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ETHNIC OUTREACH COORDINATORS

(Revised 10/9/09)

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County (CONTADO) Name (NOMBRE)  Number (NUMERO)
Benton/Franklin Maria Ramos (509) 946-5157
Grant/Adams/Okanogan Anna Alvarez (509) 765-5809
Grays Harbor/Pacific Leslie Gadwa (360) 537-8814
King Xochitl Gonzales (206) 829-7044, ext. 7043
Skagit Alma Lopez (360) 416-7570, ext. 401
Walla Walla/Columbia

Garfield/Asotin

Ysabel Fuentes (509) 524-2920, ext. 2933
Whatcom Alina Zollfrank (360) 255-2056, ext. 2
Yakima Maria Pulido (509) 574-3200



Asian Outreach:

Yvone Link
(253) 531-2022

 


Cultural Diversity Links

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/resource/library/index.cfm Scroll down to download these profiles (pdf): Arab, Cambodian, Eritrean, Ethiopian, Lao, Mien, Oromo, Samoan, Somali, South Asian, Soviet Jewish and Ukrainian.

Cultural Diversity: A guide for Health Professional - Queensland Health http://www.health.qld.gov.au/hssb/cultdiv/cultdiv/home.htm

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 available at: www.depts.washington.edu/pfes/cultureclues.html

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

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

Refugee and Immigrant Health http://www3.baylor.edu/~Charles_Kemp/refugees.htm

 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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