Educational Resources

Health

Health Education:

• http://www.laofamily.org/health/index.html
  This is the Lao Family Community health web site. It includes information on chemical awareness, mental health, prevention, as well as a host of other health issues.
• http://www.hmonghealth.org/
  A very comprehensive site! The goal of this website is to provide access to health information for Hmong people and those who provide health, education and social services to the Hmong community. The site is managed by the Northern Wisconsin Area Health Education Center (NAHEC).
• http://www.hmonghealth.org/dictionary/
  A comprehensive dictionary of health and medical words in English with the Hmong translation.
• http://www.chclibrary.org/hmong/illustrations/
  Illustrations of parts of the human body with Hmong translations of terms.
• http://www.apa.org/ed/hlgb/
  Healthy Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Student Project
• http://vc.curtin.edu.au/crw/Publishing/vulnerability.pdf
  A point of vulnerability: Links between domestic violence and mothering.

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Foods and Nutrition:

For Educators:

• http://www.uwex.edu/ces/wnep/hmong/
  University of Wisconsin - Extension Nutrition Education for Hmong audiences.
• http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5254.html
  Cultural Diversity: Eating in America. Discusses the typical daily diet of the Hmong, eating practices, food preparation, customs and family traditions, and teaching implications.

Understanding the US Medical System:

•  http://members.aol.com/hmongstudiesjrnl/HSJ-v2n2_Yang_Frames.html
  Practicing Modern Medicine: "A little medicine, a little neeb", by Yeng Yang from the Spring, 1998 Hmong Studies Journal. This is a review of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures by Anne Fadiman.

Health Careers:

• http://academic.son.wisc.edu/wistrec/
  The Wisconsin Program for Training Regionally Employed Care Providers (WisTREC) is a coalition of twenty-seven higher education institutions, government agencies, and community organizations. Our goal is to improve access to health care in underserved communities by increasing the number of 'homegrown' certified nurse-midwives, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants.

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