Worcester has the highest infant mortality rate in Massachusetts, and it is most prevalent in the Ghanaian community. In collaboration with Nhyira Ba, a Ghanaian led organization, we addressed communication barriers between medical practitioners and Ghanaian women on issues related to nutrition, food preparation, and the role of food in Ghanaian culture, by producing educational videos targeted at medical practitioners. With this effort we hope to create greater understanding between practitioners and their Ghanaian patients.

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Creator

• Chau, Loan Ngoc
• Cantwell, Melanie Marianne
• Sadraei, Atieh
• Kohistani, Farhat

Subject

• Health
• Well-Being
• Food

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-030914-205013

Keyword

• Medical care
• Women--Health
• Immigrants

Advisor

• Elmes, Michael B.
• Hersh, Robert

Year

• 2014

Center

• Sustainable Food Systems Project Center - IQP
• Farm Stay Project Center (Massachusetts) - IQP

Sponsor

• Moffit, Jennifer

Date created

• 2014-03-09

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2021-08-09