Samoan National Nurses Association

Patient Navigation The Island Model “Who We Know”

SNNA’S Mission: To Assist the Samoan Community to Better Health

WELLNESS IS OUR AIM….WE’RE ALL ABOUT HEALTH!

SNNA works to improve and expand the community’s opportunities through the following services: Quality health education Prevention screenings Primary health services

Patient navigation Local and national policy advocacy Community-participatory research Culturally sensitive health literature Adult immunization Mental health services

General UCLA City of Hope Little Co. of Mary Long Beach Memorial Lakewood Memorial Kaiser Hospital- Harbor City UCI Hospital St. Joseph Orange

Insurance Issues

Medi-Cal Worker Office (Compton) Medi-Cal Worker – OC

Immigration Issues

Advancing Justice – LA Office of Congressman Eni Hunkin - AS

SNNA WA (Jackie Lesage)

Franciscan Health Services

Client (Am. Samoa)

SNNA California

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LBJ Cancer Coalition Network A.S. Family Others (Social Media etc,.)

Local Office of Congressman Faleomavaega Eni Hunkin Utulei, American Samoa

American Samoa Partnerships

American Samoa Nurses Association (ASNA)

Mrs Tofiga Tufele, President

American Samoa Community Cancer Coalition- Comprehensive Cancer

Control Program Mr Va’a Tofaeono,

Program Coordinator

LBJ Hospital, American Samoa Pago Pago, American Samoa

Hospital Partnerships Patient Navigation

Harbor UCLA Torrance, CA

Little Co. of Mary Torrance, CA

Long Beach Memorial Hospital

St. Joseph of Orange, CA

Franciscan Health System, WA

LBJ Hospital, American Samoa

Kaiser Permanente, Harbor City CA QMC-Hi

Community Partnerships cont.. Dr Ray Samoa, City of Hope

Kathy Ko, APIAHF

Samoan Churches

SNNA,TCSC & EPIC Staff Dr. Ma’o, Little Co. Of Mary, Ms Fahina Pasi, Executive Director, NTAS, Ms. Maria, UPAC

Franciscan Health System with SNNA WA staff, Jackie Lesage, Program Director and Teresa Seiaute.

Community Partnerships

• Guam Communications Network • OCAPICA • Special Service Groups • City of Carson • Pacific Islander Health Partnership

University Research Partnerships

Dr. S. Tanjasiri(CSUF), Dr. Rina Das(NCI), Dr. L. Palmer (CGCU)

• Claremont Graduate University • California State University-Fullerton

Working together for the better good of the community

SNNA’s COLLABORATIVE

PARTNERS

COMMUNITY Outreach

HOSPITAL Patient

Navigation

ACADEMIC Research

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