RAPID: Collaborative Research: Providing useable COVID-19 health information to linguistically underserved people

该项目使用语言文档方法，探索如何将COVID-19健康相关信息有效地传达给美国语言能力不足的人群。这些社区可能无法获得以其母语提供的可靠卫生信息。研究人员可以将信息从英语翻译成其他语言，但仅靠翻译无法确保信息以文化上合适的方式呈现，从而最大限度地发挥作用。这一流行病的未来路径和可能死灰复燃仍是未知数，因此，至关重要的是要了解群体的健康观念和行为，以创造最佳做法，为这些得不到充分服务的人群编写重要的信息材料。语言学家和健康信息专家将与语言水平低下的社区合作，收集个人和群体的反思，引发语言文献项目中很少收集到的话题上的高度情绪化的相关言论。收集的语音样本可能包括罕见的词汇，成语，仪式语言，歌曲和记忆的做法，这些都是信念和激励健康行为的基础。语言面试将由第一代母语为本科生和社区成员进行。 该项目将创建：（1）用于语言文献实地工作的视频会议技术协议;（2）一个独特的关于健康和健康的跨线注释文本（个人账户，访谈，对话）语料库，可用于未来的语言研究;（3）增加对社区健康素养的理解。我们的目标是为服务不足的社区制定更广泛的健康传播信息设计最佳实践，特别是在时间敏感的情况下，就像当前快速变化的大流行病一样。文件的方法和由此产生的信息材料可以复制为美国和国际上的其他非英语群体。所有的材料，包括一个语料库的线间注释文本，将被存档，并在北德克萨斯大学数字图书馆公开访问。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过评估使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准的支持。

This project uses language documentation methodology to explore effective communication of COVID-19 health-related information to linguistically underserved populations in the US. Such communities may not have access to reliable health information in their native languages. Researchers can translate information from English into other languages, but translation alone cannot ensure information is presented in ways that are culturally appropriate and therefore maximally effective. The future path and possible resurgence of this pandemic remains unknown, so it is critical to learn about group health perceptions and behaviors in order to create best practices for developing critical informational materials for these underserved populations. Scientific investigation of languages for these populations provides the bridge between health information and cultural context.Linguists and health information experts will work with a linguistically underserved community to collect personal and group reflections, eliciting highly emotive connected speech on topics rarely collected in language documentation projects. The collected speech samples will potentially include rare vocabulary, idioms, ritual language, songs, and remembered practices that underlie beliefs and motivate health behavior. In-language interviews will be conducted by first-generation native speakers who are undergraduate students and community members. The project will create: (1) video-conferencing technology protocols for language documentation fieldwork; (2) a unique corpus of interlinear glossed texts (personal accounts, interviews, conversations) on health and wellness which can be used in future linguistic research; and (3) increased understanding of health literacy in the community. We aim to contribute to the development of broader best practices for health communication message design to underserved communities, especially during time-sensitive scenarios, as is the case with the current rapidly-changing pandemic. The documentary methods and resulting informational materials can be replicated for other non-English speaking groups within the US and internationally. All materials, including a corpus of interlinear glossed texts, will be archived and publicly-accessible at the University of North Texas Digital Library.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.