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The document discusses several common myths and misconceptions around topics related to education change, including mortality rates, aging populations, marriage and divorce rates, and language usage. It provides data and historical context to show how perceptions often differ from reality. For example, it shows that infant mortality has significantly declined over the last century due to factors like medical technology and public health measures. It also shows that marriage rates for young women were lower in the past than commonly believed.
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2000 175 million, the United Nations (U.N.) Population Division reported that as of 2015
nearly 245 million people live outside the country of their birth or citizenship. That
translates into roughly 1 in every 30 people on the face of the globe (United Nations, 2016).
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Chapter15a
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Spanish speaking
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2) It finds that smoking-attributable mortality explains over 60% of the life expectancy advantage that Mexican-Americans have relative to non-Hispanic whites.
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This presentation was part of Embody's Safe Healthy Strong 2015 conference on sexuality education (www.ppwi.org/safehealthystrong). Embody is Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin's education and training programs. Learn more: www.ppwi.org/embody
DESCRIPTION
Institutional and social barriers place Latino families in the U.S. at greater risk for adverse health outcomes, often facing unique challenges to healthy sexuality and access to reproductive health care; the services available are often not linguistically or culturally appropriate. To help Latinos navigate the health care system and address their need for culturally relevant health information, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin (PPWI) utilizes specially trained lay community members as frontline public health advisors. Promotores de Salud have firsthand knowledge of the issues affecting the communities in which they live and serve, and through direct education and training in homes and other familiar venues, become trusted resources. The workshop described the Promotores model and explored how community health advisors can model and teach health literacy skills in underserved communities.
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS
Maria Barker, Multicultural Programs Manager at PPWI, is a bilingual (Spanish/English) community educator of Mexican origin. She has facilitated reproductive health education programming including hundreds of home health parties for the Latino community since 2003. She is well recognized for training and using lay community workers known as Promotores de Salud to reach the Latino community. Maria is a graduate of the Latino Nonprofit Leadership Program through UW-Milwaukee and Cardinal Stritch University, and is a Certified Sexuality Educator by Planned Parenthood of Western Washington and Centralia College.
Al Castro, MS BSSW, Program Director at the United Community Center of Milwaukee, manages the UCC Health Research Department, which collaborates with universities to conduct community-engaged research to develop programs and services that address health issues and inequities in the Latino community. Castro holds a BS in Social Work from Carroll University and an MS in Business Management from Cardinal Stritch University. Castro is a licensed social worker in Wisconsin and is fluent in Spanish.
Angeles Soria Rodriguez, a Mexican immigrant, started her community service by helping co-workers and neighbors access health care, hospitals, courts, DMVs, and other resources. When Angeles moved to Milwaukee, she volunteered at community organizations and attended comprehensive trainings about cardiovascular and mental health, financial management, and nutrition. Angeles now concentrates her volunteer efforts on creating leadership among Latina women and reducing Latino obesity. As a health promoter at PPWI, she uses the Cuidandonos Creceremos mas Sanos curriculum she helped develop to facilitate home health parties that help Latino families get comfortable talking about healthy
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