks and to introduce the Consumer Health Information for Asians (CHIA) program. Project goals for the future include digitizing the translated brochures, mounting them on the Houston HealthWays Website, and developing touch-screen kiosks. The CHIA group is investigating adding health resources in other Asian languages, as well as Spanish. Funding for this project has come from outside sources rather than from the regular library budget.
Publikationsart: Article
Dateibeschreibung: application/pdf
Sprache: English
ISSN: 1536-5050
Zugangs-URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12398246
Dokumentencode: edsair.pmid.dedup....229dcaa5e58a780d1dcbd95b2f2ed4f0
Datenbank: OpenAIRE
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Abstract:According to the 2000 United States Census, the Asian population in Houston, Texas, has increased more than 67% in the last ten years. To supplement an already active consumer health information program, the staff of the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library worked with community partners to bring health information to predominantly Asian neighborhoods. Brochures on health topics of concern to the Asian community were translated and placed in eight informational kiosks in Asian centers such as temples and an Asian grocery store. A press conference and a ribbon cutting ceremony were held to debut the kiosks and to introduce the Consumer Health Information for Asians (CHIA) program. Project goals for the future include digitizing the translated brochures, mounting them on the Houston HealthWays Website, and developing touch-screen kiosks. The CHIA group is investigating adding health resources in other Asian languages, as well as Spanish. Funding for this project has come from outside sources rather than from the regular library budget.
ISSN:15365050