Development of an ESL curriculum to educate Chinese immigrants about hepatitis B.
Chinese immigrants to North America have substantially higher rates of chronic hepatitis B infection than the general population. One area for strategic development in the field of health education is the design and evaluation of English-as-a-Second language (ESL) curricula. The theoretical perspective of the Health Behavior Framework, results from a community-based survey of Chinese Canadian immigrants with limited English proficiency, and findings from focus groups of ESL instructors as well as Chinese ESL students were used to develop a hepatitis B ESL educational module. This research was conducted in Vancouver, BC. Survey data showed that less than three-fifths of the respondents had been tested for hepatitis B, and documented some important hepatitis B knowledge deficits. Further, only about one-quarter had ever received a physician recommendation for hepatitis B serologic testing. The ESL curriculum aims to both promote hepatitis B testing and improve knowledge, and includes seven different ESL exercises: Warm-up, vocabulary cards, information-gap, video, jigsaw, guided discussion, and problem/advice cards. Our quantitative and qualitative methods for curriculum development could be replicated for other health education topics and in other limited English speaking populations.
Taylor
Victoria M
VM
Cancer Prevention Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue North (M3-B232), Seattle, WA 98109, USA. vtaylor@fhcrc.org
Coronado
Gloria
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Acorda
Elizabeth
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Teh
Chong
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Tu
Shin-Ping
SP
Yasui
Yutaka
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Bastani
Roshan
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Hislop
T Gregory
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001213:Asian; D002170:Canada; D002681:China; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003479:Curriculum; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006509:Hepatitis B; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged