Creating culturally responsive programming is a priority for Extension and the communities across Wisconsin that benefit from Extension’s service. This project engages Hmong families in adapting Extension’s Planning AHEAD curriculum. The program (which stands for Advance directives, Handling financial changes, Estate planning, and Arriving at Decisions for the end of this life) helps people make end-of-life financial and health care decisions to ease the transition for loved ones and to make their wishes known. The Hmong population is the largest Asian group in Wisconsin, and with feedback from Hmong families the curriculum will include culturally relevant and sensitive strategies to the end-of-life beliefs of the Hmong community.

Principal Investigator

Maichou Lor, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing

Co-Principal Investigator

Sara Richie, Extension Life Span Outreach Program Manager

Additional Personnel

Jenny Abel, Extension Financial Capability Outreach Program Manager

Kristin Litzelman, Extension Human Development and Relationships Specialist and Associate Professor, School of Human Ecology

Jenna Klink, Evaluation Specialist

Kat Phelps, Research Equity and Engagement Consultant, Wisconsin Network for Research Support