Nuestra Salud (Our Health)
The Northern Consortium and the Hispanic Institute for Research and Development (HIRD) have formed a partnership to implement the Nuestra Salud Project, which targets new immigrants enrolled in HIRD’s ESL classes and provides five hours of health literacy content during a 40-hour ESL course offered by HIRD. The program utilizes the “Expecting the Best” curriculum, which was designed specifically to allow ESL instructors to incorporate health and wellness topics into their existing ESL courses. Nuestra Salud is offered with HIRD ESL classes at three locations: Bergen Community College, Raritan Valley Community College, and Camden Community College.
The Nuestra Salud program is a health literacy education program for new immigrants. In partnership with the Hispanic Institute for Research and Development (HIRD), Nuestra Salud program has incorporated the Expecting the Best health literacy curriculum into English as a Second Language (ESL) courses offered at three locations: Bergen Community College, Raritan Valley Community College, and Camden Community College. The program provides learners with practical examples that are likely to occur as they encounter the NJ healthcare system by incorporating five hours of health literacy content into each 40-hour ESL course.