Medford Office of Prevention and Outreach Hosting Listening Sessions in Multiple Languages to Learn About Experience in Accessing Behavioral Health Care

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 22, 2021 

Contact: Jackie Piques, Director of Communications (jpiques@medford-ma.gov), 781-888-4534

 

Medford Office of Prevention and Outreach Hosting Listening Sessions in Multiple Languages to Learn About Experience in Accessing Behavioral Health Care

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Gabinete de Prevenção e Divulgação de Medford Convida você a participar de nossas sessões de escuta da comunidade culturalmente competentes em conexões para cuidar

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Oficina de Prevención y Difusión de Medford Lo invita a unirse a nuestras

sesiones de escucha comunitaria culturalmente competentes en conexiones

para cuidar

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Biwo Medford pou prevansyon ak kontak envite ou rantre nan Koneksyon

Konpetan Kiltirèl nou yo pou Sesyon Swen Tande Kominotè yo

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یدعوكم مكتب میدفورد للوقایة والتوعیة للإنضمام إلى جلسات الاستماع القدیرة

ثقافیًا المتعلقة بالصلة للرعایة

 

 

MEDFORD – The City of Medford invites community members to a series of listening sessions entitled “Culturally Competent Connection to Care,” offered in multiple languages in early November, 2021. Through the Listening Sessions, the City seeks to understand how residents from diverse culture backgrounds perceive promotional messaging related to behavioral health and substance use disorders, and challenges individuals may have in accessing healthcare.

 

Listening sessions will be held in English, Arabic, Haitian-Creole, Portuguese and Spanish, and are designed for residents of all backgrounds with a particular focus on residents who identify culturally with these backgrounds or languages, or as BIPOC, residents who have experienced behavioral health challenges and/or have lived experience with substance use disorders. Facilitators from cultural-linguistic backgrounds will lead each session. All sessions will be held via Zoom, and participants will receive a $40 gift card. Sessions will be held as follows:

 

• Wednesday, November 3^rd, 6-8pm: Arabic, BIPOC, Portuguese
• Wednesday, November 10^th, 6-8pm: Spanish, Haitian-Creole

 

Sign up/ انضم / Participar / Patisipe:  For the Zoom link and additional information, contact Collin MacGowan at cmacgowan@medford-ma.gov or 781-465-5644.

 

Through perspectives offered by residents, the City plans to work to implement changes to outreach and working with local resources to modify culturally competent practices.

 

 

Medford city services are available to all residents, regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, language ability, economic situation, or immigration status.

 

 

 

Penelope Funaiole

Prevention and Outreach Manager

Office of Prevention and Outreach,

Medford Health Department

85 George P. Hassett Dr. Room 302

Pbruce@medford-ma.gov

781-393-2449

 

 

Outreach line: 781-654-5635

If you or a loved one needs help with social supports or mental health or substance use call

 

City of Medford's Multilingual Resource line: 781.475.5644

The Board of Health has launched the Medford Multilingual Resource Line that anyone can call to get help in English, Spanish, Creole, Arabic or Portuguese.