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Latinos in Appalachia Community Asset Map Project

Latinos in Appalachia Community Asset Map Project. Traditional Needs Assessment. Focuses on what is wrong or missing Communities are defined by problems and deficiencies. Teen pregnancy, depression, alcoholism, diabetes, child abuse, poverty…. Wow, things are really bad for you!.

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Latinos in Appalachia Community Asset Map Project

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  1. Latinos in AppalachiaCommunity Asset Map Project

  2. Traditional Needs Assessment • Focuses on what is wrong or missing • Communities are defined by problems and deficiencies Teen pregnancy, depression, alcoholism, diabetes, child abuse, poverty…. Wow, things are really bad for you!

  3. That is terrible! The situation is hopeless! Whatever will we do?

  4. Lucky for you that I am here! I can help you with all of your awful problems!

  5. We know what you need because we are smarter and better than you! Here is some money. Do some Sudoku and go buy some salad! Then you will get better!

  6. Are you doing what we told you to? You know your real problem is that you are not more like us. You really are a bunch of losers! I honestly don’t know if even we can help you, as amazing and powerful as we are!

  7. ABCD: Asset-based community development Focuses on what is actually there Can you see the assets in this picture?

  8. Don’t cry. I am not really Superman. I’m just a baby like you, wearing a Superman costume my mom bought online.

  9. And we are not really rich geniuses. We are actually a bunch of out-of-work actors getting paid $25 to pose for this photo. And I am not really here. I am a photo-shop image.

  10. Assets • Types of assets and some examples: • Individuals: experience, gifts, abilities, desires, hopes, dreams • Associations: clubs, faith-based groups, sports teams, ASPCA • Institutions: schools, police force, fire squad, local government, health departments • Physical resources: land, buildings, infrastructure • Economic resources: businesses, state health insurance, grant funds, informal economic exchanges This guy knows how to fly a helicopter and he makes a killer Bun Nuoc Leo. He also takes care of his aging diabetic aunt.

  11. Asset mapping • The basis for sustainable community development • Inventories capacities of individuals, associations, institutions, and physical and economic assets • Special focus is on marginalized groups: older adults, minorities, disabled, ex-offenders…

  12. Latinos in Appalachia community asset Map Project • Latinos are the fastest-growing minority group in the U.S. • The Latino population of Virginia has nearly doubled in the last 10 years--nearly 10 times the rate of increase for all other groups combined, and more than double the increase for the nation at large • There were an estimated 3,324 Latino residents in the NRV in 2009 • We may tend to think of them as “service recipients”-- but this is a dynamic and promising population with lots to offer!

  13. References • Cristancho, S., Garces, D. M., Peters, K. E., & Mueller, B. C. (2008). Listening to rural Hispanic immigrants in the Midwest: A community-based participatory assessment of major barriers to health care access and use. Qualitative Nursing Research, 18(5), 633-646. • Derose, K. P., Escarce, J. E., & Lurie, N. (2007). Immigrants and health care: Sources of vunerability. Health Affairs, 26(5), 1258-1268. • Kretzmann, J. P., & McKnight, J. L. (1993). Building communities from the inside out: A path toward finding and mobilizing a community's assets. Evanston: Institute for Policy Research. • Kretzmann, J. P., McKnight, J. L., Dobrowolski, S., & Puntenney, D. (2005). Discovering community power: A guide to mobilizing local assets and your organization's capacity. Evanston: Asset Based Community Development Institute. • McKnight, J. L., & Kretzmann, J. P. (1996). Mapping Community Capacity. Retrieved May 1, 2011, from Northwestern University: http://www.northwestern.edu/ipr/publications/papers/mcc.pdf • Mental Health Association of the New River Valley, Inc. (2011). Pro Bono Counseling Program. Retrieved April 30, 2011, from Mental Health Association of the New River Valley: http://www.mhanrv.org/pro_bono.html • Ortega, A. N., Fang, H., Perez, V. H., Rizzo, J. A., Carter-Pokras, O., Wallace, S. P., et al. (2007). Health care access, use of services, and experiences among undocumented Mexicans and other Latinos. Archives of Internal Medicine, 2354-2360.

  14. references • Radford University Office of University Relations. (2010, August 5). Radford University FAMIS Outreach Project lends a helping hand to uninsured kids. Retrieved April 30, 2011, from Radford University: http://www.radford.edu/NewsPub/August10/0805famis.html • Ramirez, R. R. (2004, December). We the people: Hispanics in the United States. Retrieved April 30, 2011, from United States Census Bureau: http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/censr-18.pdf • Texas A & M Health Science Center. (n.d.). Models for practice focus area: Educational and community-based programs. Retrieved April 30, 2011, from Texas A & M Health Sciences Center: http://www.srph.tamhsc.edu/centers/rhp2010/html/education/newriver.htm • Umaña-Taylor, A. J., & Bámaca, M. Y. (2004). Conducting focus groups with Latino families: Lessons from the field. Family Relations, 53, 261-272. • United States Census Bureau. (2009). Montgomery County, Virginia 2009 population estimates. Retrieved April 30, 2011, from United States Census Bureau: http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?-ds_name=PEP_2009_EST&-qr_name=PEP_2009_EST_DP1&-geo_id=05000US51121 • United States Census Bureau. (2011). 2010 Census data Virginia. Retrieved April 30, 2011, from United States Census 2010: http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/ • United Way of Montgomery, Radford & Floyd. (2010, November 30). Agency - Med-Ride NRV . Retrieved April 30, 2011, from Volunteer NRV: http://www.volunteernrv.org/org/15389850.html • Virginia Economic Development Partnership. (2010). Community Profiles. Retrieved April 30, 2011, from Virginia Economic Development Partnership: http://virginiascan.yesvirginia.org/communityprofiles

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