185241 Successful community models in leveraging partnerships to reach linguistically diverse neighborhoods

Monday, October 27, 2008: 9:15 AM

Edna G. Carrasco , Committee for Boston Public Housing, Inc, Boston, MA
     
This session will present community models use to outreach to low-income families who live in linguistically and culturally diverse neighborhoods which suffer disproportionate number of environmental injustice issues, particularly asthma. Participants will learn about outreach techniques including peer-on-peer education, design and implementation of outreach materials, and the use of collaborations to increase community involvement.

Participants will better understand the translation process needed to properly reach diverse communities, the use of community people to affect policy changes in the management of asthma, and the use of collaboration to increase outreach and funding potentials. Through collaborations, participants will be able to assess their agencies strengths and work towards building collaborations in the areas identified as needing improvements.

Learning Objectives:
This session will present community models use to outreach to low-income families who live in linguistically and culturally diverse neighborhoods which suffer disproportionate number of environmental injustice issues, particularly asthma. Participants will learn about outreach techniques including peer-on-peer education, design and implementation of outreach materials, and the use of collaborations to increase community involvement. Participants will better understand the translation process needed to properly reach diverse communities, the use of community people to affect policy changes in the management of asthma, and the use of collaboration to increase outreach and funding potentials. Through collaborations, participants will be able to assess their agencies strengths and work towards building collaborations in the areas identified as needing improvements.

Keywords: Advocacy, Asthma

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have extensive experience working with public health partners and with affected communities for the past sixteen years. I have presented at previous APHA conferences as well as other similar conferences and organized presentations with partners and staff.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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