Programs
Comadres Program
Mother-to-Mother Education and Support; A team of fully trained doulas (birth assistants) provide prenatal and postpartum education and support through home visiting and community education.
Home Visiting Component
Home visiting includes for pregnant women includes individual prenatal education, doula birth accompaniment service, lactation support, postpartum care, referrals for clinical prenatal care, infant safety seat.
Safety Seat Component
The Comadres are also Child Passenger Safety Technicians, and distribute infant/child car seats. They helped to develop the first bilingual CPS Tech training courses in the Midwest, and have organizing the Midwest’s first “Latino Child Passenger Safety Resource Center." They are also certified Child Passenger Safety Instructors and Instructor Trainers.
Community Education
The Comadres conduct group presentations on issues related to prenatal health and nutrition and child health and safety. They have served as instructors for the "Comenzando Bien" intermediate-level training course. The Comadres are trained in the area of asthma prevention and management, and also implement the “Open Airways for Schools Program.
Cancer Prevention and Early De
The Cancer Prevention and Early detection is a sub-program of Multipliers. This component focuses to provide information about Cervical and Breast Cancer, also Prostate Cancer.
Through Group presentations and formal events of 40 participants we have reach over 1000 women each year, who received information how to prevent and detect on the early stage any type of cancer; specially, breast and cervical cancer..
For more information regarding Cancer prevention, call Maria Chavez at: 773-481-1981 ext: 115
HIV/ AIDS Prevention Program
Health promoters reach individuals and families in their homes with AIDS preention education, with condoms, with ideas for reducing risk, and by giving referrals for services. They also present information at community forums, workshops, health fairs, and other events.
Health Promoters also build community capacity by training new health promoters in AIDS prevention, with new groups each year onsite and at other community organizations.
The Multipliers Program
The Multipliers program is the basis for all our efforts to train and mobilize Community Health Promoters.
Courses
Health Promoter 16-session basic training;
Colores de la Tierra (Nutrition and Environmental Health), Personal Empowerment and Self Development, "Proyecto Girasol" Course (domestic violence awarness and intervention). These courses are repeated during the year on site at CSB and at other locations.
Nuestra Cultura
Workshops for health and human service providers on cross-cultural health care issues.
Health Committees
Health Promoters provide technical assistance to new and emerging Health Promoter groups at schools, churches and community organizations.
Sunflower Project
Health Promoters facilitate peer-to-peer self-help groups to prevent domestic violence and support healthy family relationships.
The Pastoral Program
The Pastoral Program is made up of various projects and activities; in different ways, each one fits into our overall social change philosophy by fostering systematic change in struggling, urban communities through human development, community building, and solidarity. Past activities have included: Celebrations of the Day of the Child, Mexican/Central American Independence day, the Day of the Daed, Thanksgiving, and the Posadas Navidenas. We provide education and referrals about human rights. We have had sister community relationships with the Women's Bread making Cooperative in Chanal, Chiapas and the Women's Support Group in Chanal, Chiapas. Currently we are working together with the Life and Energy Health Promoters in Nicaragua.
Corazon Dulce (Sweet Heart)
Health Promoters prevent diabetes and heart disease by promoting wellness, nutrition, fitness and recovery of healthy customs and traditions from our community's countries of origin.
Peer-to-peer counseling and su
Health Promoters provide one-on-one behavior change support and education at CSB's drop in center and at clinical sites. They also provide referrals for clients who do not have a health care provider.
Courses and Workshops
Health Promoters conduct two 8-session courses: Your Heart, Your Life, and Health Promoters in Diabetes Prevention. They also conduct individual group education workshops on a variety of topics related to cardiovascular health.
Heart Rhythms and Walking Club
Heart Rhythms is a salsa~merengue exercise class. The Walking Clubs meet regularly during the spring and summer months.
