In the Fall and Winter months there is often a rise in respiratory viruses. This Fall (2022) there have been many RSV and flu cases requiring emergency room visits – especially for young children. Health clinics might also see more COVID cases and hospitalizations in the winter as people gather indoors and new COVID variants spread. These diseases can make young children, older adults, and other vulnerable people very sick, and overload hospitals and clinics.
RSV is a common respiratory virus that spreads every winter. Anyone can get RSV, but in 2022 we’re seeing a lot of cases in young children. For healthy adults and older children RSV can feel like a cold, with symptoms like runny nose, less appetite, coughing, and fever. But it can be a very serious illness for babies, older adults, and others.
The Seattle and King County Department of Public Health has put together an informative slide deck in eighteen languages. The deck Includes information about RSV, flu and COVID in King County, what to look for and how to prevent illness.
These slides can be shared in waiting rooms, at community centers, and in other places where people gather. Slides are available in the following languages: • አማርኛ (Amharic) • العربية (Arabic) • 简体字 (Chinese – Simplified) • 繁體字 (Chinese – Traditional) • دری (Dari) • English • Français (French) • 日本語 (Japanese) • ភាសាខ្មែរ (Khmer) • 한국어 (Korean) • KajinM̧ajeļ (Marshallese) • ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (Punjabi) • Русский (Russian) • Af Soomaali (Somali) • Español (Spanish) • Wikang Tagalog/Filipino (Tagalog/Filipino) • ትግርኛ (Tigrinya) • Українська (Ukrainian) • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
The American Health System is complicated. This fact sheet was produced to guide patients to where they can see a doctor. It describes the differences between a Primary Care Clinic, a Specialty Clinic, the Emergency Room, and In-Patient Care and when it is appropriate to use each service. The goal of this resource is to help improve health literacy for English, Spanish, Chinese, and Vietnamese speaking patients.
This 3 part video series was developed to educate Vietnamese-American men and women about colorectal cancer prevention and early detection. The videos are entirely in Vietnamese, and comes with an English companion guide (see PDF in sidebar).
The series was produced by Vietnamese Social Services of Minnesota Cancer Education Program in collaboration with community and health care partners.
Colon cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths, but it is preventable with screening. The fecal immunochemical test (FIT) is the most used stool test for colon cancer screening. These videos demonstrate how to properly use a FIT kit to collect a stool sample for colon cancer screening. They are available in Arabic, Cantonese, English, Khmer (Cambodian), Russian, Somali, Spanish and Vietnamese.
A PDF document containing QR Codes that link directly to each video is provided in the sidebar.
Demonstration: Dr. Rachel Issaka Videography: Dr. Carey Jackson Arabic Interpreter: Joseph Tawadros Cantonese & Vietnamese Interpreter: Lien T. La Khmer Interpreter: Jeniffer Huong Russian Interpreter: Oleg Gouts Somali Interpreter: Mohamed Hashi Spanish Interpreter: Araceli Gonzalez-Medel
These instructional videos were created to help explain the viral swab procedure to patients presenting with coronavirus symptoms at Harborview Medical Center. The videos were created with interpreters and hospital staff who walk the patients through the nose-swab testing, and offer post-visit information. The videos are available in 7 languages: English interpreted into Amharic, Arabic, Cantonese, Oromo, Somali, Spanish and Vietnamese.
Each video has an accompanying easy-to-scan QR code. If the patient wants to review the video once they are back home, they can scan the QR code which will automatically take them to the video on YouTube. QR code pdfs are available for download under each video, and are also found in the sidebar.
