Abstract
The UJAMBO Program was a series of one session group workshops with Congolese and Somali women in the United States built
around a DVD using African immigrant women’s stories which provided basic information about mammography, pap smears and mental
health services for trauma. The current study is an evaluation of the UJAMBO program addressing the impact on participants’knowledge
of these health services and their intentions to use these services.
around a DVD using African immigrant women’s stories which provided basic information about mammography, pap smears and mental
health services for trauma. The current study is an evaluation of the UJAMBO program addressing the impact on participants’knowledge
of these health services and their intentions to use these services.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category Brief Communication
- Pages 1-5
- DOI 10.1007/s10903-012-9611-9
- Authors
- Linda Piwowarczyk, Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights, Boston University School of Medicine, 771 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA
- Hillary Bishop, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
- Kelley Saia, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Sondra Crosby, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Francine Tshiwala Mudymba, Congolese Women’s Association of New England, Lynn, MA, USA
- Nimo Ibrahim Hashi, Somali Development Center, Boston, MA, USA
- Anita Raj, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
- Journal Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
- Online ISSN 1557-1920
- Print ISSN 1557-1912