News & Events Archive
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September, 2011. BiCCHEC research Dr. Diane Lorant and Dr. Juan Carlos
Acosta from the IUSM Department of Pediatrics traveled to Pachuca, Hidalgo,
where they were invited to present the program Helping Babies Breathe to Mexican
health care providers at the University of Hidalgo (UAEH). More... |
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June 6, 2011. Indiana Commission on Hispanic/Latino
Affairs launches new set of partnerships and initiatives for Latino Hoosiers in
2011. More... |
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June 25, 2010. Laurel Couts, third year pediatrics
resident, was granted funds from our INAAP mini-grant program and results from the
focus groups on Parenting Practices in the Latino Community are now posted in a
short presentation. More... |
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November, 2009. BiCCHEC researcher Dr. Michael
Snodgrass, from the IUPUI History Department, continues to disseminate his research
on Mexican emigration. In November he will travel to Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, where
he has been invited as the keynote speaker at the XXXII Encuentro Nacional de Estudiantes
de Historia, a national conference of Mexican history students. More... |
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March 26, 2009. Nearly two decades ago,
IUPUI student Juana Watson had a dream: to inspire faculty and students from IUPUI's
health schools to travel to her native Mexico to provide a few days of health care
for those in her mountain hometown of Calnali. It was just a small seed, really.
But that one spring break trip to reach out to those in need grew into another,
then another, growing year after year. The IUPUI travel party grew: more faculty,
more students, more schools joining the cause. More... |
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July 13-July 16, 2009. Researchers from
Universidad de Guadalajara visit BICCHEC's group to discuss the production of
a study on adolescent's Oral Health. The study would be conducted in two sites
in Mexico and one in Indiana. The Indiana group is lead by Dr. G. Haupomé the Mexico
group's leader is Dr. D. Mendoza. The study is funded by the Mexican Secretanal
of Education, through the PROMED's program. More... |
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May 26, 2009. BiCCHEC researcher gives presentation and publishes
reports on the history, culture and effects of emigration in Mexico. The History
Department at the University of Georgia invited BiCCHEC researcher Dr. Michael Snodgrass
(History, School of Liberal Arts) to present his research to a meeting of faculty
and graduate students on April 28 in Athens. More... |
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March 26, 2009. Nearly two decades ago,
IUPUI student Juana Watson had a dream: to inspire faculty and students from IUPUI's
health schools to travel to her native Mexico to provide a few days of health care
for those in her mountain hometown of Calnali. It was just a small seed, really.
But that one spring break trip to reach out to those in need grew into another,
then another, growing year after year. The IUPUI travel party grew: more faculty,
more students, more schools joining the cause. More... |
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November 10, 2008. Researchers are part of an IUPUI
delegation that visits UAEH Mexico. More... |
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Oct 13, 2008. The Social Consequences
of Immigration Policies The all-day forum will include presentations and panel discussions
about the impact of Mexican immigration on the Indianapolis community and the sending
communities in the areas of education, religion, social and human services, and
health. Please plan to join us on Monday, October 13th. Register today at
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September 20, 2008. BiCCHEC researcher
gives presentation. The Bracero Program and the Limits to Cross-Border Union
Activism, Workers, the Nation-State, and Beyond at The Newberry Conference on
Labor History Across the Americas in Chicago, IL.
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September 15, 2008. BiCCHEC researchers participate in “EL GRITO” event in Garfield Park in Indianapolis, IN
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August 12, 2008. BiCCHEC researchers participated in SEAL Indiana’s visit to the Mexican consulate in Indianapolis
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May 20, 2008. BiCCHEC BiCCHEC researchers have received a grant to study Oral Health Disparities
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March 20, 2008. BiCCHEC researchers are part of an IUPUI delegation that visits
UAEH Mexico
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March 10, 2008. BiCCHEC researchers have received a grant to develop a culturally-sensitive
bereavement program for Latino families More...
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January 10, 2008. BiCCHEC researchers give a presentation at Butler University:
From Jalisco to Indiana: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Mexican
Immigration
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June 5, 2008. BiCCHEC researchers have published an article
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September, 2011.
BiCCHEC research Dr. Diane Lorant and Dr. Juan Carlos Acosta from the IUSM
Department of Pediatrics traveled to Pachuca, Hidalgo, where they were invited
to present the program Helping Babies Breathe to Mexican health care providers
at the University of Hidalgo (UAEH).
More information:
Universidad de Indiana capacita a 496 parteras hidalguenses
Universidad de Estados Unidos capacita a parteras hidalguenses
Se ubica Hidalgo en la media nacional de muerte infantil
Alumnado del ICSa participará en proyecto para disminuir la mortalidad neonatal
June 6, 2011.
ICHLA launches new set of partnerships and initiatives for Latino Hoosiers
throughout Indiana
On the heels of an extraordinarily successful year of strategic partnering and
community-centric collaboration, the Indiana Commission on Hispanic/Latino
Affairs has begun a new set of statewide initiatives to foster short, medium,
and long-term opportunities for growth for Latinos everywhere.
Parents As Teachers of Lake
County
SSchool readiness is critical to ensuring that Latino children avoid falling
behind early in their academic careers. Parents must develop the skills
necessary to help prepare and advocate for their children as they enter formal
schooling, and Parents As Teachers of Lake County is committed to working with
ICHLA to expand its reach in the Latino communities of northwest Indiana. By
collaborating on the creation of informational media and materials and by
pairing ICHLA’s community understanding with PATLC’s expertise, our agencies are
working together to recruit and retain more Latino families than ever before for
this important service.
Binational/Cross Cultural
Health Enhancement Center
IInstitutions of higher education can be extremely valuable partners for State
agencies because they incubate the kinds of expertise, knowledge, experience,
innovative thinking, and youthful energy that, when supplemented with strategic
direction, can yield immensely important practical results. Now, ICHLA has
partnered with BiCCHEC at Indiana University to assess healthcare needs with
respect to Diabetes for Latinos across the state as well as to begin more
comprehensive analyses on some of the most widely utilized Diabetes education
programs in Indiana.
Building Community Capital:
Micro-lending Through Area V in Logansport
CCommunity stakeholder investment is the turnkey for facilitating the types of
local economic growth that is both sustainable and comprehensive. Replicating
the ongoing partnership ICHLA has developed with Community Action of Northwest
Indiana in Fort Wayne, collaborations with Area V Agency in Logansport are
underway to direct micro-financing options toward Latino entrepreneurs and small
business owners in the region. Area V has long been an important player in
helping to build community infrastructure there. By promoting the program to
up-and-coming Latino business people and making more accessible the training
opportunities and funding already available through their programming, the
sustained growth of Logansport’s local economy is possible.
Welcoming English Language
Learners in our Schools – Indiana University Southeast
LLatino populations throughout Indiana shift and grow every year, and schools
around the state continually face the growing pains associated with changing
demographics. Making educators aware of the needs of Latino students and
exploring more innovative strategies aimed at engaging both students and
families are crucial to curbing long-term educational trends for Latinos and
making schools more welcoming and conducive environments. By partnering with IU
Southeast and the New Neighbors program in New Albany, ICHLA will help to
develop workshops and informative materials to connect with Latino parents,
share resources and services, and help educators better understand current and
future challenges.
Commissioners continue to work hard to ensure that your communities are
represented and that the challenges facing Latinos in your regions of the state
are being discussed and addressed in Indianapolis. We will be exploring new
partnerships later this month, and we are constantly seeking creative and
impactful partnerships through which to spur community change. As always we
appreciate your feedback. Please don’t hesitate to contact me or any of the
Commissioners should you have questions.
You can also find more information on the Commission by visiting us at www.in.gov/ichla/.
June 25, 2010
Laurel Couts, third year pediatrics resident, was granted funds from our
INAAP mini-grant program.
Laurel was mentored by Dr. Sarah Stelzner, an active BiCCHEC researcher. The main
purposes of this particular research study were to identify:
- the successes and challenges of parenting Hispanic children in American
society.
- perceptions, beliefs and educational needs of the Hispanic community
in regard to parenting practices.
- what type of communication would be most effective and best received
by Hispanic parents.
- health care provider concerns and perceptions regarding counseling on
parenting practices.
To view results from the focus groups on Parenting Practices in the Latino Community
please view this short presentation.
November, 2009.
BiCCHEC researcher Dr. Michael Snodgrass, from the IUPUI History Department,
continues to disseminate his research on Mexican emigration. In November he will
travel to Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, where he has been invited as the keynote speaker
at the XXXII Encuentro Nacional de Estudiantes de Historia, a national conference
of Mexican history students. He will present a paper titled "Obreros, Braceros
y la Maquinaria Politica de Mexico Posrevolucionario" (Workers, Migrants and
Machine Politics in Post-Revolutionary Mexico). This past summer, a BiCCHEC writing
stipend allowed Snodgrass the time and resources to begin work on his book manuscript
on Mexican emigration and its effects on sending communities in west-central Mexico.
He also wrote and submitted a book chapter called "Patronage and Progress:
The Bracero Program from the Perspective of Mexico," which will appear next
year in a volume to be published by Oxford University Press. Guests can read a version
of that upcoming publication here
July 13-July 16, 2009, Researchers from Universidad de Guadalajara
visit BICCHEC's group to discuss the production of a study on adolescent's
Oral Health.
Researchers from Universidad de Guadalajara visit BICCHEC's group to discuss
the production of a study on adolescent's Oral Health. The study would be conducted
in two sites in Mexico and one in Indiana. The Indiana group is lead by Dr. G. Haupomé
the Mexico group's leader is Dr. D. Mendoza. The study is funded by the Mexican
Secretanal of Education, through the PROMED's program.
May 26, 2009. BiCCHEC researcher gives presentation and publishes
reports on the history, culture and effects of emigration in Mexico.
The History Department at the University of Georgia invited BiCCHEC researcher
Dr. Michael Snodgrass (History, School of Liberal Arts) to present his research
to a meeting of faculty and graduate students on April 28 in Athens. His talk focused
on the Mexican government’s changing policies towards emigration over the twentieth
century. He will give a revised version of the talk at the upcoming congress of
the Latin American Studies Association in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June. Dr. Snodgrass
recently submitted two separate chapters on another aspect of his research: the
history of the Bracero Program, the guest worker program that sent millions of seasonal
migrants from Mexico to the United States to labor in agriculture between 1942 and
1964. One chapter explores how the Bracero Program fostered the culture of migration
that persists today in so many communities in rural west-central Mexico. The other
examines how emigration and return migration led to significant improvements in
local economies, housing, diets, and health in the tradition emigrant-sending state
of Jalisco. The chapters will appear in two books to be published in 2010 by Oxford
University Press: Beyond the Border: The History of Mexican-U.S. Migration (Mark
Overmyer-Velásquez, ed.) and Workers, the Nation-State and Beyond: Essays in Labor
History Across the Americas (Leon Fink, ed.).
November 10, 2008. BiCCHEC Researchers are part of an IUPUI
delegation that visits UAEH Mexico.
From October 28th-November 1st, a delegation of twelve faculty and staff members
representing Adaptive Educational Services, Engineering, Liberal Arts, the Office
of International Affairs, the School of Nursing, and Student Life, including BICCHEC
researchers Dr. Rose Mays, Dr. Mary Beth Riner and Dr. Michael Snodgrass, to meet
with colleagues at the UAEH to strengthen the institutional partnership, establish
class connections across the disciplines, finalize a summer study abroad program
for students studying Spanish and to develop curriculum with colleagues. Dr. Rose
Mays and Dr. Mary Beth Riner worked with their UAEH colleagues in the School of
Nursing to gain a more
in-depth knowledge of nursing education in Mexico while also discussing key areas
of collaboration for the Indiana University School of Nursing at the Universidad
Autonoma del Estado de Hidalgo Nursing School. Dr. Snograss met with colleagues
from the Population Studies Center to discuss transnational community research and
also delivered a paper, Mexican Emigration and Return Migration: The Case of Jalisco,
1890-1964.
October 13, 2008. BiCCHEC researchers organized “The Social
Consequences of Immigration Policies” Forum
The all-day forum included presentations and panel discussions about the impact
of Mexican immigation on the Indianapolis community and the sending communities
in the areas of education, religion, social and human services, and health. One
hundred and two community members and researchers registered for this event and
were fully engaged in the issue of collaboration between academic and community
leaders in working toward immigrations policies and practices that promote the well-being
of the total community
September 20, 2008. BiCCHEC researcher gives presentation: The
Bracero Program and the Limits to Cross-Border Union Activism Workers, the Nation-State,
and Beyond
The conference was held at Chicago’s Newberry Library, and was co-sponsored by the
University of Illinois at Chicago, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
and Roosevelt University. BiCCHEC’s researcher Dr. Michael Snodgrass received an
invitation to participate in this small invitation-only gathering that brought together
some of the best of current and emerging labor history scholarship on workers, the
state, and transnational labor activism and institutions. The conference focused
on empirically and theoretically relevant work that contributed to a genuinely transnational
and/or comparative history of the Americas.
September 20, 2008. BiCCHEC researcher gives presentation: The Bracero Program and the Limits to Cross-Border Union Activism Workers, the Nation-State, and Beyond
The conference was held at Chicago’s Newberry Library, and was co-sponsored by the University of Illinois at Chicago, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Roosevelt University. BiCCHEC’s researcher Dr. Michael Snodgrass received an invitation to participate in this small invitation-only gathering that brought together some of the best of current and emerging labor history scholarship on workers, the state, and transnational labor activism and institutions. The conference focused on empirically and theoretically relevant work that contributed to a genuinely transnational and/or comparative history of the Americas.
September 15, 2008. BiCCHEC researchers participate in “EL GRITO” event in Garfield Park in Indianapolis, IN.
To help the city of Indianapolis commemorate the 198th anniversary of Mexico’s Independence Day, also known as “El Grito,” BiCCHEC researchers and students set up an information booth at the site of the event, the McAllister Center for Performing Arts in Garfield Park. Held on the afternoon and early evening of Sept. 15, El Grito offered participants a diverse array of services and information in such areas as health, education, and federal service programs. It also promoted Mexican culture through music, folklore, and regional food.
Dr. Armando Soto, Preventive and Community Dentistry, coordinated IUSD’s involvement through the school’s Binational Cross-Cultural Health Enhancement Center, with assistance from
Dr. Stuart Schrader, Oral Biology. Dental students Matthew Rasche (D’09) and
James Bieneman (D’10) volunteered their services to talk to the participants about the dental school and its services and to respond to queries about dentistry.
August 12, 2008. BiCCHEC researchers participated in SEAL Indiana’s visit to the Mexican consulate in Indianapolis
August 12 2008. BiCCHEC researcher Dr. Armando Soto and the SEAL Indiana team from the Indiana University Dental School participated in the program’s visit for the first time to the Mexican Consulate in Indianapolis as part of the Ventanillas de Salud Program. They offered free services to children between 5 and 15 years of age, having taken care of 10 patients. In addition to providing dental screenings, they provided oral hygiene instructions, applied sealants and fluoride, and they gave toothpaste and brushes. The Consul Juan M. Solana, as well as the Alternate Consul and the Coordinator of the IME, recognized the cooperation and work of BiCCHEC, IUSD and SEAL Indiana. For more information visit:
http://portal.sre.gob.mx/indianapolis/index.php?option=news&task=viewarticle&sid=78
May 20, 2008. BiCCHEC researchers have received a grant to study
Oral Health Disparitiesudy
Oral Health Disparities
BiCCHEC researchers Dr. Martinez Mier, Stelzner, Soto and Kahn have received a grant to study Oral Health Disparities from the Research Support Funds Grant, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, IUPUI. The broad long-term objective of the study to strengthen university-community to conduct focused assessments to elicit information to identify of the assets, resources, and community infrastructure as well as the community’s perceptions of dental needs, barriers to access to care and their causes. Researchers will work in partnership with la Plaza and Su casa Columbus in this study
March 10, 2008. BiCCHEC researchers have received a grant to
develop a culturally-sensitive bereavement program for Latino families
BiCCHEC researchers Drs. Lorant and Stelzner have received a small grant to develop a culturally-sensitive bereavement program for Latino families from the Indiana Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. This study aims at understanding the beliefs regarding death and dying in a rural Mexican community, determining the coping skills and supports used during bereavement and the role health care providers play in bereavement within this community, and determining attitudes of family members and community members regarding children with disabilities. Researchers will use this information in the development of a bereavement protocol for Latino families in Indianapolis