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Soil lead (Pb) in residential transects through Lubbock, Texas: a preliminary assessment
Residential lead (Pb) contamination, resulting from decades-long use of leaded gasoline and lead-based paint, is likely to be present in soils in most urban areas. A screening level sampling effort demonstrated that Lubbock, Texas, USA, like other cities of its age and size, has areas of elevated soil Pb.
Frente Indígena Oaxaqueño Binacional (FIOB)
The Oaxacan Indigenous Binational Front (FIOB) is a non-profit organization based in California. It is a coalition of indigenous organizations, communities, and individuals from Oaxaca, Baja California and in the State of California. This organization works to empower the indigenous peoples of Oaxaca and make sure that human rights are upheld for these communities in both Mexico and the United States.
UCLA Language Materials Project
The Language Materials Project works to provide a variety of materials, such as dictionaries, phrasebooks,grammars, and cultural materials.
Currently, thewebsite only provides materials in one indigenous language (Nahuatl), but the project continually updates the language profiles, so additional languages may be added at a later date.
Rosetta Stone
Rosetta Stone is a software company which markets a variety of language learning software.
This company also has an Endangered Languages Division, which creates software to preserve less prevalent languages.
The company currently does not have any software available in the
Indigenous Languages of Latin America but is possibly interested in developing software with ECMHSP and its parents who speak indigenous languages.
Contact Marion Bittinger:mbittinger@RosettaStone.com
SIL International
This faith-based organization works to document and study lesser-known languages. It has developed a number of materials, ranging from dictionaries to literature sources, in a wide variety of languages.
Link
http://www.sil.org/
Oaxaca Language Preservation Center
The Native Literacy Center in Oaxaca, Mexico was founded by a group of professionals and native educators from Oaxaca to support literacy projects for indigenous peoples. This center is involved with preservation, helping indigenous peoples to write their languages, print and publish individual works, write their histories, and record their knowledge for future generations. People come from Central and South America to this Center, where they learn how to produce their own works. The center also works with education, teaching indigenous peoples how to write
Archive of Indigenous Languages of Latin America
This digital archive features a number of recordings and texts in the indigenous languages of Latin America. Materials are available in Mixteco, Mam, Nahuatl, Otomi, Triqui, Zapoteco, and many other indigenous languages. These materials give information about the cultures of these indigenous groups. Original works of literature in indigenous languages are also published on this site. AILLA works to preserve written forms of these languages, but it also collects grammars, dictionaries, ethnographies, and research notes that can be used as teaching materials.
Language Tools (Online Dictionaries and Translators)
Indigenous Language Resources
This website, owned by SIL International, provides detailed background information about less common languages. Many of the indigenous languages have profiles.
Note: Wikipedia also contains a variety of sites describing the basic characteristics of each of the indigenous languages.
Link
www.ethnologue.com
Western NC Workers Center Indigenous Language Strategies
Western NC Workers Center: Located in Morganton, North Carolina, the Western NC Workers Center is a non-profit group of community organizers. This organization currently has a number of outreach and education projects which work to uphold the rights of immigrant and low wage employees in Western North Carolina. They also work with high levels of Guatemalan immigrants who speak indigenous languages. One of their projects designed to reach indigenous language speakers is their Promotora Education project, which uses scenario
Mayan Ministries Indigenous Language Strategies
Mayan Ministries: Organized through the Diocese of Palm Beach in Florida, Maya Ministries works to address the needs of Mayan immigrants to the area. These Mayan workers speak up to 25 different dialects of Mayan indigenous languages, but most can speak Spanish as well. The organization’s main services are literacy programs for families, adult education programs, and early childhood education programs for children who have English as a second language. They also offer a variety of social services referrals and translating specifically for Mayan im
Oregon Law Center Indigenous Languages Strategies
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California Dental Association Patient Education Tools
This site contains patient education resources for a number of oral health issues. These resources are available in English, Spanish, Hmong, Chinese, Russian and Vietnamese.
Priorities for research for oral health in the 21st Century – the approach of the WHO Global Oral Health Programme
The World Health Organization (WHO) “World Oral Health Report 2003” emphasized that despite great improvements in the oral health status of populations across the world, problems persist. As knowledge is a major vehicle for improving the health of the poor in particular, the WHO Oral Health Programme focuses on stimulating oral health esearch in the developed and developing world to reduce risk factors and the burden of oral disease, and to improve oral health ystems and the effectiveness of community oral health programmes.
CDC Provides Spanish Language Tips for Caring for Young Children's Teeth
For more information in Spanish on oral health and the benefits of fluoride, visit CDC's Web site.
Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative--HRSA
Oral health is one of HRSA's Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS). The SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative funds 15 demonstration sites for up to five years to support organizations using innovative models of care to provide oral health care to HIV-positive, underserved populations in both urban and non-urban settings.
Opportunities To Use Medicaid in Support of Access to Oral Health Care Services
Medicaid is a significant source of financing for oral health services, particularly for children and adolescents. Almost universally, however, Medicaid programs identify access to dental care as a significant and persistent problem for persons with Medicaid. Oral health status and access to dental services are issues for all populations served by Medicaid. This document from HRSA discusses some of the most critical issues in improving oral health access through Medicaid.
