Todos Contamos: Community Building in a Multilingual Indigenous Community
Year Developed: 44876
Resource Type: Publication.Primary Audience: Outreach Staff, Clinicians, PCAs, Enabling Staff
Language(s): English
Developed by: National Center for Farmworker Health (See other resources developed by this organization).
Resource Summary: To address the impact of COVID-19 on farmworkers and construction workers in their community, WeCount! utilized existing strategies of including Mesoamerican Indigenous members in its organizational leadership and decision-making and reaching Indigenous community members through face-to-face outreach and multilingual radio programming. This inturn, has expanded access to health education information for the multilingual community in Homestead, Florida.
Resource Topic: Special and Vulnerable Populations, Clinical Issues, Emerging Issues
Resource Subtopic: COVID-19.
Keywords: Access to Care, Agricultural Workers, Community Engagement, Community Health Workers, Migratory and Seasonal Agricultural Workers (MSAW), Outreach.This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $6,625,000 with 0 percentage financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov.