Multi-Language Health History Forms
The Multi-Language Health History Project began as an initiative of the University
of the Pacific Dental School (UOP) to address the needs of patients and dentists
that do not speak the same language. This diversity in ethnicity, culture and
language enriches our lives, but it also adds a challenge to communicating
important health information that is needed for the safe provision of dental
care.
The University of the Pacific Dental School has translated a thorough health
history form into 21 different languages. The health history was translated,
keeping the same question numbering sequence. Thereby, a dentist who speaks
English and is caring for a patient who doesn’t, can ask the patient
to complete the health history in his or her own language. The dentist then
compares the English health history to the patient’s translated health
history, scanning the translated version for “yes” responses. When
a “yes” is found, the dentist is able to look at the question number
and match it to the question number on the English version.
Go to http://dental.pacific.edu/ and click on “Dental Professional” for
the health history forms.
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