Promising Practices in Domestic Health Orientation

July 11, 2012

Description: The Promising Practices in Domestic Health Orientation webinar is a follow up to the Refugee Health Orientation Continuum: Overseas and Domestic Perspectives webinar that was offered in December 2011. To provide continuity between the December 2011 webinar and this webinar, Liz Edghill will offer a brief review of current methods used to carry out domestic refugee health orientation, touching on some of the challenges and future directions.

Presenters:

Liz Edghill, RN, BSN
Family Health Centers – Americana

Lauren Schroeder, MPH
International Rescue Committee Tucson, Arizona

Marla Lipscomb, MSW, LCSW
Saint Alphonsus CARE Maternal Child Health Program Boise, Idaho

Leslie Hortel, MAT
Denver Health Refugee Health Clinic

Webinar Resources

  • Slides – PDF [1,434 KB]
  • Transcript – PDF [98 KB]

Additional Resources

Talking about Mental Health: A Narrative Approach
Marla Lipscomb, MSW, LCSW
Saint Alphonsus CARE Maternal Child Health Program Boise, Idaho

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