I am not associated with the Project Hablamos Juntos.  I was just sharing with you the information that had been passed on to me. I will refer your question to the Hablamos Juntos project office. I am sure they willing to response to your question and get in contact with you. Perhaps they can assist you to establish a similar project for Spanish-speaking immigrants from the Caribbean basin and South America. I hope I been of helpf.

 

 Below is the Hablamos Junstos office address, telephone and e-mail:

 

Hablamos Juntos: Improving Patient-Provider Communication for Latinos

University of Southern California
School of Policy, Planning & Development
650 Childs Way, Lewis Hall, Room 102
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0626

Telephone (213) 743-1556
Fax: (213) 743-1553
Email: info@...

-----Original Message-----
From: Souto, Islara [mailto:ISouto@...]
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 2:59 PM
To: Ybarra, Jose
Cc: Parker, Dorothy; Kobetz, Erin
Subject: FW: [migrant_health_research] Interagency LEP Working Group - News

I perused the Hablamos Juntos website and found it to be most interesting.  We are involved in population research in our minority communities of South Florida -- an area not represented in your demonstration projects.  Why?  It looks like from the maps that your Demo Projects focus in geographic areas with high concentrations of Mexican and Central Americans, essentially disregarding our Spanish-speaking immigrants from the Caribbean basin and South America.

 

We might be interested in pursuing a similar project here or utilizing some of your findings in our own research.  Will there be more demo sites in the future?

 

Thanks,

 

Islara Boixados Souto
Florida Comprehensive Cancer Control Initiative (FCCCI)
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Miami
305-243-1361

 

 

 

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From: Ybarra, Jose [mailto:JYbarra@...]
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 7:12 PM
To: 'migrant_health_research@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: RE: [migrant_health_research] Interagency LEP Working Group - News

FYI: Hablemos Juntos Project information. 

 

 Established in 2001, Hablamos Juntos is a project funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and administered by the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute, an affiliated research unit of the University of Southern California, School of Policy, Planning and Development and of the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy at Columbia University. The project's mission is to break down language barriers to health care by:
 
--Increasing the availability and quality of interpreter services for Spanish-speaking patients in health care facilities
--Providing useful health-care-related materials in Spanish
--Developing easy-to-understand ways for non-English speaking patients to navigate health care facilities
 
In 2002, Hablamos Juntos selected ten demonstration sites in ten states to design and test innovative approaches. Although the project is focused on health care, many of the ideas for improving access to services through language services are applicable to education settings. The implementation phase of the project continues until September 30, 2005.  Documents and resources produced to date are available through the Hablamos Juntos Web site:  http://www.hablamosjuntos.org/

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