With the advent of increased attention towards language endangerment comes the need for a better understanding of how speakers of endangered languages interact with information, specifically health information resources. This paper builds on health information behavior literature and participatory research models with indigenous communities to develop strategies for future work with indigenous communities of speakers of endangered languages, proposing a participatory methodology for future work with these communities related to health, using ethnographic interviews and focus groups. Lack of infrastructure, multilingualism, and distrust of outsiders are found to be major barriers between this population and health information resources. Approaching health information behavior research with an interdisciplinary and participatory model incorporating ethnographic and linguistic field methods into traditional information behavior methodologies can mitigate the challenges these barriers present. Understanding the health information behavior of speakers of endangered languages will aid in future efforts to make health information resources accessible to wider audiences and to document indigenous knowledge. Currently, fieldwork with speakers of endangered languages is confined to linguistic and anthropological investigation. Through the proposed methodology, community members can work alongside linguists and information professionals to create culturally appropriate health information resources in their native language.

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濒危语言使用者的健康信息行为

随着对语言濒危的关注越来越多，需要更好地了解濒危语言的使用者如何与信息互动，特别是健康信息资源。本文以土著社区的健康信息行为文献和参与式研究模型为基础，为未来与讲濒危语言的土著社区的工作制定战略，提出了未来与这些社区开展与健康相关的工作的参与式方法，使用人种学访谈和焦点小组. 缺乏基础设施、使用多种语言以及对外界的不信任是这些人群与健康信息资源之间的主要障碍。使用跨学科和参与式模型将人种学和语言领域方法纳入传统的信息行为方法学来进行健康信息行为研究，可以减轻这些障碍带来的挑战。了解濒危语言使用者的健康信息行为将有助于未来努力使更广泛的受众能够访问健康信息资源并记录本土知识。目前，对濒危语言使用者的实地考察仅限于语言和人类学调查。通过提议的方法，社区成员可以与语言学家和信息专业人员一起工作，以他们的母语创建适合文化的健康信息资源。