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David Griffith and Carolina Ramirez work on the Sea Grant-funded study the population about lifestyle and diet changes of immigrant populations.

Title: Coast watch
Identifier: coastwatch00uncs_19 (find matches)
Year: 1979 (1970s)
Authors: UNC Sea Grant College Program
Subjects: Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology
Publisher: (Raleigh, N. C. : UNC Sea Grant College Program)
Contributing Library: State Library of North Carolina
Digitizing Sponsor: North Carolina Digital Heritage Center

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Local communities provide most of the resources for immigrants, including health care and education, the Kenan study shows. In recent years, immigrant families began using more health care centers, enrolling their children in schools, attending church and taking advantage of more community resources, Griffith says. They also are providing key labor services for many coastal industries, he adds. "It's a myth that immigrants don't pay taxes," Griffith says, adding "so they're as entitled to community resources as citizens."
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For almost 30 years, Tri- County Community Health Council in Newton Grove has served Hispanic migrant workers. "About 60 percent of our client population is Hispanic," says Connie Wooten, marketing director of Tri-County Council. "Out of about 167 staff members, more than half are bilingual." Wooten says the staff deals with language and cultural barriers. "Some of the places that our patients come from have very different medical practices than what we are accustomed to in the United States," she says. "We've had patients who had mercury injected into their arms to ward off evil spirits. Some put bags with special herbs and oils underneath their clothes." Because of this, the staff must re-educate patients about medicine and healthcare, including managing diabetes. "Diabetes is at epidemic levels among the Hispanic population," Wooten says. They often eat a traditional Latin diet rich in rice, flour and com tortillas, and cheese that can be harmful for a diabetic. "Our staff must work extra hard to educate TOR David Griffith and Carolina Ramirez work on the Sea Grant-funded study the population about lifestyle and diet changes," of immigrant populations. 50TTOM: Pamlico Packing Company in Vandemere says Wooten. The staff members also provide brings in workers from Mexico under the H-Z5 visa program, transportation for pregnant women and information on sexually transmitted diseases. (DPI). About 60,000 ESL students are native Spanish speakers. The state's public school systems are also adapting to the growing "The numbers are larger near interstates," says Fran Hoch, section Hispanic population. Across North Carolina, there were more than 83,000 chief of DPI's K-12 program areas and ESL. English as Second Language (ESL) public school students in 2005 in For example, Hoch says the number of ESL students increased in grades K-12, according to the N.C. Department of Public Instruction Duplin County Schools from 1,447 in 2004 to more than 1,600 in 2005.

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