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ETHNIC OUTREACH COORDINATORS

(Revised 7/13/10)

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County (CONTADO)	Name (NOMBRE)	Number (NUMERO)
Benton/Franklin	Maria Ramos	(509) 946-5157, ext. 108
Grant/Adams/Okanogan	Anna Alvarez	(509) 766-8972
Grays Harbor/Pacific	Leslie Gadwa	(360) 581-9690
King	Catalina Angel Veronica Guzman Patricia Gonzales	(206) 829-7043 (206) 829-7027 (206) 619-8481
Skagit	Alma Lopez	(360) 416-7570, ext. 414
Walla Walla/Columbia Garfield/Asotin	Ysabel Fuentes	(509) 524-2933
Whatcom	Alina Zollfrank	(360) 255-2056, ext. 2
Yakima	Maria Pulido	(509) 574-3200

King County Ethnic Outreach Coordinators - Additional Communities:

Barni Muse (Somali) (206) 295-9419

Khadro Jama (Somali) (206) 295-8643

Scarlett Mai (Vietnamese) (206) 619-8459

Tammy Dang (Vietnamese) (206) 619-8459

Khadijah Toms (African American ) (206) 295-8643

Asian Outreach:

Open Doors for Multicultural Families

Ginger Kwan, Director (206) 372-1072

Cultural Diversity Links

Healthcare411in Spanish - A new audio news series that provides Spanish speakers with evidence-based consumer information including how to obtain high quality, safe healthcare. To access Healthcare411 in English, click here.

La Única - Spanish instruction and travel center in Tacoma. Classes in communicating with Spanish speaking students and their parents available.

Access for Autistic Youth from the American Cultural Exchange - www.cultural.org/aay/

Information in English, Spanish, Korean, Vietnamese, Russian, Chinese, Arabic and Somali. Much of the information is focused onKing County, but has good Washington State and national resource lists as well. Phone: 1-800-328-8476 or 206- 217-9644.

Community Profiles - Cross Cultural Health Care Programs http://www.xculture.org/ Scroll down to download these profiles (pdf): Arab, Cambodian, Eritrean, Ethiopian, Lao, Mien, Oromo, Samoan, Somali, South Asian, Soviet Jewish and Ukrainian.

Multicultural Health - A Guide for Health Professionals - from Queensland Health

Culture Clues are tip sheets for clinicians designed to increase awareness about concepts and preferences of patients from the diverse cultures served by the University of Washington Medical Center. Click here to access.

Cultural Profiles http://www.ggalanti.com/cultural_profiles.html

Culture Specific Pages - Ethnomed - http://ethnomed.org

Refugee and Immigrant Health: Click here

www.healthfinder.gov/espanol - A Spanish-language Web Site that helps consumers track down reliable health information quickly and easily on the Internet.

Hablamos Juntos (Spanish for "We Speak Together") is a project funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and administered by UCSF Fresno Center for Medical Education & Research for the purpose of developing affordable models for language access: www.hablamosjuntos.org

The Spanish language version of the birth-to-three parent-child activity materials are now available for downloading on the Washington Learning Systems website. Go to www.walearning.com and click on the purple button that says "Free Parent Education Handouts" on the home page.

Wellness Information Zone - health information available in Spanish at Healthcare Information.

Baby Builders infant exercise program DVD, a program using proven activities designed to build strength, balance, movement, and prevent delayed development now in Spanish at http://www.babybuilders.com/espanol.htm

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