Translation of COPD brochures in Asian Languages - Mandarin
Overview
Organization: Breathe California of the Bay Area, Golden Gate, & Central Coast
Start Date: 10/2021
End Date: Ongoing
Primary Goal: Goal 1: Empower people with COPD, their families, and caregivers to recognize and reduce the burden of COPD.
Secondary Goal(s):
Objective(s):
- Increase public awareness of the risk factors and symptoms of COPD so that earlier diagnosis of symptomatic individuals becomes the norm
- Increase the effectiveness and variety of outreach communication campaigns and activities that utilize evidence-based approaches to raise awareness of COPD, particularly among those at high risk, and help people diagnosed with COPD manage the disease
- Expand opportunities to increase COPD awareness across the public-private spectrum
Collaboration: We worked alone
Activity Type: Patient education, Material or product
Activity Description
Breathe CA educates vulnerable communities, such as Vietnamese, Chinese, and Hispanic, through culturally-tailored efforts, working with established community partners, such as senior centers and ethnic-focused community-based organizations, engaging families and caregivers, and providing resources that are translated from English into other languages to reach these diverse communities. The process of translating materials will take a couple of months of planning. Beginning with recruiting volunteer translators, then pilot translation to community members, revise the translated material, select printing, and disseminate to high risk populations such as seniors.Audience
General Audience: Patients, Caregivers or family members, At-risk populations, General public, Health professionals, Employers
Focused Audience: Hispanic/Latino, Asian or Pacific Islander, Men, Women
Program Reach: Regional, Local: San Francisco Bay Area: West
Type of Area: Urban, Suburban, Rural
Setting: Community, Home, Online
Cost and Funding Sources
The cost of this activity will be roughly $2,500 on staff funding and a fraction on printing cost with 2-3 volunteer translators.Impact Analysis
Many of the senior centers we are partnered with have high population of Asian language speakers like Mandarin and Vietnamese. Providing resources that are translated from English into Asian languages will help us reach these diverse communities and increase awareness of COPD.Advice or Lessons Learned
Quarterly timing changed for some activities due to COVID-19, taking longer to develop in new formats and harder to reach everyone, partners, and clients. Pivot to distance learning format and socially distancing efforts to distribute materials to reach target audience.Related Links
Contact Information
Breathe California of the Bay Area, Golden Gate, & Central Coast
CEO
San Jose
California