Opinions from ESL instructors and students about curricula on hepatitis B for use in immigrant communities.
Opinions from ESL instructors and students about curricula on hepatitis B for use in immigrant communities.
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ESL 教师和学生对移民社区使用的乙型肝炎课程的意见。
DOI：
10.1080/08858190802039151
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2008
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Thompson,Beti
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Coronado,GloriaD;Taylor,VictoriaM;Hislop,TGregory;Teh,Chong;Acorda,Elizabeth;Do,HHoai;Chen,Hueifang;Thompson,Beti
背景。与非西班牙裔白人相比，加拿大的中国移民患乙肝的风险高得不成比例。乙型肝炎是北美亚洲移民中导致肝细胞癌的主要原因。英语作为第二语言（ESL）课程是接触新移民的有效途径，也是传递健康信息的潜在渠道。使用来自ESL教师和学生的6个焦点小组的数据，我们描述了在ESL教室中成功使用的活动和传递乙肝信息的策略的看法。教师和学生普遍报告说，侧重于口语和听力技能的活动以及与学生日常生活相关的内容在课堂上是成功的。教师通常避免使用不相关或难以理解的材料。焦点小组参与者提出了在ESL课堂上传播乙肝信息的策略；这些策略包括处理症状和预防，而不是针对特定的人群亚群，以避免污名化。这些发现可能有助于开发针对移民人群的ESL课程。
Background. Chinese immigrants in Canada have a disproportionately high risk for hepatitis B compared with non-Hispanic Whites. Hepatitis B is the leading cause of hepatocellular carcinoma among Asian immigrants to North America. English-as-a-second-language (ESL) classes are an effective way of reaching newly immigrated individuals and are a potential channel for delivering health messages.Methods. Using data from 6 focus groups among ESL instructors and students, we characterized perceptions about activities that are successfully used in ESL classrooms and strategies for delivering hepatitis B information.Results. Instructors and students generally reported that activities that focused on speaking and listening skills and that addressed content relevant to students’ daily lives were successful in the classroom. Instructors generally avoided material that was irrelevant or too difficult to understand. Focus group participants offered strategies for delivering hepatitis B information in ESL classrooms; these strategies included addressing symptoms and prevention and not singling out a specific population subgroup to avoid stigmatization.Conclusions. These findings might assist efforts to develop ESL curricula that target immigrant populations.