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In light of the new mission and vision developed at AMHP?s Strategic Planning retreat in May 2006, AMHP sent in a request for proposals for projects that could be undertaken by the organization for the upcoming year.
A committee of experts selected projects that best meet the following criteria:
Alignment with vision and mission
Fulfillment of a need*
Feasibility
Potential impact on the community
* Some needs that were identified for AMHP were in the area of health policy, community outreach, research, career development, public relations, education, mentorship, and networking.
While numerous proposals were received, the following three projects were selected for implementation for 2006-2007.
Project #1: Health Fair Guide
Sarah Aisha Khan
The Health Fair guide is a documented and institutionalized resource for Muslim communities regarding health fairs. In this publication, one will find step-by-step directions on:
Organizing health fairs
Chronicles of past Muslim health fairs
Marketing techniques
Allocation of resources
Methodizing the Muslim Health fair concept
Forming diverse partnerships with other organizations
Impact on Community
Collaborative efforts between Muslim community organizations and health care associations help to bring free or low cost medical services to the Muslim community.
Target local community members with little or no access to health care.
Promote and support healthy living initiatives such as:
Stress Management
Weight Control
Nutrition Consultation
Psychological/Mental Health Referrals
Dental Hygiene
Presentation
Project #2: Institutional Responses to the Needs of Muslim Patients: Community-Based Programs/Clinics
Lance Laird and Wendy Cadge
Muslim patients face different challenges than non-Muslim patients, the most often cited being respect for modesty, adjustment of medication regimens for Ramadan, and support for rituals associated with birth and death. The study will investigate how Muslim community-based health programs and clinics in five cities with large and diverse Muslim populations, are responding to the needs of Muslim patients.
Preliminary plan includes Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, Detroit and Boston. Results of the study will be submitted to a wide range of journals including but not limited to Social Science and Medicine, American Journal of Public Health, Journal of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, and Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs. This project will be co-sponsored by the Institute of Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU), which shares a common interest with AMHP in identifying needs for research on the American Muslim community.
Impact on Community
Draw attention to the range of health care organizations being created by the Muslim community;
Locate barriers to care in mainstream health care settings that affect access and outcomes for Muslims;
Identify obstacles and resources for Muslim communities planning to initiate public health programs;
Define ways that ?Islamic tradition? inspires the work of Muslim health professionals;
Reframe cultural competence: from interpersonal patient-provider communication to institutional structures and community relations.
Presentation
Project #3: The Muslim Cultural Competence (MC2) Project
Hasan Johnson and Mona Amer
The MC2 Project is an online internet resource dedicated to improving the access and quality of services between health and mental health professionals and their clients / patients. The MC2 PROJECT is unique in that it will offer its users quick and easy access to online professionally oriented, dynamic multimedia resources aimed at improving the overall cultural competence of non-Muslim and Muslim health and mental health providers. It will also provide general consumer health information, a speaker / trainer / consultant directory and other services to assist professionals in their efforts to provide quality, culturally competent health and mental health services to Muslim clients / patients globally.
Impact on Community
Clients: Improve quality & delivery of services to Muslim clients / patients
Providers: Increase knowledge & expertise in providing culturally competent services
Trainers: Improve knowledge, training abilities, & skills
Overall: Generate and provide urgently needed knowledge & resources
A committee of experts selected projects that best meet the following criteria:
Alignment with vision and mission
Fulfillment of a need*
Feasibility
Potential impact on the community
* Some needs that were identified for AMHP were in the area of health policy, community outreach, research, career development, public relations, education, mentorship, and networking.
While numerous proposals were received, the following three projects were selected for implementation for 2006-2007.
Project #1: Health Fair Guide
Sarah Aisha Khan
The Health Fair guide is a documented and institutionalized resource for Muslim communities regarding health fairs. In this publication, one will find step-by-step directions on:
Organizing health fairs
Chronicles of past Muslim health fairs
Marketing techniques
Allocation of resources
Methodizing the Muslim Health fair concept
Forming diverse partnerships with other organizations
Impact on Community
Collaborative efforts between Muslim community organizations and health care associations help to bring free or low cost medical services to the Muslim community.
Target local community members with little or no access to health care.
Promote and support healthy living initiatives such as:
Stress Management
Weight Control
Nutrition Consultation
Psychological/Mental Health Referrals
Dental Hygiene
Presentation
Project #2: Institutional Responses to the Needs of Muslim Patients: Community-Based Programs/Clinics
Lance Laird and Wendy Cadge
Muslim patients face different challenges than non-Muslim patients, the most often cited being respect for modesty, adjustment of medication regimens for Ramadan, and support for rituals associated with birth and death. The study will investigate how Muslim community-based health programs and clinics in five cities with large and diverse Muslim populations, are responding to the needs of Muslim patients.
Preliminary plan includes Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, Detroit and Boston. Results of the study will be submitted to a wide range of journals including but not limited to Social Science and Medicine, American Journal of Public Health, Journal of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, and Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs. This project will be co-sponsored by the Institute of Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU), which shares a common interest with AMHP in identifying needs for research on the American Muslim community.
Impact on Community
Draw attention to the range of health care organizations being created by the Muslim community;
Locate barriers to care in mainstream health care settings that affect access and outcomes for Muslims;
Identify obstacles and resources for Muslim communities planning to initiate public health programs;
Define ways that ?Islamic tradition? inspires the work of Muslim health professionals;
Reframe cultural competence: from interpersonal patient-provider communication to institutional structures and community relations.
Presentation
Project #3: The Muslim Cultural Competence (MC2) Project
Hasan Johnson and Mona Amer
The MC2 Project is an online internet resource dedicated to improving the access and quality of services between health and mental health professionals and their clients / patients. The MC2 PROJECT is unique in that it will offer its users quick and easy access to online professionally oriented, dynamic multimedia resources aimed at improving the overall cultural competence of non-Muslim and Muslim health and mental health providers. It will also provide general consumer health information, a speaker / trainer / consultant directory and other services to assist professionals in their efforts to provide quality, culturally competent health and mental health services to Muslim clients / patients globally.
Impact on Community
Clients: Improve quality & delivery of services to Muslim clients / patients
Providers: Increase knowledge & expertise in providing culturally competent services
Trainers: Improve knowledge, training abilities, & skills
Overall: Generate and provide urgently needed knowledge & resources