Fresh fruits and vegetables, portion control, and knowledge of nutrition are essential to maintaining a healthy diet. This brochure, created by MHP Salud and the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services, was designed to help Middle Eastern and North African communities build nutritious plates with familiar fresh foods. Inside you will find information on portion sizes, nutrition facts, and tips to help individuals adopt healthier eating habits.
Our Healthy Eating Plate: Asian American and Pacific Islander Editions
Fresh fruits and vegetables, portion control, and knowledge of nutrition are essential to maintaining a healthy diet. This brochure, created by MHP Salud and The Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations, was designed to help Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities build nutritious plates with familiar fresh foods. Inside you will find information on portion sizes, nutrition facts, and tips to help individuals adopt healthier eating habits.
Proporcionando educación y manejo para el control de la diabetes
Este recurso proporciona herramientas educativas de prevención que los Promotores y las Promotoras de salud (CHWs) pueden usar y compartir con los trabajadores agrícolas migratorios estacionales y otras poblaciones vulnerables para reducir las complicaciones de la salud diabética.
Providing Diabetes Control Education and Management
This resource provides educational prevention tools that Community Health Workers (CHWs) can use and share with Migrant Seasonal Agricultural Workers and other vulnerable populations to reduce diabetic health complications.
Strengthening the CHW Profession through Apprenticeships
Apprenticeships are defined as, “an industry-driven, high-quality career pathway where employers can develop and prepare their future workforce, and individuals can obtain paid work experience, classroom instruction and a portable, nationally-recognized credential”. A misconception about apprenticeships are that they are limited to trade such a electricians or mechanics.
Understanding Health Centers that Employ CHWs
This report analyzes and compares 2020 USDS data with a smaller assessment conducted with Health Centers that employ Community Health Workers (CHWs). This comparative analysis includes the presence of minority and special populations and the types of chronic diseases that are treated to understand the role community composition plays in determining the presence of CHWs within Health Centers.
Autocuidado para Trabajadores Agrícolas-Consejos de su Promotor de Salud
Como trabajador(a) agrícola, es posible que se enfrente a ciertas barreras para el cuidado personal debido a desa�íos únicos relacionados con sus condiciones de vida y de trabajo.
Self-Care for Farmworkers-Advice from your CHW
Self-care is simply caring for oneself. It is a process where individuals and their families maintain health through promoting behaviors and managing illness. As a farmworker, you may be facing certain barriers to self-care due to unique challenges related to your living and working conditions.
Chronic Disease Management Tool
This tool is meant to assist individuals and/or their caregivers in keeping track of the management of their chronic condition(s). It is meant to provide a weekly snapshot or overview of their health and any concerns they may have. It is NOT meant to be a complete tool for tracking chronic disease management, nor should it replace any record-keeping a doctor or healthcare provider has given.
Chronic Disease Management Tool en Español
Esta herramienta tiene la intención de asistir individuos y/o sus cuidadores con dar seguimiento a sus enfermeda descrónicas. Intenta dar una imagen semanal o un resumen de su salud o cualquier preocupación que puedan tener.