Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies: Somalis Give Birth in America

32:34, 2004. In Somali with English subtitles.

Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies: Somalis Give Birth in America is a 33-minute educational video about childbirth for the Somali community, sponsored by Park-Nicollet Institute and the Minnesota International Health Volunteers. It is in Somali, with English subtitles. It conveys information about health care during pregnancy and childbirth by means of a fictional account of Faduma and Abdul, a young Somali-American couple and their family, friends and medical providers. The role of the nurse who provides most of the information is played by Sadia Hussein, a real-life nurse active in the Somali community in Minneapolis.

Stills, Credits, Further information.

(video coming soon)

Gaining Cultural Competency: Issues of Domestic Violence in the Somali Immigrant Community. A Video for Health Care Providers.

23:24, 2004, Chapters: Communication, Interpreters, Challenges and Risks, Immigration, Diagnosis, Healing, Community Resources

Written and Produced by Deborah Boehm, CNP & Heidi Coplin, MD. Videography & Editing by Sandy Maliga and students from Minneapolis South High School Humphrey Voices Class.

Gaining Cultural Competency is a 28 minute training video for healthcare providers. It combines an overview of domestic violence with discussion of family-based conflict resolution within East African immigrant communities and how it melds with Western medicine. Legal issues and community resources are discussed. Participants include Somali-American and European- American domestic violence advocates, physicians, and a psychologist.

Stills and Further Information.