Programs...

Community Services

A broad spectrum of programs and educational material is offered to a diverse audience ranging from community members, children and students to hospital staff, physicians, nurses and other health care professionals.

Featured Youth Program

 Escalera Project:
A project funded through collaboration with PepsiCo/Frito-Lay & the National Council of La Raza, to assist high school youth in grades 11th & 12th in preparing themselves for higher education & a career in business/finance.
More Info

Carlos Vengas, Program Manger
escaleraproject@mahec-la.com

323.780.7640

 

Community Services offered through MAHEC:

  1. Educational Programs
  2. Community Collaboratives
  3. Initiatives





Educational Programs

  • Speaking to your Patients (Platicando con su Paciente): Spanish language medical terminology course to reduce linguistic and cultural barriers between health care providers and their limited English-speaking patients.

  • Training & Technical Assistance (Proyecto Informar) Cultural Competency: Group training modules that emphasizes cultural competency of health care providers and institutions to better serve Latino communities.
  • Diabetes Prevention/Education: Promotes diabetes awareness, & culturally appropriate education for material development.

  • Colorectal Cancer Awareness: A national initiatative for cancer awareness, prevention and early detection.
  • Comenzando Bien: A program for prenatal health education for Hispanic women & their families.
  • Prenatal Health Education: Promotes the health and well-being of the mother and the developing fetus through educational and counseling activities.

  • Tobacco Control: Provides a variety of services focused on educating the Latino community regarding tobacco use, including cessation, reduction in environmental smoke risks and attitudinal changes regarding tobacco policies.

  • Lead Poisoning Prevention: Educate the community on lead poison and the use of table wear products.

  • Latino Technology Network: MAHEC is 1 of 13 alliance partners, the alliance partners are dedicated to tackling the problems of educational deficiencies and access to technology and training.

  • Fish Contamination Education: The goal is to provide outreach & education activities focused on fish contamination issues related to the coastal regions of Los Angeles & Orange County.

  • Poison Control Program: Educate Latinos on how to utilize the Poison Control Center.

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Community Collaboratives

  • Vacunas Para La Familia: An immunization outreach and community education project to educate Latino families about vaccine preventable diseases and direct them to needed services.

  • Community Health Educators (Promotores de Salud): Community members that have been trained for MAHEC in specific areas (i.e. diabetes, tobacco education, breast cancer awareness, etc.) to educate & advocate in the community.

  • Teen Pregnancy Prevention: An East Los Angeles Community Partnership designed to address teenage pregnancy and fatherless in the community.

  • Parks, Recreation & Health: A project in partnership with the RAND Corporation to impact community health in Los Angeles County through improvements in local recreational area & implementation of strategies for better access & use of these areas.

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Initiatives

  • Translation and Adaptation Services: Promotes and facilitates cultural and linguistic competent patient education services through the development and translation/adaptation of health education materials.

  • Family Financial Literacy Program:

  • Jovenes Por la Salud: Health careers internship program for youth. Click HERE for more information

  • Padres Scholarship Fund:

  • Escalera Youth Program: A project funded through collaboration with PepsiCo/Frito-Lay & the National Council of La Raza, to assist high school youth in grades in 11 & 12 in preparing themselves for higher education & a career in business/finance. Click HERE for more information

  • High School Nursing Bridge Program: Preparing under-represented minority high school students in math, science & verbal skills, & linking them to careers in nursing. Click HERE for more information

  • Maravilla Foundation Teen Education Program:

  • First 5 California: Outreach to parents that have children 0-5 years of age regarding child development & reading readiness program.

  • Healthy Families: Medi-Cal/Healthy Families application assistance.

  • Cal-PEN: A statewide educational network for health care professionals addressing the gaps in disaster and bioterrorism. More Info.

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