Hesperian Health Guides
Thanks
We leaned heavily on a group of advisors who shared their wisdom and experience: M. Brinton Lykes, Maritza Martin, Sharoda McAllister, Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay, Maria Seymour St. John, Janey Skinner, Linda Spangler, Ariana Thompson-Lastad, and Aruna Uprety. This book would not have been possible without their early and ongoing support!
Our gratitude to the many people who generously shared insightful critiques, comments and guidance: Jessica Apfel, Dan Becker, Deborah Billings, America Bracho, S. Brooke Briggance, Mirna Cervantes, Natan Cohen, Galen Comerford, Sera Davidow, Keylin Figueroa, Juana Flores, Mariana Gonzalez, Andrea Heyward, Sally Hindman, Bill Joyce, Anna Kaminski, Jackie Leal, Ginger Lee, Reichi Lee, Christine Lewis, Hannah Mack, Marci Manderscheid, Jennifer Mineer, Ămate Perez, Mark Pohlman, Christian Radziwon, Brooke Riedlinger, Laura Rodriguez, Brenda Sanchez, Pamela Secada-Sales, Rajasee Sharma, Ruth Sherer, Vanessa Monique Smith, Julie Smithwick, Laura Snyder Brown, Esther Stauffer, Sophie Taggart, Laura Turiano, Kaethe Weingarten, and Sarah Zemore.
Special appreciation
Special appreciation to the community-based groups who contributed their hearts, time, and experiences to make this book as useful as possible: Community Health Worker Institute (University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health), Domestic Workers United, Latino Health Access, Migrant Clinicians Networkâs Witness to Witness Program, Mujeres Unidas y Activas, Multicultural Institute, My Digital TAT2, Native American Health Center, Puente de la Costa Sur, Southeast Arizona Health Education Center (SEAHEC), Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center, Tiny Village Spirit, Wildflower Alliance, and The Womenâs Initiative.
Funders
Project funding from the Ittleson Foundation, West Foundation, Wyomissing Foundation and an anonymous donor was essential to bringing this resource to life. General support funding (covering a host of necessary activities and bridging gaps in project funding) was generously provided by the Cogan Family Foundation, Lakeshore Foundation, and individual donors to Hesperian Health Guides. We are deeply grateful for this support.
Acknowledgements
We thank and acknowledge the following sources:
The description of finger-holding is adapted from the CAPACITAR Emergency Response Tool Kit, Patricia Mathes Cane (2005). While the concepts of âspeak the unspeakableâ and âprotective shield,â are part of child-parent psychotherapy, the related activities in this book were developed by Maria Seymour St. John, with inspiration from Donât hit my mommy!: A manual for child-parent psychotherapy with young witnesses of family violence, Lieberman, Alicia F., and Patricia Van Horn, Zero to Three (2005). âHow to communicate with a person experiencing psychosisâ was developed by Maria Seymour St. John with information from Psychosis: First aid guidelines ([https:www.mhfainternational.org/guidelines mhfainternational.org/guidelines]), Mental Health First Aid Australia (MHFA), Melbourne (2019) and Implementing Early Intervention in Psychosis, Edwards, J & McGorry, PD., Martin Dunitz, London (2002). âChart your digital loopâ is adapted by Hesperian from materials kindly shared by My Digital TAT2. The activity âFind stress-bustersâ is adapted from Chapter 12: Stress Management and Self Care by Joani Marinoff, from Training Guide to Foundations for Community Health Workers, Tim Berthold (ed.), Community Health Worker Certificate Program, City College of San Francisco (October 2015), and other useful ideas are provided in its accompanying text, Foundations for Community Health Workers.