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PORTLAND, Maine

UNE students meet with Portland community health workers

Community cultural exchange

The University of New England Westbrook College of Health Professions Office of Service Learning and the Office of Intercultural Student Engagement recently sponsored a cultural health exchange between community health workers and UNE students.

A community health worker is a person who, with or without compensation, is a liaison and provides cultural mediation between health care, social services and the community. They are a trusted member, and have a close understanding of, the ethnicity, language, socio-economic status and life experiences of the community served, helping people to gain access to needed services.

About 20 UNE students across academic programs attended the dinner, held at Maine Access Immigrant Network in Portland, discussing the issues facing the immigrant and refugee communities in Portland.

To learn more about the University of New England’s Westbrook College of Health Professions visit www.une.edu/wchp

To apply, visit www.une.edu/admissions

A group of UNE students talk with a community health worker
A group of UNE students talk with a community health worker

About the University of New England

The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.