RE: mental health outreach?

[Guest guest]

Hello,

Migrant Health Promotion has created a Promotor model program specifically to address mental health. “Salud Para Todos” (Health for All) trains Promotores and Promotoras (Community Health Workers) to address mental health, substance abuse, stress and violence in their camps and communities.

Migrant Health Promotion assists organizations who want to replicate Salud Para Todos in their communities. The program has been replicated in over 10 sites nationwide. The program materials (a manual for Health Workers, a curriculum, and an implementation guide) are available free on our website:

http://migranthealth.org/our_programs/program_models/salud_para_todos.php

Scroll down to the section called “Materials.”

For additional information, contact Migrant Health Promotion at capacity@... or (734) 944-0244.

Also, Terry Reilly Health Services has done some great outreach/programming around mental health and have also developed health education materials on the issues.

Tori Booker, MSW, MPHAssociate DirectorMigrant Health Promotion224 W. Michigan AvenueSaline, MI 48176(734) 944-0244 - phone(734) 944-1405 -faxVisit our website! www.migranthealth.org

-----Original Message-----From: [mailto: ]On Behalf Of Kristie McCombSent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 10:13 AM Cc: 'Kristie McComb'Subject: [ ] mental health outreach?

Dear Farmworker Health Colleagues,

I am currently working with a client with a social work/counseling background who is interested in learning more about how to do community outreach with farmworkers around mental health issues. Though I am sure that there are models that exist, I am not personally familiar with them.

Do you have any experience doing mental health outreach or do you know of organizations that do mental health outreach that I may contact for more information? If so, please correspond with me directly and send me any contacts for follow-up.

If list serve participants are interested, I will consolidate whatever information I receive into a resource list to share with the larger group at a later date.

Thank you in advance for your help!

Kristie

Kristie McComb, MPH Project Manager Farmworker Health Services, Inc. 1221 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Suite 5 Washington DC 20005 tel: 202-347-7377 fax: 202-347-6385 website: www.farmworkerhealth.org

[Guest guest]

Hello Kristie,

I have been working with the Migrant Farm

Worker community around the issues of mental health and violence prevention for

many years. I would be happy to share information with your client.

Thank you kindly,

Kimber

Kimber J. tti, MSW

CARe Minority Outreach Coordinator

CARe: Communities Against Rape Initiative

Purdue University

615 West State Street

AGAD Room 214

West Lafayette, IN 47907

(765)494-6871

Fax: (765)496-7383

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Kristie McComb

Sent: Wednesday, September 27,

2006 10:13 AM

Cc: 'Kristie McComb'

Subject: [ ]

mental health outreach?

Dear Farmworker Health Colleagues,

I am currently working with a client with

a social work/counseling background who is interested in learning more about how

to do community outreach with farmworkers around mental health issues.

Though I am sure that there are models that exist, I am not personally familiar

with them.

Do you have any experience doing mental

health outreach or do you know of organizations that do mental health outreach

that I may contact for more information? If so, please correspond with me

directly and send me any contacts for follow-up.

If list serve participants are interested,

I will consolidate whatever information I receive into a resource list to share

with the larger group at a later date.

Thank you in advance for your help!

Kristie

Kristie McComb, MPH

Project Manager

Farmworker Health Services, Inc.

1221 Massachusetts

Avenue, NW

Suite 5

Washington

DC 20005

tel: 202-347-7377

fax: 202-347-6385

website: www.farmworkerhealth.org