Ou Jia (Emilie) Wang
Emilie Wang is a medical student at UBC. She is passionate about improving health equity through community-driven work. She loves reading and teaching English to children through regular tutoring, and she founded the UBC Vaccine Literacy Club in 2021. Since then, she has been working on various vaccine and health literacy initiatives, often in direct consultation with the communities that these projects intend to serve.
Multilingual Vaccine Literacy Picture Books for Families
This project shares a vaccine literacy picture book that has been co-created and co-translated into nine languages with newcomer women, who share authorship. We previously held community storytime readings with the Pacific Immigrant Resources Society, and newcomer women shared these books with their social networks and communities. We aim to circulate these multilingual vaccine literacy picture books to pediatric hospitals and other relevant community organizations across Canada, in hopes of supporting more culturally responsive, family-oriented conversations surrounding vaccinations for families.
About this Project
Communities Served
My project will involve and/or impact the following communities:
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
When it comes to community impact projects, the UN has created 17 Sustainable Development Goals. These are the Sustainable Development Goals associated with my project.
How the project works
Picture books can share health information while reducing linguistic barriers. We share basic immunology concepts in an engaging format across nine languages. The books support conversations within families, and when circulated in hospital libraries, offer an optional gentle starting point for discussions about immunizations with healthcare providers.
Project Impact
We hope to distribute the multilingual vaccine literacy picture books to over a dozen pediatric hospitals across Canada, and additional books to healthcare centres or non-profit organizations serving rural areas.
Project Mission
We aim to improve access to clear, culturally responsive vaccine information for families from diverse backgrounds. Vaccine hesitancy is shaped by complex, intersecting factors, including upstream social determinants of health. By bridging gaps in health communication, we aim to support families in making informed decisions.
Project Team
A small team of dedicated student volunteers supporting outreach and distribution through the UBC Vaccine Literacy Club.
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