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ESL Classes May Help Deliver Public Health Messages

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, February 14th, 2000

A potentially effective way for recent US immigrants to learn about heart disease prevention may be in the English-as-a-second-language (ESL) classroom environment, according to a study that focused on San Diego, California-based Latino immigrants.

"The ESL environment presents an ideal avenue for reaching immigrants and others with limited English proficiency, since people in these classes can be considered to be relatively motivated to improve both their general knowledge and their specific English language abilities," said lead author John P. Elder, PhD, MPH, of San Diego State University in California.

More than half of US minority populations...

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