title: Long-term development of a "whole community" best practice model to address health disparities in the Cambodian refugee and immigrant community of Lowell, Massachusetts.
abstract: Cambodians in Lowell, Massachusetts, experience significant health disparities. Understanding the trauma they have experienced in Cambodia and as refugees has been the starting point for Lowell Community Health Center's whole community approach to developing community-based interventions. This approach places physical-psychosocial-spiritual needs at the center of focus and is attentive to individual and institutional barriers to care. Interventions are multilevel. The effect of the overall program comes from the results of each smaller program, the collaborations and coordination with the Cambodian community and community-based organizations, and the range and levels of services available through the health center.
authors.affiliation: Lowell Community Health Center, Lowell, MA 01852, USA. dorcasgr@lchealth.org
authors.forename: Dorcas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grigg-Saito
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Toof
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Silka
authors.forename: Sidney
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sou
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Najarian
authors.forename: Sonith
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Peou
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Och
mesh_terms: D002160:Cambodia / Q000208:ethnology; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D008404:Massachusetts; D017146:Models, Organizational; D012036:Refugees