Release Date: Aug. 1, 2016
Learners can learn about diabetes, health literacy and health insurance in Spanish or English
WOBURN—Talance, Inc., today expanded the reach of its popular courses in health education and promotion. Now, three of the most popular courses are available in Spanish as well as English: Health Literacy: A Start, Navigating Health Insurance and Diabetes and Prediabetes.
The Spanish version of the online courses feature the same interactive curriculua as their English counterparts, and are accessible from nearly any screen from talance.com. They also allow learners to ask questions and have discussions in Spanish. The courses also contain new and updated on-the-job resources available for Spanish speakers.
“Having these courses available in Spanish is a powerful tool for spreading information about these vital health topics,” says Monique Cuvelier, president and co-founder of Talance, which provides training to groups, teams and organizations across the US. Past projects from Talance include courses in Hebrew, French and English as a second language.
“Spanish is the biggest non-English language spoken in this country, and having courses available to this huge swath of the population is important.”
Health Literacy: A Start (Entendiendo la Información Sobre Salud: Primeros Pasos) offers an introduction to health literacy and why it matters, including assessment and communication skills for addressing literacy gaps.
Navigating Health Insurance (Entendiendo los Seguros Médicos) introduces the terms and concepts related to health insurance so participants can help clients get insured.
Diabetes and Prediabetes (Diabetes y Prediabetes) introduces non-clinical community and health workers to diabetes and prediabetes so they can support their clients’ management of the disease.
Talance’s ready-to-go courses take place over one week and feature expert facilitation by fluent Spanish speaking instructors. They’re designed to build healthy communities in schools, worksites, health care and community-based settings. Talance also creates custom curricula for clients who want to build their own healthy communities.
For more information on these courses and other educational materials from Talance, please visit talance.com or contact Monique Cuvelier at (888) 810-9109.