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Cambodian Refugee Honored for Improving Access to Culturally Sensitive Health Services for Cambodian-American Community

October 8, 2009 | Story

Sonith Peou, program director, Metta Health Center, Lowell, Mass., is being honored for his efforts to ensure access to culturally sensitive health services for the large Cambodian-American community in Lowell.

A Tenacious Advocate for the Elderly

June 29, 2011 | Story

Jennie Chin Hansen builds and leads a movement to improve health, health care and the overall quality of life for older Americans.

Health Facilities Begin Implementing New Universal Symbols to Ease Navigation

September 12, 2010 | News Release

Making signage easy to understand and eliminating language barriers is one simple way to iimprove the health care experience for everyone.

Continuing School-Connected Mental Health Services

November 20, 2011 | Story

Minneapolis, Imperial County, Calif., and Chatham County, N.C., sustained school-connected mental health services for immigrants and refugees started under Caring Across Communities: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Diverse Children and Youth.

Increasing Understanding of Immigrant and Refugee Families

November 20, 2011 | Story

In Portland, Maine, Caring Across Communities: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Diverse Children and Youth, helped social workers, case managers, and therapists provide school-connected mental health and related services to immigrants and refugees.

Enhancing Cultural Competence

November 20, 2011 | Story

Projects in Brooklyn, N.Y., Chicago and Los Angeles developed culturally competent school-connected mental health services for immigrants and refugees under Caring Across Communities: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Diverse Children and Youth.

Helping Traumatized Refugees and Immigrants Start New Lives

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.

Outreach Program Adapted to Improve Health Care for Asian People in Philadelphia

December 1, 2006 | Program Result Report

Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals and New York University Downtown Hospital worked together to develop and implement the Chinese Community Partnership for Health, designed to improve the health of Asian populations in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia Study: Language, Transportation Difficulties Get in Way of Health Care for Chinese and Vietnamese Immigrant Children and Families

December 1, 2006 | Program Result Report

From January to December 2004, Philadelphia Citizens for Children and Youth explored the barriers that Vietnamese and Chinese immigrant children face in obtaining health care.

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