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- Title
Clínica Comunitaria Esperanza: Strategy for Health Promotion and Engagement With Hispanic Communities.
- Authors
Davids, Anna H.; Sommese, Kathryn J.; Roach, Meredith V.; Lee, Samuel J.; Crose, Chelsea E.; Khan, Sarah B.; Leader, Alexandra P.
- Abstract
A 2009 community needs assessment highlighted the health care gap facing Hispanic residents in Hampton, Virginia, one of the major cities served by Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS). Survey respondents indicated the following as health care barriers: language, lack of knowledge, and lack of a community health center. EVMS students worked to bridge the health care gap between existing needs and services by establishing and maintaining the Clínica Comunitaria Esperanza, a culturally and linguistically competent student-run free clinic serving uninsured Hispanics in the Hampton Roads area. This article provides a model for engaging effectively with a priority population through partnerships that facilitate understanding of the community concerns, values, culture, and existing local resources that serve as determinants of health. This article further illustrates how the integration of two preexisting EVMS programs, the HOPES (Health Outreach Partnership of EVMS Students) Clinic and the Medical Spanish program, has supported the development and sustainability of Clínica Comunitaria Esperanza. The HOPES Clinic is a student-run free clinic that provides both general and specialty care to uninsured patients. EVMS' Medical Spanish program is a longitudinal service learning initiative composed of medical students, faculty, and staff dedicated to providing inclusive health care to meet the needs of the local Spanish-speaking community.
- Subjects
VIRGINIA; COMMUNITY health services; HEALTH promotion; HEALTH services accessibility; HEALTH status indicators; HISPANIC Americans; INTERPROFESSIONAL relations; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL needs assessment; MEDICAL care research; MEDICAL schools; MEDICAL students; CULTURAL values; COMMUNICATION barriers; CULTURAL competence; HUMAN services programs; HEALTH literacy; EVALUATION of human services programs; HEALTH &; social status
- Publication
Health Promotion Practice, 2020, Vol 21, Issue 1, p91
- ISSN
1524-8399
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1524839918784942