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Building Community Strength: A Report About Community-Based Organizations Serving South Asians in the United States by Takoma Park, South Asian American Leaders of Tomorrow (SAALT) (2007)

SAALT embarked on a needs assessment to best identify the scope of services offered by and infrastructural challenges faced by organizations serving low-to-moderate- income South Asians living in the United States.

This toolkit for grantmakers draws on extensive research and interviews with hundreds of foundation, community, business, and government leaders. It incorporates academic research as well as policy and community-based concerns into a resource that also can inform the work of practitioners in the nonprofit, public, and private sectors.

In July of 2003, the U.S. Census Bureau released disaggregated socio-demographic information for more than sixteen different Asian American and five Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders (NHOPI) groups. This report examines these data and focuses on the following six socioeconomic indicators influencing health status: Language, Income and Poverty, Educational Attainment, Immigration and Citizenship, Health Workforce, and Other Household Indicators.

Violence and deprivation associated with trafficking (i.e., physical violence, sexual violence, confinement, lack of access to health care) often have profound impacts on trafficked women's physical and psychological health. Drawing upon a two-year international study, this report explores health risks, health consequences, and barriers to services encountered by trafficked women. Additionally, Zimmerman discusses findings on trafficked women's access to health care, as well as service provider intervention efforts.

This checklist provides guidelines and evaluation for medical interpreters.