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These guides to patient right under the B.C. Mental Health Act, from the MHARA research team at SFU are now available in Arabic, French, Korean, Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese, Farsi and Punjabi. VANCOUVER B.C. researchers publish mental health guides in eight languages to help address ‘unmet need’
Reducing the weight of your words
University Affairs, November 8, 2019Online
URL: https://www.universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/ask-dr-editor/reducing-the-weight-of-your-words/
Biography
Iva Cheung holds a Master of Publishing degree and is an indexer, print designer, and Certified Professional Editor specializing in plain language and communication accessibility. She also holds a PhD in health sciences, with a focus on health literacy, knowledge translation, and patient-oriented research. Her health research focuses on improving the way rights information is communicated to people who are involuntarily hospitalized under BC’s Mental Health Act. She has worked with patient partners and a clinical nurse educator to develop, test, and implement new plain-language rights-information materials, which can be found at bcmentalhealthrights.ca.