Development of an ESL curriculum to educate Chinese immigrants about hepatitis B.
Development of an ESL curriculum to educate Chinese immigrants about hepatitis B.
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开发 ESL 课程，对中国移民进行乙型肝炎教育。
DOI：
10.1007/s10900-008-9084-x
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发表时间：
2008
影响因子：
5.9
通讯作者：
Hislop,TGregory
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作者：
Taylor,VictoriaM;Coronado,Gloria;Acorda,Elizabeth;Teh,Chong;Tu,Shin-Ping;Yasui,Yutaka;Bastani,Roshan;Hislop,TGregory
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.
