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Voices of Immigrants In Action (VIA)
Farmworker Justice is a long-time collaborator with the Rural Women's Health Project (RWHP). RWHP has created a new HIV prevention toolkit for Hispanic Immigrants in rural areas and for policy-makers and provders committed to shifting existing policies to reduce the increase of HIV/AIDS. The VIA Tools are the result of a year-long, intense participatory research initiative in Tennessee and Florida. The 2010 VIA Community Survey and Community Exchange Sessions provide the basis for the following fact sheets and curriculum.
VIA Mission:
The mission of Voices of Immigrants In Action (VIA) is to promote dynamic communication addressing the emerging issues of the Hispanic immigrant communities, as well as mobilizing a multi-level response to factors affecting HIV/AIDS transmission in Hispanic Immigrant communities in the rural South.
VIA Focus:
There is a void in HIV/AIDS incidence data that specifically focuses on Hispanic Immigrants in the South as a unique community. This is critical to quantifying prevalence and addressing prevention. Both risk factors and health access barriers for documented and undocumented Hispanics in the region, combined with the anti-immigrant fervor in the US, exacerbate their potential risk for HIV infection.
The VIA Initiative illuminates the issues affecting Hispanic Immigrants in the rural South. By disseminating the findings, VIA broadens the data pool, informs health care providers and policy brokers and mobilizes the Hispanic Immigrant community’s to take action around HIV/AIDS prevention.
2010 VIA Tools:
Fact Sheets:
Focus on Community
Focus on Women
Focus on Youth
English
Spanish
Perspectives on HIV/AIDS
Video:
“Hear the VIA Voices” -10 minute bi-lingual, multi-media video
Curriculum:
VIA HIV Curriculum for Rural Hispanic Immigrants (Spanish only)
Herramientas (toolkit)-- consists of 9 seperate files
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The VIA Initiative is a project of the Rural Women's Health Project, in collaboration with the Alianza de Mujeres Activas, the North Central Florida Farmworker Corridor-HIV Task Force and Rural Medical Services, Inc. Project partners are the Southern AIDS Coalition and Farmworker Justice.
Sign up for Bi-monthly VIA InSites- In depth focus on correlating issues around HIV/AIDS and rural Hispanic Immigrants in the South. Will include policy, data findings and community education materials.
©2011, Rural Women's Health Project www.rwhp.org / 352-372-1095
Worker Education Materials (Fotonovelas)
Drama, Testimony and Role Modeling
Fotonovelas as a Tool in HIV Education in the Hispanic Community.
Fotonovelas are an excellent tool for modeling positive health choices. Dramatic, visual and culturally relevant, fotonovelas are a successful means of communicating health information and other social issues that are indirectly health related.[1]
Throughout the last 10 years, Farmworker Justice has partnered with the Rural Women’s Health Project, presenting workshops and developing community-based fotonovelas that support HIV prevention, model positive behaviors and present realistic situations.
These fotonovela materials are downloadable, or can be ordered in print format.
Women and HIV:
► Comadre
► A Light at the Store / una Luz en la tienda
► Married Women Can Get HIV Too / Mujeres Casadas
► Reality / La Realidad
Farmworker Men and HIV:
Hispanic Youth and HIV:
► Gift of a Lifetime / El regalo de todo una vida
► Rude Awakening / Un cruel despertar
► Man Protect Yourself Hombre, protégete
[1] Kirova, A. (2008). Fotonovela as a research tool in image-based participatory research with immigrant children. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 7(2), 35.
HIV Prevention Materials for Health Professionals
► HIV/AIDS and Farmworkers in the US (MCN Streamline Sept-Oct 2008, page 1)► Reaching Farmworkers with Effective HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs (presentation)
► Adapting the Popular Opinion Leader Intervention for Latino Young Migrant Men Who Have Sex With Men (journal article)
► AIDS and Migrants: Solutions and Recommendations (paper)
► Directory of US-Mexico HIV/AIDS Service Providers (English, Spanish)
Get Involved
This project cannot move forward without you. There are several ways that you can participate in promoting health in rural Latino communities.
- List your organization in our directory of groups serving rural Latino communities.
- If your organization has a promotores program, complete this survey (link).
- If you have developed materials that you would like to share with other organizations, email them to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
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