Community Health
Asian Americans are often seen as the model minority, with higher rates of education, income, and employment. But this perception might be overshadowing the problems... read more
Zuhur Ahmed provides the voice for Egal Shidad's sister in the story written by Said Salah Ahmed and performed in the Egal Shidad television and... read more
Understanding the details of the American healthcare system is challenging for native speakers, much less Chinese immigrants with limited English proficiency. That's Susan Choi's group... View video
Breast cancer patient Mrs. Yong-Na Wu describes the challenge of dealing with such a serious illness while struggling to cross the language and culture barriers... View video
“As health care costs continue to increase and the economy declines sharply, there is very little cushion in family budgets for health care costs, even... read more
Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released a report which finds that progress made to better protect the country from disease... read more
Immigrant Health Care: Present Challenges and Future Solutions with discussants Fabian Nunez, Ellen Wu, Jane Garcia, and Alice Chen moderated by Dr. Brenda Wade.
Governor Schwarzenegger... View video
L’utilisation de l’audiovisuel dans l’éducation sur la santé mentale des immigrants: Présentation samedi soir au grand public du Projet Twa Zanmi au Great Hall de... View video
County, state and national health officials in Maryland discussed methods to increase AIDS and HIV prevention and education among minority and ethnic groups who may... read more
Mukhtar Gaaddasaar came to the United States by himself in 1997 when he received a sponsorship. He had spent the previous year and a half... read more
Saeed Fahia first came to the United States in 1979 to obtain a Masters Degree in Physics from Eastern Michigan University. He returned to Somalia... read more
In November 2008 the youth participating in creating radio novelas as part of SALUD: Healing through the arts, began conducting workshops a variety of health... read more
The Volunteers of America have a program in Minneapolis that offers intensive therapeutic, skill building and rehabilitative services to help strengthen the emotional, behavioral and... Visit website
The foundation website has facts about Somalis and links to funding grants. Visit website
Mental health is a challenging topic, and even more so when it crosses cultural boundaries. Thus, working on “Egal Shidad, stories of mental health” with... read more
Egal Shidad: Stories of Somali Health is pleased to announce the completion of its first production, a program about mental health which aired multiple times... read more
My name is Saeed Fahia and I’m from Minneapolis, Minnesota. But I’m originally from Somalia. I've been here in the United States for 17 years,... View video
Three organizations are collaborating to make Egal Shidad a success:
Confederation of Somali Community
The mission of the Confederation of Somali Community of Minnesota (CSCM) is to... read more
The Newcomers Health Program is a clinic-based and community-based health program that has been serving refugees and immigrants in San Francisco since the late 1970s.... Visit website
MedlinePlus Health Information in Multiple Languages lists all the great MedlinePlus resources by language. You can browse by language or by health topic. Visit website
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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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