We Provide Consultation to Organizations

We Provide consultation on cultural norms that should be considered in planning campaigns targeted at underserved communities.

We also provide consultation for emmigration. The act of “emigration” especially involuntarily emigration is a very stressful experience which causing several mental and physical health problems. In addition to health problem, normally every immigrant has to go through the process of adjustment and adaptation which are in need of consultation.

By consultation International Health Education Alliance (IHEA) can help new comer and immigrants in overcoming the barriers such as language, religion, cultural values, and cultural gap. IHEA also is a source of consultation in following area such as:

1. Developing health education materials culturally sensitive and effective.

2. Becoming familiar with the health system of the United States.

3. Educating American nurses and physicians dealing with immigrants and new comer.

4. Method of teaching medical terminology and health language in different culture and different languages.

5. Parent education and teenagers especially when they get conflicts because of immigration

6. Developing curriculum for school specifically to educate immigrant teenagers on health issues such as drug abuse and sexual problem.

7. Becoming adapted to American life style (living in apartment, using transpiration, health system, immunization, medical insurance, and Americanization.

Creation, Evaluation and Publication of Educational Materials

Immigrants’ personality is the product of experiences and expectations that can be vastly different. Therefore, their learning patterns can be different also.

For instance, some immigrants can be quick at formulating concepts, while don’t understand the approach. Or some nationalities view class attendance as a kind of a therapy—therefore they would do best in small private groups; while others look at learning as an occasion for a social gathering. The latter group does best in bigger meetings as well as use of audio/visual material.

These differences are due to cultural norms that have to be considered in planning learning events and publications targeted at immigrant populations.

IHEA believes that health education must begin "where the person is" and therefore all ethnic/racial/language groups deserve to receive health education in their own language and cultural context.

We also believe that ethnic and underserved communities themselves have to be involved in the production and evaluation of truly culturally sensitive health educational material. Our literature represents a rare partnership between the target communities and medical experts, resulting in the co-creation of a new praxis of health education. The emphasis is on two-way dialog on health matters with the target communities—not the printed material.

So far, IHEA has produced over 160 brochures in 45 languages about prevention and early detection of cancer and other chronic diseases. Unprecedented in its scope and methods, the production of each brochure involves research, volunteer recruitment, community activism and deft navigation of multicultural politics.

We Research Cultural Norms and Community Needs

We use our hard-won relationships with immigrant communities to scientifically document cultural barriers and disparities that must be addressed in order to take education to everyone.

We Enable Professionals to Cross Cultural Boundaries

We transfer our unique knowledge of culture and language to health educators, social workers, nurses and doctors. Through lectures, workshops and targeted publications, we enable the professional to interact with wisdom derived from knowledge.