2022年5月25日
“你不应该为了在简历上增加一行字而这么做, but to connect and champion those who need it the most and provide critical feedback for folks who need it the most.”
里卡多一. 浏览完 serves as a program manager for the community engagement and health equity team under the Department of Population 健康. He also serves as a facilitator for Dell Medical School’s Community Strategy Team and serves as an advocate for community health workers in Central Texas.
加雷出生在特古西加尔巴, 洪都拉斯, 在很小的时候就对健康差距和社区组织产生了兴趣. His lived-in experience as an immigrant has informed his approach toward health equity and project design. He also continues to participate in community events and social justice initiatives to enhance his perspective on social determinants of health.
加入Dell Med之前, he led an international patient navigation program called 健康 Network at the Migrant Clinicians Network. His team worked to establish continuity of care for patients in more than 110 countries around the world for both acute and chronic health conditions. 该项目被授予门罗E. Trout prize and the United States-Mexico Border Commission’s Border Models of Excellence award for patient-centered care in mobile populations. 在本地, 他曾参与社区促进网络的社区议会, 澳门真人赌场官方网站部的社区健康冠军, Austin Independent School District’s UpClose Academy and Ending Community 首页lessness Coalition’s Point In Time Count planning workgroup.
浏览完 is certified by the Texas Department of State 健康 Services as a community health worker instructor. 除了是社区健康冠军, he serves as a board member at the National Association of Community 健康 Workers and the Texas Association of Promotores and Community 健康 Workers. He also serves on the Hispanic/Latino Quality of Life Resource Advisory Commission for the City of Austin.
问:是什么使你想成为社区卫生冠军?
A: My interest in joining this program was to learn about the programs and services provided by 澳门真人赌场官方网站. 我真的很想更好地了解他们的网络, 他们的使命, 他们的价值观,也了解更多关于德州中部的健康倡议. 这就是最初吸引我的地方.
问:与你的期望相比,作为社区卫生冠军的经历如何?
A: That’s a really good question because I thought I got a lot of the program because I invested in learning and connecting with the group. I also appreciated the fact that participating allowed me to ask difficult questions and engage in really complicated conversations and engage in conversations 关于健康公平 in an honest and robust way. I was really surprised that those conversations were celebrated and that this was a space where those 讨论ions were possible.
问:你的经历中有什么有趣或令人惊讶的事情吗?
A: One of the things that was interesting to me was to be able to connect to other community leaders who were also invested and committed to learn more, 以一种谦卑的方式, 关于健康差异, 关于健康公平, 奥斯丁的医疗历史. 我真的很惊讶,其中有非常有意义的联系, 直到今天, 我能在那群人中赚到的钱. It was very interesting to meet folks who cared just as much as I did about some of these issues.
问:你个人从你的经历中学到了什么?
A: I think the biggest gain that I got was a network of folks who are doing this work and a network of trust and better understanding of healthcare, 不同的项目和倡议. 成为这个团体的一员对我来说是非常强大的. 我也很感激我的一些反馈被纳入了未来的会议. 例如, 这些队列现在接受的卫生公平培训是我提出的建议, and I’m so glad that 澳门真人赌场官方网站 committed to that health equity training to these cohorts moving forward. I think that’s incredibly valuable to have that common language of some of these 讨论ions as to what has happened in Central Texas.
Q: What advice would you give to someone who is considering becoming a Community 健康 Champion?
A: 我想说的是要致力于这个项目, to commit to building connections to provide better services to people that need it the most in Central Texas. I think it’s really important to ask about structural questions and engage in difficult and courageous conversations. 你不应该为了在简历上多写一行而这样做, but to connect and champion those who need it the most and provide critical feedback for folks who need it the most. 我认为拥有一个公平的视角是非常重要的, 我认为有一个反种族主义的观点也是一件重要的事情, 只是一个一般性的承诺,为一个普通的社区服务.
问:成为社区卫生倡导者对你的医疗公平工作有何影响?
A: 它让我了解了德克萨斯州中部不同的系统,以及它们是如何运作的. 它也让我更好地理解了一些障碍和挑战, 还有一些摆在我们面前的机会. I think that being able to spend time with colleagues who do this work has also helped me connect and create solidarity within the work they are doing and being able to link up and better serve patients the most.
I’m excited to where this is going and I really think 澳门真人赌场官方网站 is doing a good thing with having a group like this meet and celebrate. 我的经历是非常积极的.
社区健康冠军 is an annual 澳门真人赌场官方网站 program that brings together diverse community members from across Travis County to learn about, 讨论, 共同努力改善德州中部的健康状况.
通过五个月的系列研讨会, participants learn about the healthcare system for Travis County residents with low income and how 澳门真人赌场官方网站 and its partners come together to address health disparities.
健康 Champions are challenged to think outside of their individual realities to become advocates for healthcare access and equity in their own communities.