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April 26, 2013
CORE Group Spring Meeting 2013CHW Session
Innovations for developing low-literacy materials to empower Community Health Workers
Hesperian Health Guides
Hesperian books have been translated into over 80 languages, and are used in 221 countries.
Where There Is No Doctor, is arguably the most widely-used public health manual in the world… a text that has meant survival for thousands in the Third World since the early 1970s.”
- World Health Organization
1. Start from people’s own experience
2. Offer practical solutions
3. Find opportunities for compassion and validation
4. Encourage participation and action in ways that do not depend on literacy, and that encourage critical thinking
Empowering community health materials…
Iconic images
Use images to convey content
Images can:• Make information accessible, represent
complex ideas visually• Illustrate processes, steps, materials,
positions of the body, etc.• Draw attention to key information
They also break up the space on the page and warm up the text
Use images to draw people in
Images can:• Make it easier for people to relate to the
information, feel that it reflects their own experiences
• Highlight feelings about a topic, provide humor where needed
• Enable a different, more personal voice than the one used in the text
• Create a sense of dialogue with the reader
What health problems may be caused by this community’s use of water?
Drawings for discussion
Technical Drawings
Dialogue drawings encourage critical thinking
Instructions for Group Work
Use the handout for detailed instructions
• Log in using the information on your handout
• Search for an image
• Place the image in your lightbox
Other Digital Tools
Trusted Health Information Online Immediate online access: The HealthWiki provides content in a flexible format — well suited for low or intermittent networks. Easy online search by topic and across multiple languages.
Download health information: Our books continue to be available for PDF download.
Multilingual Resources Content in over 30 languages.
For Mobile Phones Now in English and Spanish! Hesperian’s award-winning Safe Pregnancy and Birth app presents life-saving information using clear language, step-by step instructions, and illustrations.
More coming soon…
Sarah Shannon
Executive Director
Hesperian Health Guides
1919 Addison Street
Berkeley, CA 94704
www.hesperian.org
(510) 845-1447
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