medical library association 2006 annual meeting serving diverse users: cultural competencies for...

Medical Library Association 2006 Annual MeetingMedical Library Association 2006 Annual MeetingServing Diverse Users: Cultural Competencies for Health Sciences LibrariansServing Diverse Users: Cultural Competencies for Health Sciences Librarians

Reverend Mary Diggs-HobsonExecutive Director, AARTH Ministry

7728 Rainier Avenue SouthSeattle, WA 98118

[email protected]

www.aarth.org

Medical Library Association 2006 Annual MeetingMedical Library Association 2006 Annual MeetingServing Diverse Users: Cultural Competencies for Health Sciences LibrariansServing Diverse Users: Cultural Competencies for Health Sciences Librarians

Presentation will cover:

• AARTH Ministry & program services• Collaboration between cultures • Why the collaboration was revolutionary?• The librarian’s role in community:

AARTH’s perspective• Providing services in cultural appropriate

ways and places

African Americans Reach and Teach Health (AARTH) MinistryAfrican Americans Reach and Teach Health (AARTH) MinistryAARTH’s MissionAARTH’s Mission

AARTH Ministry is a faith-based nonprofit established to help build the capacity of faith houses and institutions that serve people of African descent through:

• Health education and training• Compassionate service• Access to health resources• Self-advocacy for better health care systems

AARTH Ministry Program Strategy

Health Mission Teams

Training

Certification

Resource Materials

Funding Support

Access to Wellness Network

Online access to culturally relevant health resources

HIV/AIDS Education

& Training

Facilitator Training creating safe spaces for healthy

dialogue about HIV/AIDS

Health Ministry A ministry of health,

healing and wholeness for the body, mind and

spirit

Health Connections

Health partnerships

Access to health resources

African Americans Reach and Teach Health (AARTH) Ministry African Americans Reach and Teach Health (AARTH) Ministry Core & Companion Program ServicesCore & Companion Program Services

African Americans Reach and Teach Health (AARTH) MinistryAfrican Americans Reach and Teach Health (AARTH) Ministry

Collaboration between cultures: Mars Hill Graduate School Library & AARTH Ministry

• Introductions: facilitated by mutual acquaintance• Dialogue: initiated based on common needs • Partnership: supported by common organization,

program goals & NNLM funding• Roles & responsibilities based on:

– Respect– Clearly defined and mutually agreed upon definitions in

the program scope of work– Willingness to share resources and meet the needs


Why the collaboration was revolutionary?

• The first partnership of its type between faith based capacity building organization & librarians

• Challenged traditional practices for librarians to work with community

• Changed traditional methods for accessing health information

• Established a new model for librarians to provide health information


Why the collaboration was revolutionary?

• Access to Wellness Project partnership

• AARTH web site development and maintenance

• Health information expertise and resource

• Board of directors relationship


The librarian’s role in community:

AARTH’s perspective

• A member of community willing to take health information to the people in culturally appropriate ways and places

• Active listener using appreciative inquiry• Collaborator and bridge builder• A follower and supporter • Capacity builder presenting choices & resources


Providing services in cultural appropriate ways & places:

• Creates sustainable community health information services

• Develops skills• Presents career opportunities• Expands community access to health information

African Americans Reach and Teach Health (AARTH) Ministry African Americans Reach and Teach Health (AARTH) Ministry Access to Wellness Network


On site Internet & health data retrival Training

Assessing health information needs

African Americans Reach and Teach Health (AARTH) MinistryAfrican Americans Reach and Teach Health (AARTH) Ministry Health Ministry Development Health Ministry Development

Paradise of Praise C.O.G.I.C.Health Ministry

Creates sustainable community health services•Health program services•Health fairs/workshops•Community health information site•Support career opportunities

Providing services in cultural appropriate ways:



Church Health Ministries:•First A.M.E. •Paradise of Praise

Develops skills


Greater New Bethel Health Ministry HIV/AIDS Outreach at SAARS Grocery


Expands access to health information to the streets



Expands access to health information to community events & workshops



Expands access to health information to community health fairs

Expands access to health resources & literature



African Americans Reach and Teach Health (AARTH) Ministry African Americans Reach and Teach Health (AARTH) Ministry AccomplishmentsAccomplishments

Education & Training• 4 HIV/AIDS Prevention Instructor

Certification Courses• 27 Certified HIV/AIDS Prevention

Instructors• White House Faith based and

Community Initiative Regional Conference

Special Events - 2003, 2004• 7 Health Fairs• 3 Health Symposium• National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness

Day• Black Church Week of Prayer for the

Healing of AIDS• World AIDS Day• HIV/AIDS video production “Who Will

Speak for Me?”• Historical HIV/AIDS Covenant with

African American Clergy

Collaborations• 8 AWN Partner Churches• United for Health Communities -

street outreach• Public Health Seattle King County

HIV/AIDS Ad Campaign• PHSKC African American Clergy

Breakfast• PHSKC King County Leadership

Summit• Fred Hutchinson HIV Trial Vaccine

Unit “A Closer Walk”• Balm in Gilead National Black Church

Institute for HIV/AIDS• Mother of Peace Community

Orphanage, Zimbabwe South Africa

African Americans Reach and Teach Health (AARTH) MinistryAfrican Americans Reach and Teach Health (AARTH) Ministry AARTH Partnerships & CollaborationsAARTH Partnerships & Collaborations

Partial List of Church Partners• Allen Temple Baptist - Oakland, CA • Bethel Christian Church• Covenant Missions Intl.• ECOM/EBFC• Faith Deliverance• Freedom Church of Seattle• Greater New Bethel Baptist• New Covenant Christian Center• Outreach Christian Center• Peoples Institutional Baptist • Southern Sudanese Women • Showers of Blessings• Tabernacle Missionary Baptist• Paradise of Praise COGIC• Grace United Methodist• First A.M.E.• Martin Luther King Baptist

AARTH TeamMary Diggs-Hobson, Executive DirectorBetty Morgan Office Manager/AdminGlenn Chinn BookkeeperRosa Young Health EducatorJeremiah Brewer Health EducatorReginald Diggs AWN Project ManagerKhaliah D. Willis Health Outreach Worker

Board of DirectorsPeter Masundire, PresidentNancy Press SecretaryDorothy Caldwell TreasurerYalonda GillGwendolyn Williams*Reginald Diggs

7728 Rainier Avenue South

Seattle, WA 98118

Phone: (206) 850-2070

Fax: (206) 722-8869

AARTH MinistryWeb siteWeb site

www.aarth.org

Project funded by: The National Network of Libraries of Medicine

medical library association 2006 annual meeting serving diverse users: cultural competencies for...

Documents

ministry of health

hivaids health ministry

health education

health information slide

health resources selfadvocacy

better health care systems

needs slide

librarians role