Providing bilingual COVID-19 educational material for the border region during the pandemic

Nagineni, Lokesh; Kichena, Shravya; Takigawa, Kei; Holland, Nathan; Perry, Cynthia K.; Hogg, Tanis; Cervantes, Jorge; Delarosa, Jose Manuel; Longhurst, Melanie; Janssen, Herbert F.; Pfarr, Curt M.; Manglik, Niti; Ayoubieh, Houriya; Chacon, Jessica A.

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“…EP-HEAT is a community outreach organization combining faculty and student efforts that hosts COVID-19 and other health information sessions, health education workshops, and resource distribution events. 20 Given the need of the local El Paso community, we focused our efforts on the zip code 79905, where the TTUHSC El Paso campus is located and where only 68% of residents have a high school diploma, or equivalent, or less. Additional training is vital for community members to provide stability against changes in the job market and economy.…”

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Closing the digital divide: Developing a platform to conduct training, outreach, and education for employment skills

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El Paso, Texas, like many communities along the United States/Mexico border, suffers from a lack of access to many social determinants of health, especially in low-income neighborhoods. These long-standing problems have only been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Health Education and Awareness Team (EP-HEAT) is an organization that was established with a focus on disseminating health information to the community. EP-HEAT received funding from Microsoft Corporation to facilitate technology education workshops for underserved populations. These workshops were held in English and Spanish and attempted to improve social determinants of health in the community which can be negatively exacerbated by a lack of digital inclusion. Community members who attended workshops completed a LinkedIn Learning Path, or both were offered an anonymous post-course survey with a mixed method questionnaire on how their knowledge of basic technology or job skills was improved by engaging with the provided workshops and learning paths. Overall, 80% of community members who participated in the workshops reported learning a new skill, and 91% of participants who started a LinkedIn Learning Path were able to finish. The workshops were well received by the community and highlighted the potential for these programs to enhance digital skills and upward workforce mobility.

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