Transcript Raiza Mendoza - Gift of Hope

Gift of Hope & Hispanic
Community Outreach
Raiza Mendoza, JD
Hispanic Outreach Coordinator
[email protected]
630/758-2744
Have you heard about… ?
Diversity
Ethnicity/Race
Cultural Competence
Cultural Differences
Cultural Sensitivity
Cross-Cultural Skills
Population by Ethnicity/Race 19402013
60,000,000
Hispanic
50,000,000
40,000,000
30,000,000
Black*
20,000,000
Asian & PI*
10,000,000
1940
1970
1980
1990
2000
2008
2013
The Latino Boom
• From 2000 to 2008
– Nearly 12 million additional Hispanics
– 34% growth during period
– 50% of the total population growth
• From 2008 to 2013
– 1,440,087 new Hispanic Americans per year
◦ 120,073 per month
– 3,943 per day
» 164 per hour
Source: Latin Force Group LLC; American Marketscape
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Demographic Profile of Hispanics in
Illinois, 2007
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Population and National Origin
Total Hispanic Population in Illinois
1,923,000
Hispanics as Percent of State Population
15%
Hispanics as Percent of U.S. Hispanic Population 4.3%
Native-Born Hispanics (Percent of Hispanics)
57%
Foreign-Born Hispanics (Percent of Hispanics)
43%
Mexican Origin (Percent of Hispanics)
78%
Non-Mexican Origin (Percent of Hispanics)
22%
Copyright © 2009 Pew Hispanic Center
U.S. Rank1
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The Changing Hispanic Density
1990
2000
2012
Understanding Diversity
At Gift of Hope we understand diversity and the
need to reach out to the Hispanic community in
a culturally sensitive way.
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We have:
Hispanic Outreach Coordinator
Hispanic Requestors
Hispanic Hospital Development Staff
Hispanic Tissue Requestors working at the DRC
Unique Challenges for Hispanics
1. Language & Communication Barriers
2. Undocumented Citizens
3. Uninsured
4. Beliefs and Myths
Our Outreach/Programs
• Hispanic Hospitals &
Community Council
• Health Fairs
• Univision
• Telemundo
• Radio
• Lunch Wagons
• Hospitals Donor
Drives
• Presentations
• Churches Donor
Drives
• Mexican Consulate
• Un Buen Doctor
Magazine
• Supermarket
Advertising Campaign
Hispanic Hospital & Community
Council
Goals of the Hispanic Council:
• Provide a global vision and direction for addressing
issues in the Hispanic community and encouraging
support for organ and tissue donation
• Identify efficient ways to educate the Hispanic
community about organ and tissue donation
• Increase the number of Hispanic registrations as well as
the donation rate
Health Fairs
Univision
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Weekly television segments
Community Events
Sporting Events
Seminars/Town Hall Meetings
Advertising Campaign
Telemundo
Celebrating Mexico Independence
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Radio La Que Buena
with El Pistolero 105.1
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Lunch Wagons
Hospitals Donor Drives
Presentations
Waukegan: Two Masses
1600 parishioners
Other Outreach Initiatives
• Mexican Consulate
• Un Buen Doctor Magazine
• Supermarket Advertising Campaign
Our Success
• First-Person Consent Registry: 659
• Cards for Undocumented Citizens: 3,250
• Hispanic Consent Rate:
2006 – 59.8%
2009 - 71.4% YTD
Gracias!