Project

MATCHeN, more language, more support – dissemination and promotion of a database by means of workshops and a knowledge video

Code
BOF/MVF/202103/008
Duration
01 May 2021 → 30 April 2022
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Humanities
    • Language studies not elsewhere classified
    • Sociolinguistics
    • Translation and interpretation sciences
Keywords
multilingualism COVID-19 communication support health care
 
Project description

This project aims at a broad dissemination of the MATCHeN-database by means of a comprehensive communication campaign and by means of workshops. The database, which has been developed within the MATCHeN-project, supports health workers in their communication with non-Dutch-speaking clients by offering information in a multilingual way in more than 100 languages and for different themes (COVID-19, potty training, medication, sexual health). The workshops that will be organised in this project, aim at getting the health care sector acquainted with the MATCHeN database. In addition, they aim to guarantee that health care workers learn to input information themselves, which safeguards the continuity of the database.