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In winter 2023, Lopez Island Family Resource Center (LIFRC), United General #304, and La Cima Lopez hosted a Spanish language CPR/AED/First Aid training on Lopez Island. The Hispanic community on Lopez Island shared with Karina E. Cerda Aguirre, who works with LIFRC, that there was a great need to have this type of knowledge, due to […]
Cultural Competency
North Sound Accountable of Health invierte en la formación de intérpretes médicos
El año pasado, North Sound Accountable Community of Health (North Sound ACH) desarrolló una encuesta sobre el acceso lingüístico para recopilar datos sobre los idiomas que se hablan en la región de North Sound y comprender mejor cómo apoyar a las organizaciones regionales en proporcionar servicios lingüísticamente y culturalmente apropiados en los servicios sociales y […]
North Sound Accountable Community of Health invests in training medical interpreters
Last year, North Sound Accountable Community of Health (North Sound ACH) developed a Language Access Survey (LAS) to collect data on languages spoken in the North Sound region, and to better understand how to support partner organizations in providing culturally- and linguistically-appropriate language services in healthcare and social services. The data collected from the LAS […]
Responding to the Inequities in the Opioid Crisis
Megan Tripp, Project Manager In 2022, North Sound ACH partnered with the Department of Health for a pilot project aimed at getting naloxone into the hands of people in the community. The need for community naloxone distribution is greater now than it ever has been before. Over the past 15 years, opioid overdose deaths in the […]
Sadness and anger on racial violence – we must speak up
Shanon R. Hardie, Board Chair The tragedy in Buffalo still weighs heavy on my mind and heart alongside the shootings in Tulsa, LagunaHills, Uvalde and 14 other sites over the Memorial Day weekend. I know it is not new; acts of violenceand racism are inflicted upon our Black friends, neighbors, co-workers, families, and communities everyday […]
