Chinese nutrition educational materials for renal patients: a 2010 update.
INSEPTEMBER 2007, we published the article ‘‘Chinese Nutrition Educational Materials for Renal Patients’’ in the Journal of Renal Nutrition, which featured the 8 nutrition handouts in Chinese that we developed for the renal program at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Since then, we have received numerous requests from dietitians and nephrologists to share our Chinese resources for educational purposes. The requests were sent from across Canada, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Mexico, and Singapore. As described in the aforementioned article, once the need to communicate specific nutrition information to the Chinese population was identified by the renal dietitians, a Chinese computer software program was used to develop the educational materials. These resources included both original and adaptations of previous patient educational materials available in English. They feature culturally appropriate food items and eating patterns, and are suitable for use by both Cantoneseand Mandarin-speaking populations. Content, accuracy, and readability of the drafts were assessed by dietitians, professional translators, and selected patients who were able to read Chinese and were familiar with the Chinese culture and cuisine.