Co-creating Equity: Culturally Responsive Angolan New Mainer Pod Model Childcare for an Inclusive Health Community

Authors

Marnie Morneault, University of MaineFollow
Azenaide Pedro

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Description

Lewiston, Maine is home to multiple refugee groups, including the Angolan New Mainer community. This poster describes a project to support co-creation of culturally responsive inclusive childcare settings. Maine UCEDD staff worked within the Angolan community utilizing culturally humble techniques to identify drivers and barriers for creating care settings, constructed solutions to barriers within systems, and provided support for equitable childcare as a component of a healthy community.

Publication Date

11-2022

Document Type

Poster

Publisher

University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies

City

Orono

Conference Name

AUCD 2022 Conference, Health Equity Serving the Whole Person

Conference Location

Washington, DC

Keywords

Cultural and Ethnic Diversity; Linguistic Competence, Ethics and Quality of Life; Self-Determination and Self-Advocacy, Inclusive Child Care

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities | Business

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Recommended Citation

Morneault, M. and Pedro, A. (2022). Co-creating equity: Culturally responsive Angolan New Mainer Pod Model childcare for an inclusive health community. Poster presented at the 2022 Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) conference in Washington, DC.