Addressing Language Barriers Through New Media March 22, 2011 A
recent blog post talked about AIDSinfo, the National Library of
Medicine's online resource recently released as a mobile app. At
the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority
Health (OMH) we have another useful new media tool -- a
translation widget (English-Spanish) of common HIV/AIDS-related
terminology. Limited English language skills can hamper an
individual's access to health information and services. But the
language barrier can also be a burden for some English-speaking
health professionals who provide care and resources to speakers
of other languages. The HIV/AIDS Prevention Bilingual Glossary
(HPBG) was designed with this idea in mind -- to provide
linguistic support to people and organizations working with the
Latino/Hispanic community in the U.S., a group that experiences
higher rates of HIV/AIDS compared to the general population.
Launched last year after a two-year collaborative effort between
partner groups, the gl