Arabic and Cambodian Nutrition Ed Mat'ls for Diabetes

[Denise Ferguson]

Hello,

Something you may want to try while you are gathering other materials 
is to use pictures only...I will often prepare a meal pattern for 
people who either have difficulity reading, or have English as a 
second language...in both cases I use pictures...Dairy council 
cardboard models work well, or for special cultural foods pencil 
drawings or snapshots of foods from speciality grocery stores...then 
you can show say a page of grain items and put the number 2 on that 
page meaning choose 2 of these...I usually color code the food groups 
too...just like Richard Simons!!!  This really works well and pts 
seem to be able to follow their meal pattern pretty well...if someone 
is really having some problems...then set up dividers and repeat the 
color coded food group pages for each meal/snack.  This prevents the 
person from believing they can only eat the one sample meal you 
provide over and over again...

hope this helps,

denise


Date:          Tue, 16 Jun 1998 06:33:55 -0700 (PDT)
Reply-to:      phnutr-l at u.washington.edu
From:          Evette Hackman <ehackman at paul.spu.edu>
To:            "Public Health Nutrition Discussion and Information Group" <phnutr-l at u.washington.edu>
Subject:       Re: Arabic and Cambodian Nutrition Ed Mat'ls for Diabetes
X-To:          Public Health Nutrition Discussion and Information Group <phnutr-l at u.washington.edu>

I have an excellent book that I am using for two courses this fall.  There
is a huge section on Arab Americans, the best I have seen.  There are
about  o other cultures, too.  18 of them are in the book.  11 are on a 
separate disk.  The Arab-American section is about 50
pages long with lots of references.  There is a small section on pregnancy
views and practices within the whole section.  Perhaps some of the
references
will include materials.  An understanding of the culture and world view
will be very helpful to you.  I compared what the authors said with what I
could find out about the cultures and they seemed to be right on.  I
reviewed this book for the upcoming summer issue of DEP-Line.
Purnell LD and Paulanka BJ.  Transcultureal Health Care:  A culturally
competent approach. FA Davis 1998.  ISBN 0-8036-0208
Let me know how you like it.

On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, David/Deborah Boyd wrote:


> I am working w/ pregnant women in a public health clinic in

> Philadelphia.

> 

> Would appreciate any materials in Arabic concerning diabetes, tho the

> best fit would be info about nutrition in gestational diabetes in Arabic

> w/ reference to Middle Eastern food habits.  My client is from Jordan

> and in the US 2 years.

> 

> Regarding Cambodian:  I have the ADA booklet on Hmong eating habits and

> diabetes, but it is in English.  My client has gestational diabetes and

> doesn't read English.  I have materials in Cambodian concerning iron,

> diet in pregnancy and lactation, but not gestational diabetes nor

> diabetic control concepts.

> 

> Any help would be much appreciated.

> 

> Debbie Boyd, RD

> Philadelphia

> dboyd at cyberenet.net

> (w)215-246-5665

> 


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