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La Plaza Inc.Nancy Morales, MPH
Health Outreach Coordinator
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Our Mission
La misin de La Plaza es servir,fortalecer e integrar a la comunidad
Latina de Indiana central .
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Stats
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La Plaza Model-Co-located Services
La Plaza
NeighborhoodChristian
Legal Clinic
CoveringKids
IU Schoolof
Medicine
MarianCountyHealth
Department
PurdueExtension
Indiana CivilRightsCommission
EqualEmploymentOpportunityCommission
Goodwill-NursePartnership
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Health Programs
WIC Clinic
Pediatric Clinic
Wishard Advantage/Medicaid
Case Management
Charlas Food Pantry
Smile Mobile
Community HealthEngagement Program
Community PediatricInitiative
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Pediatric Resident program with IUSchool of Medicine
Residents learn about Latino/Hispanic culture
Residents learn about cultural competency and literacy
Building a relationship with the community
Learn about programs and services from La Plaza
Challenges/barriers in the Latino community
An opportunity to meet staff and learnabout their expertise
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Community 1 &2 Residents
Community 1: Residents learn about La Plazaprograms and services.
Community 2: Residents get an opportunity to hear from an immigrant family and learn about healthservices from their native county and the United States. Get a better understanding on health system Challenges and opportunities.
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culture
Empacho: Indigestion, constipation, diarrhea, vomiting or lack of
apetite, he or she may be thought to be suffering from
empacho. Caida de la mollera: "fallen fontannel" of an infants
skull The belief is that the fontanel is pulled down by suction
which is caused when the infant is pulled too suddenlyfrom the nipple of the bottle.
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Food
Learn about different food products
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Service Learning Project
Three-four weeklearning experience
A passport is providedat the beginning of theproject.
At the end resident
write a reflection paper
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Service learning Project
Residents have done avariety of presentations on:
Nutrition
Physical Activity
Flu shot
Eating disorders
Careers in the medical field
Residents have done charlas on:
Using the Emergency room
Nutrition: Portion sizes
Weigh loss programs
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Benefits/Challenges
Benefits:
Learning about the
Hispanic/ Latinocommunity
Learn about La Plaza
Connect their learningto their current work
Challenges:
Not enough time
Some projects takelonger commitment
Busy schedule
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Recommendations
Learn about theculture frompatients youare serving
Listen to thePatients
Ask questionsabout their
customs
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Group Brainstorm
Get in a group 2-5 people get in a group and discusssome of the challenges working with another ethnicity/race different from yours.
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Thank you!
Thank you!
La Plaza8902 E. 38 th StIndianapolis, IN 46220
317-890-3292www.laplaza-indy.org
Nancy [email protected]
317-890-3292 x 141
http://www.laplaza-indy.org/mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]://www.laplaza-indy.org/http://www.laplaza-indy.org/http://www.laplaza-indy.org/
