Health Information in Haitian Creole and
Provider Guidance on RHIN
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Tuesday
afternoon, January 12, 2010, close to the nation's capital of Port-au-Prince.
In the coming weeks and months, communications with individuals and communities
affected by the earthquake, including those in the Haitian Diaspora within the
United States, will be looking for health information in Haitian Creole, the
predominant language of Haiti.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, half a million people born in Haiti live
in the United States, with New York, Florida, and the Washington, D.C.
metropolitan area, including Maryland and Virginia, among the larger
communities. Since the earthquake, RHIN has received an increasing number of
requests for materials in Haitian Creole. Through this new RHIN page, access to
these materials will be streamlined. If you have produced, or know of materials
that you do not find in our database, or have links to materials from our
trusted partners, please contact us at info@rhin.org.
FOR A LIST OF ALL MATERIALS AVAILABLE ON RHIN IN HAITIAN CREOLE,
CLICK HERE. To search for a specific topic, click MODIFY SEARCH from the search results
page.
Free Resources for Those Responding to Haiti Earthquake
http://www.creighton.edu/health/library/
Creighton University Health Sciences Library/Learning Resource Center
Cultural and Clinical Care for Haitians
Jesse M. Colin, PhD, RN
(see attachment).
Haiti: Facts Important to Disaster Response and Recovery
Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
(see attachment).
Tip Sheet on Haitian Culture
State University of New York, New Paltz Institute for Disaster Mental Health
(see attachment).
Emergency Access Initiative
http://eai.nlm.nih.gov
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), in partnership with members of the
Professional & Scholarly Publishing division of the Association of American
Publishers and other publishers announce the availability of free full-text
articles from over 200 biomedical journals and over 30 reference books for
libraries and hospitals affected by the earthquake in Haiti. The collection is
also intended for healthcare personnel responding to the disaster.
Haitian Cultural Backgrounder
http://www.cookross.com/docs/haiti.pdf
Cook Ross Library
Learn more about Haiti's culture, history, beliefs, and healthcare information.
Feel free to post to other lists.
Haitian Orphan Parolee Screening Recommendations
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2/1/10
(see attachment).
Haiti Adoptive Parents Fact Sheet
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1/26/10
(see attachment).
