Effective Outreach/Awareness Tools

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Belinda:

I am involved with a suicide crisis hotline services directed towards the

Hispanic community in St. Louis, Missouri. Most of our work involves providing

individuals and families experiencing everyday crisis (e.g. mental health

crisis, medical emergencies, financial assistance, domestic violence crisis)

with appropriate referrals and emotional support.

We do must of our outreach through local churches by speaking at masses about

what we do and how to access our services. This has been a great strategy to

outreach large groups of individuals and families at once. Also, we advertise

our free services through local Spanish newspapers every month. We distribute

literature about our services at local businesses and medical clinics serving

this population.

I hope this is helpful,

Leopoldo J. Cabassa, MSW

Doctoral Student

NIMH Predoctoral Fellow

Center for Mental Health Services Research

Warren Brown School of Social Work

Washington University

ljc1@...

>>> belinda.hare@... 04/25/02 02:22PM >>>

April 25, 2002

The Texas Department of Health wants to create a new outreach/awareness

campaign to educate migrants and their families about the health services

that are available to them.

I would greatly appreciate feedback from anyone who has found effective or

successful tools or efforts (such as Hispanic/Latino radio, print materials,

one-on-one outreach, for examples) for reaching out to the migrant

population.

Mucho gracias! Thanks in advance.

Belinda Hare

Texas Department of Health

Health Communications Division

Phone: 512-341-4400, ext. 2301

E-mail: belinda.hare@...

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[Guest guest]

Thank you so very much for your wonderful -- and speedy! -- response. Very

helpful.

-----Original Message-----

From: Leopoldo Cabassa [mailto:ljc1@...]

Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 3:05 PM

Subject: Re: [ ] Effective Outreach/Awareness

Tools

Belinda:

I am involved with a suicide crisis hotline services directed towards the

Hispanic community in St. Louis, Missouri. Most of our work involves

providing individuals and families experiencing everyday crisis (e.g. mental

health crisis, medical emergencies, financial assistance, domestic violence

crisis) with appropriate referrals and emotional support.

We do must of our outreach through local churches by speaking at masses

about what we do and how to access our services. This has been a great

strategy to outreach large groups of individuals and families at once.

Also, we advertise our free services through local Spanish newspapers every

month. We distribute literature about our services at local businesses and

medical clinics serving this population.

I hope this is helpful,

Leopoldo J. Cabassa, MSW

Doctoral Student

NIMH Predoctoral Fellow

Center for Mental Health Services Research

Warren Brown School of Social Work

Washington University

ljc1@...

>>> belinda.hare@... 04/25/02 02:22PM >>>

April 25, 2002

The Texas Department of Health wants to create a new outreach/awareness

campaign to educate migrants and their families about the health services

that are available to them.

I would greatly appreciate feedback from anyone who has found effective or

successful tools or efforts (such as Hispanic/Latino radio, print materials,

one-on-one outreach, for examples) for reaching out to the migrant

population.

Mucho gracias! Thanks in advance.

Belinda Hare

Texas Department of Health

Health Communications Division

Phone: 512-341-4400, ext. 2301

E-mail: belinda.hare@...

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[Guest guest]

The following techniques emphasize camp-based outreach.

DOBLE PASO. Each living site is contacted from front to back of the camp

as one enters, then some sites or persons are selectively re-contacted in

moving from back to front of the camp in relation to the purpose of the

visit, based on knowledge that was gained from the first " pass " through the

camp. This technique works well for one person, or a two-person team

working together.

DOMINOS. Everyone who is outside is contacted from front to back or sides

of the camp, more or less in sequence, regardless of spatial configuration

around the camp. This technique works well for one person, or a two-person

team working together, and overrides the anticipation and curiosity that

people may have in noting " strangers " enter the camp, if the team planned

only to contact living sites.

LA ORILLA. Vehicle parks at the edge of camp, and residents come to the

vehicle by their own volition. This form of outreach works well with one or

more persons and occurs with vendors or other persons (often with heavy

supplies) who prefer not to enter a camp.

LAS PINZAS. Two-person team enters front of the camp; one person starts

from one side, and one starts on the opposite side of the camp. Team

members make contacts at each living site until they reach each other at,

or near, the center of camp. This technique replicates procedure that labor

contractors use of dividing a crew to work a large field.

EL INTENTADO. Elaborated interaction takes place with first few contacts

that totally consumes time, hence no contacts are possible in the rest of

the camp. This style of outreach occurs with crisis intervention or the

provision of specialized services. El Intentado may occur with one person

or a two-person team working together.

TAILGATE. Outreach team receives beforehand-permission and parks vehicle

at the edge of a field or an orchard [similar to La Orilla]. From

" tailgate " of the vehicle, team members contact workers and provide

services when they finish working. This technique works well with one or

more persons, and differs from camp-based outreach, since it takes place at

the work site not the living site.

V Bletzer. Dep of Anthropology, Arizona State Univ.