Karen (S’gaw Karen) Translated Materials

MDH materials translated into Karen. If you are unable to find the information you need, call the MDH general line at 651-201-5000 and ask for an interpreter.

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Anaplasmosis
Birth certificate applications
Borrelia mayonii disease
Borrelia miyamotoi disease
Cover your cough 
COVID-19
Depression or anxiety during and after pregnancy
Eastern equine encephalitis
Ehrlichiosis
Extreme heat
Facilities
Flu
Hand hygiene
Head lice
Health information
Hepatitis B
Immunizations
Infant mortality
Jamestown Canyon virus
La Crosse encephalitis (LAC)
Lead
Mental health
Lyme disease
Nutrition/WIC
Powassan virus disease
Tuberculosis (TB)
Water (drinking)
West Nile virus
Western equine encephalitis

Anaplasmosis

• Anaplasmosis Fact Sheet (PDF) - S’gaw Karen

For more information > Anaplasmosis

Birth certificate applications

• Birth Certificate Application in the Karen Language (PDF) - S’gaw Karen

For more information > Birth Certificates

Borrelia mayonii disease

• Borrelia mayonii Fact Sheet (PDF) - S’gaw Karen

For more information > Borrelia mayonii

Borrelia miyamotoi disease

• Borrelia miyamotoi Fact Sheet (PDF) - S’gaw Karen

For more information > Borrelia miyamotoi Fact Sheet

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Cover your cough

• Cover Your Cough Poster for Health Care (PDF) - S’gaw Karen

For more information > Cover Your Cough

COVID-19

COVID-19 vaccine

• COVID-19 vaccines: What teens should know video transcript (PDF) - S’gaw Karen
• What are vaccine breakthrough cases video transcript (PDF) - S’gaw Karen
• What are COVID-19 vaccine booster shots (YouTube) - S’gaw Karen
• What are COVID-19 vaccine booster shots video transcript (PDF) - S’gaw Karen
• Why are COVID 19 vaccine booster shots necessary video transcript (PDF) - S’gaw Karen
• Why should people get vaccinated for COVID-19 if we need booster shots video transcript (PDF) - S’gaw Karen
• How to hold your child during vaccination (PDF) - S’gaw Karen
• How COVID-19 vaccines are made (PDF) - S'gaw Karen
• Frequently asked questions about the COVID-19 vaccine, video (YouTube) - S’gaw Karen
• Frequently asked questions about the COVID-19 vaccine, transcript (PDF) - S’gaw Karen
• Choose health, avoid skin lightening (PDF) - S'gaw Karen
• ဒိးန့ၢ်ဘၣ် တၢ်မၤသီထီၣ်က့ၤ 2023-2024 COVID-19 ကသံၣ်ဒီသဒၢ (PDF)
  Get the updated 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccine
• Protect your child from COVID-19, transcript (PDF) - S'gaw Karen

COVID-19 testing

• When should I get tested? Symptoms, video transcript (PDF) - S’gaw Karen
• When should I get tested? Close contact, video transcript (PDF) - S’gaw Karen

COVID-19 general

• Prevent the spread of COVID-19 variants during travel (PDF) - S’gaw Karen

For more information > Videos for COVID-19 Response
For more information > Materials and Resources for Coronavirus Disease

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Depression or anxiety during and after pregnancy

• Depression or Anxiety During and After Pregnancy (PDF) - S’gaw Karen
• Postpartum Well-being Plan (PDF) - S’gaw Karen

For more information > Depression or Anxiety During and After Pregnancy Brochure and Postpartum Well-being Plan

Ehrlichiosis

• Ehrlichiosis Fact Sheet (PDF) - S’gaw Karen

For more information > Eastern Equine Encephalitis

Eastern equine encephalitis

• Eastern Equine Encephalitis Fact Sheet (PDF) - S’gaw Karen

For more information > Eastern Equine Encephalitis

Extreme heat

• Extreme Heat Tips Sheet (PDF) - S’gaw Karen

For more information > Extreme Heat Events

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Facilities

• Minnesota Patient Bill of Rights  (Hospitals) (PDF) - S’gaw Karen

For more information > Patient, Resident and Home Care Bill of Rights

Flu

• Fight the Flu bookmark - black and white (PDF) - S’gaw Karen
• Fight the Flu bookmark - color (PDF) - S’gaw Karen
• Fight the Flu poster - black and white (PDF) - S’gaw Karen
• Fight the Flu poster - color (PDF) - S’gaw Karen

For more information > Fight the Flu

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Hand hygiene

• Wash Your Hands poster (24 languages on poster) (PDF) - S’gaw Karen

For more information > Wash your hands

Head lice

• Head Lice Fact Sheet (PDF) - S’gaw Karen

For more information > Head Lice Fact Sheet

Health information

• A Guide to Your Refugee Health Assessment (PDF) - S’gaw Karen

For more information > Health Education Materials for Refugees

Hepatitis B

• Hepatitis B Information for Pregnant Women (PDF) - S'gaw_Karen

For more information > Hepatitis B Information for Pregnant Women

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Immunizations

• Can my child get free or low cost shots? (PDF) - S’gaw Karen
  For more information > Free or Low-Cost Shots for Children
• မ့ၢ်နဖိတဖၣ်အိၣ်ကတဲာ်ကတီၤသးလံဧါ. Minnesota တၢ်ဆဲးကသံၣ်ဒီသဒၢ သဲစးတၢ်သိၣ်တၢ်သီ လိၣ်ဘၣ်တၢ်မနုၤတဖၣ်လဲၣ (PDF)
  Are your kids ready and when to get vaccines, birth to 16 years

For more information, in English:
Vaccines for Infants, Children, and Adolescents
Immunization
Are Your Kids Ready? Minnesota K-12 immunization law (PDF)
Are Your Kids Ready? Child Care and Early Childhood Programs Immunization Law (PDF)

Infant mortality

• Infant Safe Sleep, quick card (PDF) - S’gaw Karen
  For more information > Sudden Unexpected Infant Death
• Tummy Time (PDF) - S'gaw Karen

For more information > Infant Mortality Reduction Initiative

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Jamestown Canyon virus

• Jamestown Canyon Virus Sheet - Karen (PDF)

For more information > About Jamestown Canyon Virus

La Crosse encephalitis (LAC)

• La Crosse Encephalitis Fact Sheet (PDF) - S’gaw Karen

For more information > About La Crosse Encephalitis

Lead

• Lead Exposure During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding (PDF) - S’gaw Karen
• Protect Children from Lead with Healthy Foods (PDF) - S’gaw Karen
• Steps to Help Lower Your Child's Blood Lead (PDF) - S’gaw Karen
• Cleaning Up Lead Dust in Your Home (PDF) - S’gaw Karen
• Simplified Cleaning Up Lead Dust in Your Home (PDF) - S’gaw Karen
• Lead in Imported Products (PDF) - S’gaw Karen
• Take-home lead: A hazard for children and adults (PDF) - S’gaw Karen
• Common Sources of Lead (PDF) - S’gaw Karen

For more information > Materials and Resources for Lead
For more information > Lead Poisoning Prevention Fact Sheets
For more information > Lead brochures order form

Lyme disease

• Lyme Disease Fact Sheet (PDF) - S’gaw Karen

For more information > About Lyme Disease

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Mental health

• WE-Check: Minnesota Well-being and Emotions Check (PDF)- S’gaw Karen

Nutrition/WIC

• Minnesota WIC Program, Your Rights and Responsibilities (PDF) - S’gaw Karen
• ကွဲမုာ်ဘၣ်နၤဆူ MINNESOTA WIC န့ၣ်လီၤ (YouTube)
  Welcome to Minnesota WIC video

For more information > WIC Program

Powassan virus disease

• Powassan Virus Disease Fact Sheet (PDF) - S’gaw Karen

For more information > About Powassan Virus Disease

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Tuberculosis (TB)

• Active TB Disease (PDF) - S’gaw Karen
  For more information > Active TB Disease
• Home Respiratory Precautions for Patients with Potentially Infectious Tuberculosis (PDF) - S’gaw Karen
  For more information > Home Respiratory Precautions for Patients with Potentially Infectious Tuberculosis>
• Instruction for Collecting Sputum for TB (Tuberculosis) (PDF) - S’gaw Karen
  For more information > Instructions for Collecting Sputum for TB (Tuberculosis)
• TB Contact Investigations (PDF) - S’gaw Karen
  For more information > TB Contact Investigations
• The TB Skin Test (Mantoux) (PDF) - S’gaw Karen
  For more information > The TB (Tuberculosis) Skin Test (Mantoux)
• Treatment of Latent TB (Tuberculosis) Infection (LTBI) (PDF) - S’gaw Karen
  For more information > Treatment for Latent TB Infection (LTBI)
• Treatment for Latent Tuberculosis (TB) Infection Isoniazid and Rifapentine (INH-RPT) (PDF) - S’gaw Karen
  For more information > Treatment for Latent Tuberculosis (TB) Infection Isoniazid and Rifapentine (INH-RPT)
• Treatment for Latent TB Infection (LTBI) (PDF) - S’gaw Karen
  For more information > Treatment for Latent TB Infection (LTBI)
• Think TB (PDF) - S’gaw Karen

For more information > TB Fact Sheets and Brochures by Language

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West Nile virus

• West Nile Encephalitis Fact Sheet (PDF) - S’gaw Karen

For more information > About West Nile Virus

Western equine encephalitis

• Western Equine Encephalitis Fact Sheet (PDF) - S’gaw Karen

For more information > About Western Equine Encephalitis

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