Community Health
Many Southeast Asian immigrants are unable to obtain adequate health care because of language barriers. They can't effectively communicate with health care providers, and are... View video
Hypertension is becoming more and more prevalent in the Southeast Asian immigrant community, particularly among older adults. This is largely attributed to the stress they... View video
“The latest loser in the political pandemonium over health care reform may be immigrants living in America, an estimated 24 million people likely to be... Visit website
The proposed Senate health care bill would prevent undocumented immigrants from buying insurance from an exchange that would be created for people who don't receive... Visit website
As part of Latino USA’s ongoing New American Voices series, reporter Andrew Stelzer presents the story of Minneapolis’ Somali community and the mental health issues... Listen to audio
Advertisements appearing on public transit waiting platforms (BART) in San Francisco, California:
La Raza Centro Legal’s La Colectiva de Mujeres launched a unique media
campaign designed... read more
Postcards distributed to homes throughout San Francisco, California by members of La Colectiva as part of an unusual media campaign:
La Raza Centro Legal’s La Colectiva... read more
La Colectiva de Mujeres' new domestic worker health and safety campaign launched last week with a press conference in San Francisco's Mission District and a... read more
Teen girls aged 15 to 19 accounted for the largest number (409,531) of the 1.5 million reported chlamydia and gonorrhea cases in the United States... read more
Al Quinlan, president of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, talks about why prevention is one of the most popular elements of health reform.
When it comes... Visit website
La Colectiva de Mujeres (Women's Collective) in San Francisco has launched a media campaign unveiling striking posters, billboards, bus ads and postcards depicting domestic workers... read more
This Swahili show educates the Swahili public that diet and physical activity have direct implications on their quality of health. The show portrays a group... Listen to audio
Basic information about the H1N1 Flu vaccine. Listen to audio
Picture this: A long, low building on the corner of Lake Street and Pillsbury in Minneapolis filled with Somali immigrants chatting, shopping, drinking spicy tea.... read more
La Colectiva Mujeres of La Raza Centro Legal launches a new website for their social media campaign based in San Francisco. La Colectiva is one... Visit website
On October 10, 2009 Sagal Radio Service, an native language broadcast for New Americans, and Oakhurst Medical Center, a local health clinic that provides affordable,... read more
The Philadelphia New Routes project, Our Stories, Our Health has just released three short videos aimed at improving the health of Southeast Asian immigrants. "Hypertension",... read more
Egal Shidad's new show is here!
Are you Somali? Do you work with Somalis? Are you interested in ways to talk about sexually transmitted diseases... read more
This is an interview with several experts led by Dr. Carlos del Rio, a public health professor at the Emory School of public health and... Listen to audio
ECHO Minnesota, in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has created video, audio, print and other resources on H1N1 Novel Influenza in multiple... Visit website
A group of Somali friends gather for coffee and conversation. They talk about the Somali habit of taking double cream and double sugar in their... View video
One in seven Latina teens attempts suicide, according to the CDC.
Mother-daughter conflict drives many Latinas to the brink, psychologist Luis Zayas, a psychologist at... read more
Clear and clever call for health care for everyone.
Video by Will Coley & Loris Guzzetta. Original music by Graziano Bruni. Narration by Regan Carrington. Cast... View video
Host Ursula Huang presents realistic ways to reduce your medication costs.
Written, Directed & Edited by Ming Lo Exec Producers: Eric Olander (LA-18), Dr. Michael Ong... View video
Host Ursula Huang presents realistic ways to reduce your medication costs.
Written, Directed & Edited by Ming Lo
Exec Producers: Eric Olander (LA-18), Dr. Michael Ong... View video
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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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