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Improve Access and Quality of Prenatal Care for Latinas and their families

Transform HOW you teach prenatal education with the...

Teach-With-Stories Method™

Teaching with stories is one of the oldest forms of education and found in cultures around the world. The Teach-With-Stories (TWS) Method™ combines this oral tradition with evidence-based research and modern influences, including Paulo Freire, Malcolm Knowles, and Jean Baker Miller.

Use the TWS Method™ with our bilingual De Madre A Madre Prenatal Care photonovels

• Improve access to quality prenatal care for Latinas

• Provide culturally appropriate education

• Address health literacy needs

To learn more:

• TWS Overview
• Why expand your options to include the TWS Method for Latinas?
• How can you improve prenatal care outcomes?
• Why is the TWS Method especially effective for women as learners?
• How is the TWS Method culturally appropriate for Latinos?
• TWS Reviews
• Starting a TWS prenatal group
• TWS Training options

De Madre a Madre Photonovels
(also known as photonovelas, fotonovelas)

• Specially designed 'teaching stories' make it easy to provide innovative prenatal education

• Practical tools to bridge cultural and language differences

To learn more:

• What is a photonovel?
• Why teach with stories?
• Topics in prenatal care series
• Unique features of our photonovels
• How can you use these photonovels?
• How were these photonovels developed?
• Testimonials

To order the De Madre A Madre Prenatal Care Photonovels

Building A National
Free Publication Network!

Working together we can make the new photonovel on Gestational Diabetes available for FREE! 
  

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In the News
New Article: Overview of our
NIH Study findings

Improving Prenatal Care for Hispanic Mothers: Health Professional Perspectives PDF

Published in Streamline (August 2009) Migrant Clinicians Network Newsletter - special edition on Women's Health.

• For details, click NIH Study (2008).

• To learn more, click Original TWS Study (1999-2006).

2009 American Public Health Association Conference

NC March of Dimes Chapter and Auger Communications Present Poster on Gestational Diabetes Photonovel View Poster PDF

Institute for Social Innovation Award
2009 Doctoral Scholarship supports TWS research and writing.




Press Release: Social Entrepreneur Secures SBIR Award with NC Support   PDF


A Work in Progress
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Seeking resources for: professional and lay educators, grant writers, and scholar-practitioners.

Key Areas:

• Cultural competency
• Health literacy/clear communication
• Participatory/empowerment-based education
• Photonovels (Photonovelas)
• Promotores (Lay health educators, community health workers)

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