RE: Hablamos Juntos Project

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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 CaliforniaSchool of Policy, Planning & Development650 Childs Way, Hall, Room 102Los Angeles, CA 90089-0626Telephone (213) 743-1556Fax: (213) 743-1553Email: info@...

-----Original Message-----From: Souto, Islara [mailto:ISouto@...]Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 2:59 PMYbarra, Cc: , Dorothy; Kobetz, Subject: FW: [ ] 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 SoutoFlorida Comprehensive Cancer Control Initiative (FCCCI)Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer CenterUniversity of Miami305-243-1361

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

FYI: Hablemos Juntos Project information.

Established in 2001, Hablamos Juntos is a project funded by the Wood Foundation, and administered by the Tomás 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/To Post a message, send it to: GroupsTo Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: -unsubscribe