Community Health

Community Event: Our Stories, Our Health + BPSOS Announces a Student Health Ambassadorship Program
On August 14, 2010, the Penn Asian Health Initiatives (PAHI) partnered with Boat People SOS (BPSOS), a refugee-serving national non-profit, to host an exciting event... View video
Community Event: Our Stories, Our Health + BPSOS Announces a Student Health Ambassadorship Program
On August 14, 2010, the Penn Asian Health Initiatives (PAHI) partnered with Boat People SOS (BPSOS), a refugee-serving national non-profit, to host an exciting event... read more
Health Reform and Communities of Color: How might it Affect Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities?
The major bills now pending before Congress include a number of key provisions that could either directly or indirectly have an impact on reducing health... read more
Consejos para Tomar sus Medicamentos de Forma Segura
This Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Podcast advises Spanish speakers to tell their health care providers about all the medications they’re taking, including... read more
A New Way to Talk About the Social Determinants of Health
Over the course of four years, the RWJF Vulnerable Populations Portfolio undertook an iterative research and message development process that benefited from both traditional and... Visit website
World Refugee Day in Atlanta Celebrated with Music & Diversity
 Cheering music from around the world starts off this enjoyable radio program recorded on World Refugee Day 2010. Then you can listen to on-site interviews... Listen to audio

Love Bug is Burning - A Youth STD Education Rap
This video was created by six interns at the University of Nebraska Medical Center's Center for Reducing Health Disparities Summer Youth Intern Program. read more
New Americans: Voices of Today's Teens from Around the World
 “Hear Me Today: The Voice of Today's Teens” is a program created by interns from the International Rescue Committee. Each intern is a high school... Listen to audio

Spanish Language Radio Drama: Call For Scriptwriters
A coalition of local and national partners will produce a series of 48 highly entertaining 5-minute health promotion radio dramas. We are seeking writers who... read more
Translating 'Preparedness' into Vietnamese
In multi-lingual communities, civil authorities have to work harder and smarter to prepare for emergencies and cope with their aftermath. It's happening in Alabama. ... Visit website
The Language of Care
My main reluctance to getting health care in this country is the English language, and I suspect thousands of Latinos—especially those who aren't fully bilingual—might... read more
Los Media y La Salud Addresses Media Literacy Skills on Health Topics
Los medios y la salud is a resource on media literacy skills that examines tobacco, alcohol, and food marketing. It includes a discussion and activities... read more
Why Stories Matter for Health
We have all heard health statistics—and then promptly forgotten them.  We have all experienced powerful emotions during medical encounters that have prevented us from asking the “right” questions... read more
National Network to Eliminate Disparities (NNED) in Behavioral Health
This organization works toward behavioral health equity for all individuals, families, and communities. The NNED website supports information sharing, training and technical assistance among organizations and... Visit website
Poorer are More Obese, Study Finds
The smaller the paycheck, the bigger the belly, say many researchers who study poverty and obesity. It might seem like a paradox, but not having enough... Visit website
Ethnic Vietnamese Immigrants in New Orleans: A Story on PBS
“When Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in August 2005, Versailles residents rebuilt their neighborhood faster than most other damaged neighborhoods in the city, only to... read more
Time to Put Patients First
“How America's hospitals have lost touch with their top priority—and what healthcare leaders are doing to fix it. At the core, healthcare has just one mission: caring... read more
Involving those closest to the patient can improve outcomes
To improve outcomes and increase satisfaction among patients in a variety of settings, Anthony M. DiGioia, MD, medical director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical... read more
AANCART & Community Medicine in Koreatown conduct cancer screening at Korean Festival
Some of Community Medicine in Koreatown members went out to the Korean Festival to help out AANCART conduct its Colorectal Cancer Project. The CCP is... read more
Our mission: to unleash the power of citizens to heal themselves and to build community
Elder Atum Azzahir is Executive Director of the Powderhorn Phillips Cultural Wellness Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which works to "unleash the power of citizens to... read more
You Are What You Eat - Waxaad tahay waxaad cunto
This PSA was written and produced by the Young Achievers. Project coordinated by Wellshare. View video
PBS Story on Mental Health Recovery in Haiti
PBS did a Q&A Interview with Father Eddy Eustache, a priest and psychologist in Haiti on the issues confronting mental health workers in Port Au... read more
In Ads, Plea for Asians to Get Tests for Hepatitis
By Jesse McKinley in the New York Times. A provocative advertising campaign by San Francisco Hep B Free aims to eradicate the disease with citywide vaccinations against... read more
Cities of Migration--Integration Ideas Source
Cities of Migration seeks to improve local integration practice in major immigrant receiving cities worldwide through information sharing and learning exchange. There are online resources... Visit website
Using Video & New Media for Advocacy, Participatory Evaluation, & Action Research
The School of Public Health offers a new course that introduces new media practices future leaders will need to be at the cutting edge of... Visit website
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