caa a22 4500 467934568 CHVBK 20180406152953.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10900-005-9002-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10900-005-9002-4 Addressing health disparities in highly specialized minority populations: case study of Mexican Mennonite farmworkers [Elektronische Daten] [Cyndi Treaster, Suzanne Hawley, Angelia Paschal, Craig Molgaard, Theresa Romain] The Kansas Statewide Farmworker Health Program (KSFHP) has developed a unique set of culturally competent health interventions in response to the pressing public health needs of the state's underserved farmworker population. Key among these are its health education and translation efforts on behalf of the fast-growing Low German-speaking Mexican Mennonite farmworker population. Linguistic, religious, and cultural values have created unique and complex health disparities and barriers to care that can be broken down only through innovative approaches. KSFHP first conducted a health needs assessment survey of the farmworker population in 2003, which indicated prenatal care practices as a significant health disparity, especially among the Low German-speaking Mexican Mennonite population. In response, KSFHP successfully lobbied the state health department to implement a new standard of health behavior data collection that includes primary language data as a method of delineating population subgroups, making Kansas one of the first two states in the country to collect this information. KSFHP also developed culturally competent Low German-language recordings on health topics such as prenatal care in accordance with the information delivery needs of the Low German-speaking Mexican Mennonite farmworker population. Currently, a pilot program is in progress that offers additional outreach, health education, and interpretation, among other services. The work of the KSFHP has significant implications for further research into health disparities, specialized minority populations, and culturally competent data collection methods. Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2006 cultural competency nationallicence rural health nationallicence prenatal care nationallicence Mexican Mennonites nationallicence Treaster Cyndi Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, 1010 N. Kansas, 67214-3199, Wichita, KA, USA aut Hawley Suzanne Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, 1010 N. Kansas, 67214-3199, Wichita, KA, USA aut Paschal Angelia Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, 1010 N. Kansas, 67214-3199, Wichita, KA, USA aut Molgaard Craig Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, 1010 N. Kansas, 67214-3199, Wichita, KA, USA aut Romain Theresa Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, 1010 N. Kansas, 67214-3199, Wichita, KA, USA aut Journal of Community Health Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 31/2(2006-04-01), 113-122 0094-5145 31:2<113 2006 31 10900 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-005-9002-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-005-9002-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Treaster Cyndi Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, 1010 N. Kansas, 67214-3199, Wichita, KA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hawley Suzanne Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, 1010 N. Kansas, 67214-3199, Wichita, KA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Paschal Angelia Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, 1010 N. Kansas, 67214-3199, Wichita, KA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Molgaard Craig Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, 1010 N. Kansas, 67214-3199, Wichita, KA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Romain Theresa Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, 1010 N. Kansas, 67214-3199, Wichita, KA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Community Health Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 31/2(2006-04-01), 113-122 0094-5145 31:2<113 2006 31 10900 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer