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Working with Hispanic Indigenous Migrant Men from Mexico and Guatemala to Promote Immunization
The Immunization Initiative at MCN promotes improving childhood, adolescent, and adult immunization coverage levels among migrant and other mobile underserved populations. During the course of the initiative, anecdotal and documented evidence of an increase in the Hispanic indigenous population in United States and outside California surfaced from various sources. A separate initiative emerged, to design and develop a piece of educational material specifically for this population. This article, published in Streamline (March-April, 2009) discusses this initiative.
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Carbofuran Pesticide Residues in Food Revoked
EPA has revoked regulations that permitted small residues of the pesticide carbofuran in food.
Mexican-made “lead-free” bean pots contain high levels of toxic metal
Mexican-made “lead-free” bean pots contain high levels of toxic metal.
Special Report: Swine Flu Update from NursingCenter
Includes updates on key facts about the virus, links to oseltamivir and zanamivir information from Nursing2009 Drug Handbook, and the NursingCenter.com's printable patient education guide.
Mesothelioma & Asbestos Awareness Center
A leading online resource for comprehensive asbestos and mesothelioma information. The site contains patient education information as well as potential resources for patients suffering from mesothelioma.
Wash Hands Poster
A resource from SAGE in English and Spanish. A reminder to wash hands to prevent sickness from spreading. Prints legal size.
Cover Your Mouth When You Cough Poster
A resource from SAGE in English and Spanish. A reminder to cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze to prevent sickness from spreading. Prints legal size.
Pandemic Flu Prevention and Preparedness Brochure
Sage Words developed a pandemic flu brochure specifically for a small clinic on the Navajo Reservation. Though the illustrations are targeted towards this population, it is available in English and Spanish, and the information is general. It includes preventative measures, and is for low-literacy users. It’s designed to be easily photocopied or printed from computers and is available to anyone who might find it appropriate to use.
CDC CERC Best Practices: Stigmatization
This resource helps you address stigmatization by providing best practices for inhibiting and the actions to take when you encounter stigmatization when new infectious diseases and illness emerge.
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- CERC Stigmatization fact sheet ( 92 Kb )
Pediatric Environmental Health Tool Kit
The Toolkit is a combination of easy-to-use reference guides for health providers and user friendly health education materials on preventing exposures to toxic chemicals and other substances that affect infant and child health.
Spanish Language Resources for Staff
This website offers some free online lessons which teach basic Spanish concepts. More detailed and advanced lessons can be purchased on CDs from the website.
Less Commonly Taught Language Project
The goal of this project is to create awareness about less common languages. This website offers a database of less commonly taught language classes, instructional materials, and other resources for teaching these languages. There are some resources for Zapoteco, Nahuatl, and Mayan indigenous languages.
Isolated By Language: The Indigenous Oaxacans of Greenfield, CA
The town of Greenfield, CA has a high population of indigenous immigrants from Oaxaca, Mexico, many of whom speak little Spanish and/or English. This website is a compilation of work done by students from the UC,Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and reports on what the town of Greenfield is doing to improve communications and relations with these indigenous peoples
Cultural Sensitivity Training
FIOB has a good presentation that they use to teach the general community about indigenous cultures. This PowerPoint could be used to teach staff about indigenous languages.
Mixteco Pesticide Safety Videos
The CA Department of Pesticide Regulation provides videos in Mixteco about pesticide safety. Contact Charlene Martens to get copies or more information: (916) 445-4261 cmartens@cdpr.ca.gov
MEJ Personal Business Services Inc., Global Language Solutions
M E J Personal Business Services, Inc. is an interpreting, translation, and financial service based in New York City. They provide Foreign Language Interpreting, Telephone interpreting, video remote Interpreting, and Financial and Translation Services. Their website specifies that they provide document translations in Mixteco.
Language Line
Language Line is a company which provides a number of interpretation services. One of their services is over-the-phone interpretation in Mixteco for $3.95 per minute. General information or questions: 1-877-886-3885 info@languageline.com
Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project (MICOP)
The MICOP is an organization of English,Spanish,and indigenous language speakers who are working to aid Oaxacan immigrants in Ventura County California.
They mostly provide direct services.
The“Necessities of Life” program distributes clothing, diapers, blankets, and other items to those in need.
The organization also has programs which provide food, resources for medical care,education and literacy classes for adults, and weekly community meetings.
Contact info:
325 W. ChannelIslands Blvd.
Oxnard, California 93033
805) 385-8662
Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas (CDI)
The CDI is an organization that was created in 2003 to ensure that indigenous communities and people in Mexico have the rights guaranteed to them by the Mexican Constitution. It collaborates with state governments and federal dependencies to evaluate current strategies and works to form new programs that will ensure equality and fight against indigenous discrimination. It also works to help indigenous peoples to improve their quality of life.
Radio Bilingüe
Radio Bilingüe is a Spanish language network on public radio. Although it is mostly California based, there are affiliate stations in Carrboro, Asheville, and Greenville, North Carolina. There is also a radio program broadcast in Mixteco called La Hora Mixteca.
Contact: Filemón López, Coordinator of La Hora Mixteca
(559) 455-5784
