Objective: To deliver Latino-centered messages and information that is culturally appropriate using unobtrusive and educational methods. Description: The Latino community faces stigma, fear and other barriers to seeking services. Promotores and other community stakeholders write a culturally and linguistically appropriate message and develop fotonovelas to provide information and education on health issues. They are distributed throughout the community, agricultural […]
Materials development
A Holistic Substance Abuse Treatment Model for American Indian & Alaska Native Adolescents
This document is a program description and clinical manual for the Walking In Beauty On the Red Road: A Holistic Cultural Treatment Model (WBRR) for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) adolescents and their families. This manual is designed as a foundation for substance abuse treatment programs to develop and replicate residential treatment for American Indian and Alaska Native […]
Na Niahe (Bridging the Gap): Assistance for Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment
Objective: To enroll 100 patients in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in the first year of the program (which was exceeded by enrolling 364 children the first year). Description: Prior to 2011, the clinic only provided individuals with Medicaid applications along with required documents to be filled out personally by individuals. This proved […]
HIV/AIDS Guide for Gay and Bisexual Men
Greater Than AIDS has teamed up with OUT Magazine on an in-book, 8-page HIV/AIDS guide for gay and bisexual men. The guide, which appears in the Dec/Jan special issue of the magazine as a removable insert, includes practical and vital information on how to be safe and healthy, whether HIV positive or negative. Population of […]
Use of a Community Needs Assessment Evaluation for Increasing Medicaid Enrollment
Objective: To determine state insurance eligibility for Medicaid and enroll clients who cannot and will not obtain insurance from their employers. Description: North American Indian Alliance (Butte) (NAIA) has used its patient services representative, front desk staff, health coordinator, and nursing staff to determine eligibility and enroll patients into health insurance, through the use of […]
E-Learning Course: Safety at Home – Intimate Partner Violence, Military Personnel, and Veterans
The Battered Women’s Justice Project has released four modules of the e-learning course, Safety at Home-Intimate Partner Violence, Military Personnel, and Veterans. The course is designed for advocates (military and civilian) who provide services to military-related families experiencing intimate partner violence. The course will also be helpful for other practitioners who are working with these […]