Healthy Roads Media, with funding provided by Fargo Cass Public Health through the Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and funding from the Specialized Information Services Division of the National Library of Medicine, has developed a 20 topic set of emergency preparedness materials in 4 languages (English, Spanish, Somali and Bosnian) and 5 formats (handouts, audio, multimedia, web-video and iPod video). All materials are free and can be downloaded and shared widely.

Looking for a great resource for your survey work?

 

As we go to create our community poll on the Haitian community's perceptions about Mental Health - we have encountered some interesting challenges - such as how to pose demographic questions (like educational attainment) in a way that is relevant and valid across different cultures.

 

For those looking for resources on cross-national survey issues, we came across this resource and thought it might be of help to others.

 

www.ccsg.isr.umich.edu

 

Enjoy!

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From the American Journal of Psychotherapy comes an article on the cultural aspects of treating Haitian patients.