Community Health

Call for Partners to Improve Cancer Clinical Trials in Communities
From the Community-Campus Partnerships for Health comes this: “Addressing the nation's continuing poor performance in cancer clinical trial participation, particularly among racial and ethnic minorities and... read more
Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW)
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) is a community-based organization that strives for equal worker rights. Their members are largely Latino, Haitian, and Mayan Indian... Visit website
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Project Salud: “Fronteras del Amor”
Hear the young Pilsen and Little Village participants of the Salud project talk about how they collaborated on the radio and theater project and what... View video
My baby refuses to eat: trend of overfeeding in Somali infants
A September 2008 article posted in Ethnomed from the Harborview Children and Teen Clinic in Washington. Clinic providers began to notice an increased frequency of... Visit website
CCHER: Center for Community Health, Education, & Research
CCHER serves immigrants and residents of the greater Boston and the surrounding communities with linguistically, culturally and socially sensitive services. CCHER staff speak English, Haitian... Visit website
Brooklyn Chinese-American Association
Serves Chinese-American communities of Sunset Park, Borough Park, and Bay Ridge sections in Brooklyn. Provides adult education ESL classes, early childhood education programs (Head Start,... Visit website
American Public Health Association
The Association aims to protect all Americans and their communities from preventable, serious health threats and strives to assure community-based health promotion and disease prevention... Visit website
Event: Refugee and Immigrant Health Sessions
The Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health of American Public Health Association (APHA) would invites you to join them at the Annual APHA Meeting on... read more
Asian Pacific Health Care Venture
Asian Pacific Health Care Venture provides a full lifecycle of primary health care services. Care is provided in at least ten Asian and Pacific Islander... Visit website
Asian Community Mental Health Services
Community mental health organization with offices in Richmond and Oakland, CA. Services are culturally sensitive and multilingual (8 Asian languages). Offers the following programs: behavioral... Visit website
Domestic Violence Resource for Asian-Am Families
LA based transitional shelter for victims of domestic violence. Supports Asian and Pacific Islander women and children in a culturally sensitive, multi-lingual setting. Visit website
Management of Chronic Disease at Community Health Cntrs
March 2007 study findings from the NE Journal of Medicine about the management of chronic diseases at community health centers. Results indicate that interventive services... Visit website
Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI)
A San Jose community org working to provide a wide array of health, mental health, and social justice services to the Asian American community of... Visit website
CDC Officials Did Not Know HPV Vaccination Recommendation for U.S. Women Also Would Affect Prospective Immigrants
“Some of the CDC officials who supported a recommendation for young women in the U.S. to receive the human papillomavirus vaccine said they did not intend for it... read more
Key Data About Immigrants and Health Care Access
KaiserEDU.org keeps a list of reports that relates to health care and immigrants in the United States. Many available as downloads. Visit website
Multilingual Emergency Preparedness Resources
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
Salud Project Influences Many
On August 15th, Salud had its first standing room only performance! Over 300 people, many of whom were directly connected to the young actors and... read more
Jesús Sánchez, Director of Radionovelas for "Salud: Hearing Through the Arts"
New Routes to Community Health gives voice to new leaders in immigrant communities across America. On Friday, August 15th family, friends and many other members of... read more
Teatronovelas Director Ricardo Gamboa, community leader in Chicago
  On Friday, August 15th family, friends and many other members of the community gather for a free event at the National Museum of Mexican Art... read more
Somali Health Stories Air, DVD Available
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
Egal Shidad to Air Somali Programs in October (Somali)
Egal Shidad will broadcast health information for Somali people in the twin cities in October 2008. View video
Meet SALUD's Teatronovelas Director Steven Beaudion
New Routes to Community Health gives voice to new leaders in immigrant communities across America. Meet Steven Beaudion, Co-Instructor for Salud: Healing Through the Arts,... read more
The Center for Comparative Immigration Studies: Working Papers
Collection of dozens of publications on immigration topics such as U.S. immigration reform, illegal immigration, refugees, the U.S.-Mexico border, and health and education of immigrants.... Visit website
Quick Facts
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
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