AUCD: Poster Symposium 3B: Diversity Topics: Partnership of NH-ME LEND and New Mainers Public Health Initiative to offer training experiences with culturally and linguistically diverse populations.

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Susan Russell, MS, Associate Director
The University of Maine, Center for Community Inclusion, UCEDD

Description

With support from a Focused Assistance to Support Training Project (FAST) grant, the NH-ME LEND partnered with New Mainers Public Health Initiative (NMPHI) in Lewiston, Maine, to build the LEND's capacity to offer training or fieldwork experiences with culturally and linguistically diverse populations. Lewiston is Maine's second largest city and a secondary resettlement area for Somali refugees. NMPHI served as a translator for and cultural broker with the Somali families.

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