Thank you!
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From: Health Promotion on the Internet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Bill Magee
Sent: August 20, 2003 1:17 PM
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Subject: Re: South Asian Mental Health Programs
You might alos try:
the website for the Centre for Excellence in Immigration Studies.
Also the Culture, Community and Health Programn and the Centre for
Addicitions and Mental Health in Toronto
On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Annabelle Sabloff wrote:
> Re above:
> Here are some possibilities to pursue; sorry I don't have exact
> contact information for most:
>
> University departments, anthropology, social work:
> 1. York U anthropology dept, medical anthropology;
> 2. McGill U anthropology dept - anthropology and psychiatry, medical
> anthropology 3. I believe Ryerson U would have something: check with
> their school of social work
>
> Individuals:
> 1.Try Hersh Sehdev, Executive Director (I believe), North Kingston
> Community Health Centre
>
> 2. Dr. Ralph Masi has been heavily involved in this stuff for many
> years; he was the impetus behind the founding of Ontario Multicultural
> Health Coalition, the Canadian Council on Multicultural Health, etc.
> Try him at the U of Toronto, Health Promotion Program (I'm not sure
> he's still there, but they may know how to get in touch with him)
>
> 3. City of Toronto Public Health Department has lengthy history of
> such involvements (although I don't know about their current status re
> this): Contact Maria Herrera, Manager Urban Health, Toronto Public
> Health Department, 277 Victoria Street, 3rd Floor Toronto, Ontario,
> Canada M5B 1W2
> Phone: (416) 338-7962 Fax: (416) Email: [log in to unmask]
>
> If any of these pan out, please let me know.
> Annabelle Sabloff
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robin D. Holmes [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 9:29 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: South Asian Mental Health Programs
>
> On behalf of a colleague in the UK, I am posting this to see if
> anyone, particularly in Canada or Toronto, can suggest a program that
> would fit the bill for her to study. Please see below. Please send me
> an email with any
> suggestions at [log in to unmask]
> Many thanks ~ Robin
>
>
> I thought I might focus upon cultural competencies in mental health
> services. What we do for people from other cultures. At present the
> health system is set up for the white middle class literate
> population. It fails
> you if you do not fit into these categories.
>
> I want to develop competencies that are not bound by standards, which
> seems the way that they are developed in the UK. Blame is firmly but
> onto the client for not conforming, and the standards so general that
> they can mean
> anything.
> For example: Communication - The patient will have access to an
> interpreter. But it does not say that the Service has to provide an
> interpreter, and that this interpreter needs to not only be
> linguistically
> able but also culturally competent. So basically I want to visit a
> mental
> health site that has some excellent mental health services for south
> Asian
> populations (Indian).
>
>
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