NMPHI serves as the leading health related, Ethnic-based organization directly serving the needs of the immigrant and refugee youth and their families.
NMPHI focuses on these areas:
Increasing health information about the Maine Immigrants community to help better understand the community’s needs and healthcare barriers
Empowering New Mainers to overcome barriers to good healthcare by building on existing assets and strengths within the community
Building health care capacity within the Maine Immigrants community by forming a New Mainers Public Health Initiative (NMPHI) Health Educators who will assist refugees and immigrants patients in accessing healthcare and who will impart key preventive health messages
Increasing the level of knowledge and awareness in the Maine Immigrants and refugee communities about key health issues and to improve overall access to healthcare
Increasing the cultural competence of healthcare providers with an emphasis on refugees’ and immigrants’ religions, traditions, and cultural beliefs and how these affect perceptions and expectations.
Developing culturally appropriate health education materials to effectively communicate preventive health messages to the New Mainers
sharing resources and materials with health care providers, the New Mainers Public Health Initiative (NMPHI), and relevant agencies throughout Maine to increase overall awareness of the health of the refugees
NMPHI aims to "empower, inform, and educate new Mainers about preventative health measures through the promotion of healthy habits by developing capacity to mobilize community partnerships in identifying and solving health problems in order to bridge the dap in health care services deliver and decrease health disparity."
