Reports from the field: Engaging learners as interpreters for developing health messages — designing the ‘Familias Sin Plomo’ English as a Second Language curriculum project

Global Health Promotion

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 53-58

  Handley, Margaret A ^a   Santos, Maricel G ^b   McClelland, Jeff ^c  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Oakland Adult School   (United States)

Author keywords

community based participatory research; English as a Second Language (ESL); health communication; lead

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MOTHER; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; LEAD POISONING; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75549086771     PISSN: 17579759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757975909339773     Document Type: Article

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