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Closing the GAP: Hispanic Women and Breast Cancer
Program information for counties of Wicomico, Somerset, or Worcester residents. Supported by a Grant from the Maryland Affiliate of Susan G. Koman for the Cure this presentation outlines eligibility for the Koman Program, what the Koman Program provides, documentation, and who to refer clients to.
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Journal of Agromedicine
Poder Sano!
Poder Sano is a new initiative by Farmworker Justice to help mobilize rural Latino communities around the prevention of HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infections, and tuberculosis. Through this project, Farmworker Justice will provide free capacity-building assistance and community mobilization tools to strengthen community-based organizations' HIV prevention programs, improve monitoring and evaluation practices, and create partnerships for program support.
Fotonovelas: An Effective HIV/AIDS Education Tool for Rural Latino Communities
This webcast discusses the design, development and use of photonovelas as an effective tool for HIV/AIDS education in rural latino communiites.
The New Medicine Videos
Therapies that integrate mind and body, seek health as well as cure, and incorporate a patient's beliefs and values are increasingly popular among consumers. Not to mention, they are supported by strong biologic and outcomes evidence. But for many physicians, this “new age” medicine has been an understandable cause for suspicion.
Cuidado de Salud
The first website in Spanish of its kind to help consumers take control of their health care by connecting them to new information and resources that will help them access quality, affordable health care coverage. President Obama wrote an op-ed in La Opinion and El Diario La Prensa today that highlights the website and the importance of health reform to the Latino community.
Community Clinic Voice
The Community Clinic Voice (the Voice) is a free, online community for Community Health Centers and other safety net health care professionals and partners to network, share information and exchange ideas. It provides one convenient, easy to navigate center to access news, resources, and colleagues. Voice members are clinic CEOs, Medical Directors, clinicians and allied health providers, CFOs, fundraisers, CIOs, operations and administrative staff, and more. There is no cost to join or use the Voice, and it is open to anyone concerned with community health.
Photovoice
PhotoVoice, Housing in Quincy, Washington. A photo-research projet by Quincy Community health Center and Washington State University.
Young health promotoras and promotores are equiped with cameras to document issues of importance in the community. In this PhotoVoice housing for the homeless is discussed.
Get Ready Video
Watch the Get Ready campaign’s video that teaches the importance of emergency preparedness through a story about an ant and grasshopper. Share this video with friends and family to help them prepare for all kinds of disasters, hazards and other public health threats.
The Get Ready Video launch is part of a nationwide effort to encourage Americans to participate in Get Ready Day, an annual observance that takes place on the third Tuesday of September and coincides with National Preparedness Month.
ImmuNews August 2010
Over the last three years, we have touched on many topics that we hoped would help you as you work to improve immunization rates in your clinic. For the final edition, we return to the important issue of patient-carried immunization records.
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ImmuNews June 2010
Special Bulletin: Outbreak of pertussis (whooping cough) in California
For Immediate Attention:
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Are Patient-Held Vaccination Records Associated with Improved Vaccination Coverage Rates?
An article that provides a convincing yes to the title question: “Are Patient-Held Vaccination Records Associated with Improved Vaccination Coverage Rates?” The authors of the article, James T. McElligott and Paul M. Darden, conclude that the “Use of patient-held vaccination records is an easily implemented strategy that is associated with increased immunization rates. A greater effect was seen in groups at risk for underimmunization.
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Texas After Violence Project
The Texas After Violence Project is an independent narrative and human rights project. They:
TBNet: Ensuring continuity of care through global trans-border patient navigation
A resource discussing TBNet. Ensuring continuity of care thrugh global trans-border patient navigation. Topics include: Global trans-border patient navigation, Barriers for Continuity of Care, Pre-Enrollment Education, Confidentiality, Pre-enrollment education assurance to the patient, and Forms.
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Clinical Research Career Development Opportunity: Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative (CTSC) KL2
The Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative (CTSC) KL2, a post-doctoral training program with an emphasis on multidisciplinary clinical and translational research. Qualified candidates are being offered an opportunity to apply to an innovative career development program whose purpose is to train clinician investigators. The CTSC KL2 is designed to train the nation’s future leaders in clinical and translational research, and is part of the NIH Roadmap aimed at “re-engineering the clinical research enterprise.”
Breaking Down the Barriers: A National Needs Assessment on Farmworker Health Outreach
Health Outreach Partners’ fourth national needs assessment of farmworker health outreach. This groundbreaking report provides a compelling summary of national data focused solely on farmworker outreach programs and the farmworker communities they serve. This is the only project of its kind that provides a national snapshot on the needs of farmworker health outreach programs. Attached you will find a press release with additional details concerning this important report.
We encourage you to share this report with your peers by:
Adult Lead Poisoning- Free Online CME Course for Health Care Providers
The California Department of Public Health’s Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention Program is pleased to announce a new online course - Overview of Adult/Occupational Lead Poisoning in California. Based on the latest health information about lead poisoning, this course:
• Describes the problem of adult lead poisoning
• Uses a case to illustrate issues and challenges in diagnosing lead poisoning in adult patients
Diabetes & Exercise SPA/ ENG
This flyer discusses diabetes and exercise. Available in Spanish and English.
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Diabetes & High Blood Pressure SPA/ENG
A one-page resource that describes the connection between diabetes and high blood pressure. Available in Spanish and English.
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ImmunNews April 2010
A Shot of Quality Improvement!
Welcome to Immu-News, the Immunization Initiatives listserv, a monthly resource for the community of participants in this project.
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