RESOURCES – ENGLISH

Contents

Contacts

Health Issues / Virginia Resources

Health Issues / General References

Mental Health

Statistical Resources: Studies & Fact Sheets

Health Promoter Model

For online resources in Spanish visit http://www.cj-network.org/cjwgm/health/recursos.html

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CONTACTS

The CJ Health Promoter Work Group includes partners outside the Charlottesville area, among them agencies and individuals involved in the health promoter model:

Karen Bunn
Cross Over Ministries Hispanic Health Education Coordinator
Address: 108 Cowardin Ave, Richmond 23224
Telephone: (804) 233-5016
Email: kbunn@crossoverministry.org
Website: www.crossoverministry.org

Rosalie Corona
VCU, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychology
Telephone: (804) 828-8059
Email: racorona@vcu.edu
Biographical Sketch: http://www.has.vcu.edu/psy/people/corona.html

Joyce Sanchez
Promotoras de Salud, Blue Ridge AHEC
Address: James Madison University, 601 University Blvd, MSC 9009 Harrisonburg, VA 22807
Telephone: (540) 568-8029
Fax: (540) 568-3172

HEALTH ISSUES / VIRGINIA RESOURCES

Latino Health Disparities: An Overview (September 2010)
Power point presentation used by Linda Hemby, sociologist, during the UVA Health Disparities conference, also featuring Dr. Marcus Martin, Professor, Interim Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and Equity, who provided an overview of health disparities and addressed those faced by local Afro-Americans.

Latino Health Disparities: An Overview (January 2010)
Power point presentation used by Linda Hemby, sociologist and a founder of the CJ Health Promoter Group, during the UVA Health Disparities conference, also featuring UVA Family Medicine’s Dr. Wendi el-Amin, who provided an overview of health disparities and addressed those faced by local Afro-Americans.

H1N1 Swine Flu Flyer (September 2009)
While young people are more at risk of getting swine flu, and pregnant women, among others, have a higher chance of hospitalization from the new flu, public health officials warn that blacks and Latinos have a substantially higher risk of both due to their social circumstances. Click here for a Spanish flyer from the Thomas Jefferson Health District [434/972-6232].

Charlottesville Bilingual Mental Health Service Providers Directory (Updated September 2009)
http://www.cj-network.org/cjloclatfocusedin/Sept1309MentalHealthDirectory.doc

How do undocumented workers receive health care in the US? (March 2009)
This is a detailed, 35 slide power point prepared by a group of UVA nursing students. For more information, contact: Elizabeth Friburg at eef3c@virginia.edu To view the power point, click here.

Charlottesville Latino Health Survey. (March 2008)
Between October 2007 and February 2008, a qualitative assessment was conducted through both semi-structured door-to-door interviews with eighty Southwood Latino residents and four focus groups with twenty-five Latinos recruited at the Bubbles Laundromat on Carlton Road. Additionally, six service providers, five Latinas and one Spaniard married to a Mexican, were also surveyed. The survey aimed to learn what the local Latino community considers as its most important health problems to assist the CJ Health Promoter Working Group design appropriate interventions to respond to them. The report, a CJ Health Promoter Work Group initiative, is at http://www.cj-network.org/cjinitiatives/HealthSurvey.doc

Culturally & Linguistically Appropriate Health Care Services
An online source of research data, language tools, and other resources to improve service to Virginia’s immigrants. The initiative helps to overcome language and cultural barriers to health care faced by the state’s culturally and linguistically diverse populations to improve health and promote equity in health care. Virginia ranks among the top 10 states with the largest immigrant resident populations. According to the U.S. Census, between 1990 and 2006 the state’s Asian population more than doubled and the Hispanic population almost tripled. http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/ohpp/CLASact

HEALTH ISSUES / GENERAL REFERENCES

The Latina Guide to Health (January 2010)
Written by Jane Delgado, a national expert on Hispanic health, this new book features cutting-edge medical information as well as "consejos" (conversational advice) throughout. It includes an A - Z "Health facts" section on everything from alcoholism and asthma to depression, diabetes, lupus, and sexually transmitted diseases, as well as sidebars, charts, and website resources. The book can be purchased online in English or Spanish (Guía de Salud: Consejos y Respuestas para la Mujer Latina) at Amazon.com

MENTAL HEALTH

We Are Latinos (April 2010)
Presentation by Dr. Sandra Lopez-Baez during the CJ Forum: Mental Health Issues Affecting the Latino Community, April 8, 2010. Dr. Lopez-Baez is an Associate Professor at the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education. She may be reached at (434) 243-8716 or sll6f@virginia.edu

Personal Experience and Observations in Providing Mental Health Services (April 2010)
Presentation by Ingrid Ramos, M.A., during the CJ Forum: Mental Health Issues Affecting the Latino Community, April 8, 2010. Ingrid is a mental health counselor with the Charlottesville League of Therapists. She may be reached at (434) 984-0023 or ingrid.ramos@leagueoftherapists.com

Treatment Considerations for Latino Consumers (December 2009)
Presentation by Rosalie Corona during the Colaborando Juntos’ Symposium on Latino Behavioral Health. Dr. Corona is Assistant Professor of Psychology and Director of the Latino Mental Health Clinic at the Virginia Commonwealth University. She may be reached at (804) 828-8059 or racorona@vcu.edu

Mental Health: A Guide for Latinos and their Families (September 2009)
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has released a new DVD and guidebook, Mental Health: A Guide for Latinos and their Families, to inform the general Latino public about mental health, dispel common misperceptions, and reduce the stigma of mental illness among Latinos. Single copies of the video and guidebook can be ordered free of charge by e-mailing apa@psych.org or by calling APA Toll-Free: 1-888-35-PSYCH (888-357-7924). The tools are available in English and Spanish. For more information http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/44/13/18-a

Diversity In Mental Health Newsletter
The Office of Cultural & Linguistic Competence of the Virginia Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Services, publishes an informative newsletter that addresses LEP issues. To sign up to receive the bulleting Ideas Into Action, email Cecily.Rodriguez@co.dmhmrsas.virginia.gov Editions can be read at: http://www.dmhmrsas.virginia.gov/2008CLC/OHRDM-CLC-Newsletter.htm

STATISTICAL RESOURCES

Study: Latino birth rate drops (April 2010)
According to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) the overall birthrate in 2008 fell by almost 2% after previously reaching its highest point in two decades. Birth rates declined in nearly all categories, but the “most dramatic change” was among Latinos: The overall birth rate for that group declined for the first time in years, with births to Hispanic teens declining by 5% hit a historic low, possibly because of the poor economy. Read the report at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr58/nvsr58_16.pdf

Hispanic women typically breast feed more (March 2010)
A CDC study confirms Latino women generally breast-feed more than white and black women do.  M ore than 80 % initiate breast-feeding right after birth and 45% continue at least six months later. But the study also finds that the longer a woman is in the U.S., the more she begins to use formula. Read the report at: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5911a2.htm

Kaiser study finds big rise in kid, teen media use (January 2010)
Black and Hispanic children consume nearly 4½ hours more media daily.  Some of the largest differences are in TV viewing: Black children spend nearly 6 hours and Hispanics just under 5½ hours, compared to roughly 3½ hours a day for White youth.   Increased TV watching frequently correlates with poor school grades. Read the report at: http://www.kff.org/entmedia/mh012010pkg.cfm

Latino Child Health Fact Sheet (10/2009)
Children's Defense Fund
http://www.childrensdefense.org/child-research-data-publications/data/latino-child-health-factsheet.pdf

Hispanics and Health Care in the United States: Access, Information and Knowledge (August 2008)
http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=91

Latino Health Issues in National Health Reform (August 2008)
http://kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/uploaded_files/081308_alliance_latino_transcript1.pdf

Five Basic Facts on Immigrants and Their Health Care (March 2008)
http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/7761.pdf

Links to Health Statistics on Hispanic or Latino Populations Center for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov/omhd/Populations/HL/HL.htm

Health of Hispanic/Latino Population
FASTATS: Health of Hispanic/Latino Population (National Center for Health Statistics)
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/hispanic_health.htm

Health of Mexican American Population
FASTATS: Health of Hispanic/Latino Population (National Center for Health Statistics)
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/mexican_health.htm

HEALTH PROMOTER MODEL

Migrant Health Organization
This group, with projects in Texas and Michigan, promotes the health promoter model with resources, training, and networking. www.migranthealth.org

Build a Program
A Migrant Health Organization online tool consisting of the following components: Why Start a Program?; Designing Your Program; Getting Funding; Examples of Promotor(a) Programs; Training & Support; Materials & Tools; Evaluating Your Program; Join Our Email Groups. Location: http://migranthealth.org/build_a_program/why_start_program

SONRISA: A Curriculum Toolbox for Promotores to Address Mental Health and Diabetes (October 2007).
This Center for Disease Control article describes SONRISA “a curriculum toolbox for promotores (community health workers) to use with their clients to address mental health issues (depression, stress, anxiety) and diabetes prevention and management. SONRISA is a community-based participatory project that makes use of the experience and expertise of community resources and personnel in every step of the project. SONRISA was designed to address a gap in community health promotion materials for promotores. The aim was to design a multimodule curriculum toolbox that could be used to train promotores on how to address depression and diabetes at the patient, family, and community levels, and to offer educational material that can be integrated into existing diabetes curricula. We describe the collaborative efforts of university and community partners to develop the curriculum and explain how promotores implementing diabetes prevention or management programs can use it.” According to the article, “addressing comorbid mental health issues and chronic diseases simultaneously with the help of community health workers may increase the effectiveness of interventions aimed at chronic disease prevention and control.” Read or download the article at: http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2007/oct/07_0021.htm