One Size Does Not Fit All: Effective Community-Engaged Outreach Practices with Immigrant Communities

Journal of Extension
Volume 54, Issue 4, 2016

One Size Does Not Fit All: Effective Community-Engaged Outreach Practices with Immigrant Communities (Article)

Smalkoski K. , Axtell S. , Zimmer J. , Noor I.

^a University of Minnesota MinneapolisMN, United States
^b Health Liaison University of Minnesota Saint Paul, Community CampusMN, United States
^c University of Minnesota MinneapolisMN, United States
^d University of Minnesota MinneapolisMN, United States

Abstract

Generic outreach approaches are commonly used to target as many individuals as possible in a cultural community to achieve a greater response rate. However, this one-size-fits-all tactic is rarely effective. Community-engaged outreach practices have been successful with immigrant communities in Minnesota's Twin Cities. When practitioners, clinicians, and scholars engage in these practices, they not only build trusting relationships with cultural communities over time but also achieve mutual benefit, reciprocity, and the leveraging of institutional resources. © by Extension Journal, Inc.

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ISSN: 10775315

Cited by: 1

Original Language: English