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June 13, 2013 | Program Results Report
Fresh Ideas was a targeted solicitation for proposals that aimed to give immigrants and refugees the tools and support they need to improve and maintain their own health.
November 20, 2011 | Story
Projects in Boston and Minneapolis, Minn., provided special school-connected mental health services to help refugees and immigrants recover from trauma under Caring Across Communities: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Diverse Children and Youth.
April 6, 2011 | Program Results Report
"We would never have gotten this information if the doctor had just gone in with broken Spanish," said Beth Ebel, M.D. "Often you don't know what you're getting into with medicine. If you don't know the nuances of the situation it can be a problem."
April 6, 2011 | Program Results Report
As the project manager at the University of Michigan said: "We could just grab the phone when patients came in who spoke languages for which we don't have an interpreter."
January 1, 2007 | Toolkit
Providing appropriate language services depends on a health care organization¿s ability to accurately screen for language needs among its patients and to identify patients¿ preferred language for health care encounters. The use of standardized practices to collect this information will provide the hospital with an accurate assessment of the need for interpreter services, translated materials and signage.
July 1, 2013 | Survey/Poll
This randomized controlled trial evaluated a culturally appropriate intervention to improve the recognition and treatment of depression among Asian and Latino American primary care patients at Massachusetts General Hospital.
January 1, 2012 | Book
This book chapter examines the successes and barriers associated with four interventions of Caring Across Communities (CAC), aimed at bringing school-connected mental health services to children of immigrants and refugees.
January 1, 2011 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, the author, Will Bunch, describes RWJF's Caring Across Communities program and the different approaches adopted by its grantees in 15 communities Bunch examines lessons that have emerged from the program.
October 20, 2009 | Program Results Report
The National Center for Child Traumatic Stress Network and the National Center for PTSD designed, printed and distributed the second edition of the Psychological First Aid Field Operations Guide.
June 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
This paper outlines model programs that engage communities and community organizations to build effective and easily-accessible mental health services for children and youth.