What is Duroville? Location: mobile home community on an Indian Reservation in Coachella, CA Population: Purepecha indigenous Mexican immigrants

What is Duroville? Location: mobile home community on an Indian Reservation in

Coachella, CA

Population: Purepecha indigenous Mexican immigrants

Main occupation: migrant agricultural workers

Current health related issues: limited resources, environmental problems, language barrier, under threat of park closure

Photo from LA Times, October, 2009

What we are working on… Health Assessment Survey

Promotora training

Health resourcerecruitment

Communityempowerment

Spreading healthawareness

Building a new type ofPhysician-Patientrelationship

What does this mean for theLatino and Medical Community?

The people of Duroville can: realize their potential, educate us, and contribute to the development of their own community.

Physicians can: realize a new level of cultural humility and address the social and environmental aspects involved in an individual’s health.

The project can be applied to other underserved communities through its organization, mission and understanding.

What does this project mean forUCI PRIME-LC applicants?

The Duroville project is still new and will require the insight and dedication from people who carry a high level of innovation, integrity, and humanity.

It will allow students to get involved directly with the people and be advocates for their future patients on a deeper level.

Students will learn the many ways to heal.

Students can start NOW to be the change they wish to see in the world.

THANK YOU

This presentation was made on behalf of theDiversity Coalition and students of PRIME-LC

For more information:Nancy Anaya, [email protected] Fellmann, [email protected]