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June 13, 2013 | Program Result 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.
June 13, 2013 | Program Result Report
The Center for New Community conducted a grassroots effort to address health and related problems of immigrants working in meatpacking and poultry-processing plants in 12 rural communities in Missouri, Iowa and Minnesota.
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.
September 9, 2011 | Program Result Report
The Center for Children's Advocacy in Hartford, Conn., operated a medical-legal advocacy project to improve the health of new immigrant and refugee children.
July 30, 2011 | Program Result Report
A 12-week health literacy course in Lincoln, Neb., sought to teach immigrants the basic medical information and vocabulary necessary to lead healthier lives.
May 13, 2011 | Program Result Report
Project staff worked with a design team to create and test a set of universal graphic symbols to help people with limited proficiency in English find their way around health care facilities.
April 6, 2011 | Program Result 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 Result 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."
March 1, 2011 | Journal Article
The language barrier can prevent Spanish-speaking patients from adhering to treatments and follow-up plans after visiting the ED. During ED visits, this trial provided Spanish-speaking patients, with limited English proficiency, the services of professionally trained medical interpreters.
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.