COLLABORATIVE ON ETHNOGERITRIC EDUCATION

 

     The Collaborative on Ethnogeriatric Education has kindly allowed the Center for Multicultural Health (CMH) to abridge some of its training modules into brief fact sheets about common heath care issues for African American, American Indian, Hispanic/Latino and Pacific Islander elders.

This powerpoint presentation explains legal issues surrounding interpretation and options for interpretation.

This fact sheet offers tips to work with interpreters successfully in health care settings.

For more information visit our website.

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RESOURCES AND INFORMATION FOR IMMIGRANTS

 

      The Office of Citizenship is pleased to launch WelcometoUSA.gov, the inter-agency Web portal that presents a comprehensive range of resources and information for use by immigrants.  Please share this link—www.welcometousa.gov

with your stakeholder groups to use as a

resource as well as the information below.

 

     Welcome toUSA.gov provides immigrants with practical information on settling in the United States and other information about participatingin our civic culture. The website serves as the central web portal to locate all federal government resources available to immigrants and the organizations that serve them. WelcometoUSA.gov contains links to help new immigrants find an English class and links www.volunteer.gov

Ffor information on ways to get involved with their community.

The website contains information for the following topics:

*Immigration and Citizenship

*Education and Childcare

*Healthcare and Families

*Government Benefits

*About the United States

*Money and Finance

*Employment

*Emergencies and Safety

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NEW DATA UPDATE SHOWS STATE VARIATIONS IN KEY DISPARITIES INDICATORS 

 

     The Kaiser Family Foundation issued a new data update showing variations across states and racial and ethnic groups for six key health and health care indicators.  The data update provides a quick glance at disparities in rates of infant mortality, diabetes-related mortality and AIDS cases among whites, African Americans and Hispanics in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.  It also provides similar breakdowns showing the percentage of each group in each state that is uninsured, enrolled in Medicaid, and living in poverty.

 

     Key Health and Health Care Indicators by Race/Ethnicity is drawn from the more than 30 state-specific indicators related to race and ethnicity.                                                                               The fact sheet is available online at www.kff.org/minorityhealth/7633.cfm

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THE CONNECTION/may 2007         ISSUE#11