Brochure: Khmer Health Advocates
Date1980-1999
Mediumpaper
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Credit LineConnecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program collections
CopyrightIn Copyright
Object number2015.196.83.1
DescriptionBrochure for Khmer Health Advocates in West Hartford, Connecticut.
NotesSubject Note: Khmer Health Advocates (KHA) was founded in West Hartford in 1982 by Theanvy Kuoch, a Cambodian holocaust survivor, and nurses working with her in the Thailand refugee camps, including KHA co-Director Mary Scully. KHA provides mental health consultations and long-term psychotherapy to Cambodians living in New England suffering from post traumatic stress syndrome and other problems related to their war experiences. KHA also offers community-based advocacy services and advises on health education at the national level. Kuoch has been a member of a White House task force guiding the Asian and Pacific Islander Initiative, and KHA has participated in the Center for Victims of Torture working group. In addition to therapeutic care, KHA trains cross cultural health workers and interpreters to facilitate communication between Cambodians and American medical personnel. KHA believes strongly in the ability of art to aid in the healing process, and has consulted with and involved artists such as the late Cambodian dancer Somaly Hay in its interventions. KHA has been supported by the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, the Office of Minority Health, and the Torture Victims Relief Act. KHA served as a project partner in the Southeast Asian After-School program for Cambodian, Hmong, and Laotian students, coordinated by CCHAP from 2000-2002.Additional audio, video, and photographic materials exist in the archive relating to this community and its artists.
Cataloging Note: This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services MA-245929-OMS-20.
Status
Not on view
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