English as a Second Language Health Literacy Program

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

17 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-05-20

Study Completion Date

2021-09-15

Brief Summary

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This research is using a Community-Based Participatory Action Research (CBPAR) approach to design, implement, and evaluate English as a Second Language health literacy classes for Hispanic adults to reduce lead exposure.

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Detailed Description

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This Community-Based Participatory Action Research (CBPAR) aims to:

1. Develop a community-based participatory English as a Second Language (ESL) health literacy curriculum for lead exposure that can be used in other locations or programs.
2. Determine the outcomes of the curriculum, including changes in knowledge about lead, access to health resources, and health behavioral changes to reduce lead exposure.
3. To evaluate the implementation of the ESL health literacy curriculum.

This research focuses on ESL health literacy classes provided to Hispanic adults to reduce lead exposure. This research will use a pilot test with a pre-post test design. The program will last for 8 weeks; with weeks 1 and 8 as the assessment weeks. The curriculum uses pedagogies that move participants from health literacy as functional skill to health literacy as social practice where knowledge is used for empowerment and meaningful change. The goals of this research are to demonstrate increased health literacy knowledge, improved health behaviors, increased access to health services, and improved English language proficiency for Hispanic residents of Flint in relation to lead exposure prevention.

Conditions

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Health Literacy Language

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

A pilot trial will be used: study participants will be registered and placed into the program on a first-come, first-served basis. This will result in a study assessing correlation rather than causation.

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Investigator

Study Groups

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ESL Health Literacy Classes

The program will last 8 weeks with classes held online during evening hours. The curriculum will focus on using pedagogies for health literacy as a practice. Assessments will be administered pre-post intervention.

Group Type OTHER

ESL Health Literacy Classes

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The intervention will last 8-weeks, and the first and last classes will be devoted to survey assessments. Participants will be asked to reflect on their health knowledge and behaviors, and how they have changed since starting the program. The curriculum administered during the classes will use pedagogies for health literacy as a practice. It will focus on skills needed to learn about lead exposure in the ESL classroom: (1) vocabulary; (2) grammar; and (3) identifying risk factors, symptoms and preventive strategies. A focus on health literacy as practice will include personal engagement using language in context: (1) role-play interactions about lead exposure prevention; (2) discussing views about risk, and how to talk about it with peers and family members; (3) identifying sources of reliable health information; and (4) learning to ask for support and resources.

Interventions

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ESL Health Literacy Classes

The intervention will last 8-weeks, and the first and last classes will be devoted to survey assessments. Participants will be asked to reflect on their health knowledge and behaviors, and how they have changed since starting the program. The curriculum administered during the classes will use pedagogies for health literacy as a practice. It will focus on skills needed to learn about lead exposure in the ESL classroom: (1) vocabulary; (2) grammar; and (3) identifying risk factors, symptoms and preventive strategies. A focus on health literacy as practice will include personal engagement using language in context: (1) role-play interactions about lead exposure prevention; (2) discussing views about risk, and how to talk about it with peers and family members; (3) identifying sources of reliable health information; and (4) learning to ask for support and resources.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Hispanic immigrants living in or around Flint.
* Native speakers of Spanish, with varying degrees of English fluency and literacy.
* 18 years old and older.

Exclusion Criteria

* Immigrants from other linguistic backgrounds will be excluded at this time because all program materials will be bilingually available in English and Spanish.
* Children will be excluded at this time because we are focusing on ESL health literacy for adults.

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

100 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes