Journal article
The Online Availability of Multilingual Health Promotion Materials Produced by Local Health Departments: An Information Assessment
D Capurro, S Chaudhuri, AM Turner
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics | IOS PRESS | Published : 2015
Abstract
Objectives: Local Health Departments (LHDs) are a key source of health promotion information. For ethnically and culturally diverse communities, it becomes important to provide minorities with language appropriate health information. This project sought to assess the availability of multilingual health promotion materials on LHD websites in Washington State (WA), USA. Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study of all 34 LHD websites in WA. We collected and classified health promotion documents available to the public, specifically, whether translated versions were available. We also assessed the extent of document sharing between LHDs. Results: We identified 1,624 documents across 34 LHDs..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors wish to thank Megumu Brownstein for her assistance with document collection and classification, Kate Cole and Carmen Kwong for their assistance in manuscript preparation, and Daisye Orr for providing information regarding the H.E.R.E. project. The research reported in this publication was supported by the National Library of Medicine of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01LM010811 and the Fulbright-MECESUP Faculty Development Scholarship. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.