Cultural Competence
View a trailer from the movie San Papye (Undocumented). The producer, Hans Patrick Domercant writes that this is "the story of a young Haitian professional... View video
Healthy Roads Media, with funding provided by Fargo Cass Public Health through the Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention... Visit website
Egal Shidad: Stories of Somali Health will air a program about mental health in the Twin Cities on October 6th at 7:30pm on KFAI FM... read more
Overview
The goal of New Routes to Community Health was to improve the lives of new immigrants through media created for and by immigrants.
New Routes to... read more
Looking for a great resource for your survey work?
As we go to create our community poll on the Haitian community's perceptions about Mental Health -... Visit website
Provides many services for immigrants such as interpreting services, adult ed classes for immigrants, advocacy efforts, and the National Immigrant Justice Center. Visit website
Groups are finding culturally sensitive ways to give health care advice to clients with different values and traditions. read more
“One Nation is a philanthropic collaborative with the vision of fostering a national conversation about the common values we share as Americans, regardless of how... Visit website
One Nation, with liberty and justice for all. No matter what our cultural and ethnic backgrounds are or how we choose to express our spirituality,... read more
There is a terrific blog published on the Fourth of July in the Twin Cities Daily Planet. The blogger, Daniel Cubias, paints a vivid picture... read more
From the American Journal of Psychotherapy comes an article on the cultural aspects of treating Haitian patients. Visit website
Interesting piece on mental health done by UN.
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The goal of this report is to build upon Exploring Cultural and Linguistic Services in the Nation’s Hospitals: A Report of Findings (HLC Report of... read more
“The Boston Globe on Monday examined a ‘national push to offer more culturally sensitive mental health care to immigrant groups, often in small clinics in... read more
Caring Across Communities: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Diverse Children and Youth
Supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Fifteen sites have been funded under this... Visit website
More than 60 grantees from RWJF's vulnerable populations portfolio gathered to meet and learn from each other at a national conference in Los Angeles that... read more
The National Council in Health Care Interpreting
The National Coalition on Health Care Interpreter Certification is
seeking 12-15 organizations to join the coalition as members. The... read more
I read a poem today that opened my mind. And the ideas I encountered have stayed with me. This poem, by Alice Walker, touches on... read more
This panel was part of a daylong Refugee Public Policy Forum that took place in Decatur, Georgia on January 30, 2008. This session looks at... View video
“The Missouri Hospital Association is expanding a Web site that catalogs documents in more than 30 languages to improve communication between providers and patients with... read more
The association invites you to present at the 2008 IMIA Conference on October 10-12,
2008, in Boston, MA. For general information about the conference, please go... read more
“Massachusetts Bay Community College (MassBay) has launched a study to evaluate and improve cultural competency among emergency responders, including emergency medical services (EMS), police and... read more
Berta and Francisco are the bilingual children of immigrants who don't speak English fluently. They frequently are called upon to interpret an adult world they... read more
Watch a clip of Childhood in Translation, a documentary film by Robert C. Winn, that explores the language barriers faced by immigrant families, as seen... read more
Since 1984, the Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Associations Coalition, Inc. (SEAMAAC) has provided services and advocacy for refugees and immigrants in Philadelphia. Its mission is... read more View project media
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New Research & Recommendations
This report (PDF 3.8MB) offers guidance for community organizations and those who fund social change in how best to harness the power of local media-making for community health improvement. Spanish-language version is now available. Una versión en español de este informe esta en la web.
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