Resource: Pregnancy and Family Planning in the U.S. (Video)
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
This video is designed for newcomer refugees as a pregnancy and family planning orientation. Video is not available online. Visit http://www.mindseyeworld.com/ and click on Contact Us to request a copy.
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Clinical Topics: Mother, Child & Infant Care
Resource: Clinical Topics: Mother, Child & Infant Care
EthnoMed
Useful information on peripartum/perinatal care, clinically relevant articles, breastfeeding, and journal articles.
Women’s Health Information Resource Center
Resource: Our Bodies Ourselves: Women’s Health Information Resource Center
Our Bodies Ourselves
Informative website on women’s health, pregnancy, and birth. Some materials have been translated into 25+ languages including Nepali, Thai, and Arabic.
Sexual and Gender-based Violence against Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons: Guidelines for Prevention and Response
Resource: Sexual and Gender-based Violence against Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons: Guidelines for Prevention and Response
UNHCR
These guidelines offer practical advice on how to design strategies and carry out activities aimed at preventing and responding to sexual and gender-based violence perpetrated against refugee women.
Bhutanese Refugee Support Group and PhotoVoice
Resource: Bhutanese Refugees
Bhutanese Refugee Support Group and PhotoVoice
This website provides an introduction to the experiences of Bhutanese refugees in camps, in Bhutan, and in exile.
Health Education Materials in Refugee Languages
Resource: Health Education Materials in Refugee Languages
Refugee Health Information Network (RHIN)
The RHIN website enables refugees and their health care providers to search for multilingual refugee health resources.
Healthy Living Toolkits
Resource: Healthy Living Toolkits
U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants
These toolkits are designed to educate refugees and immigrants to become proactive health consumers and health promoters in their communities. Toolkits are available in several refugee languages.
Cultural Profiles for Specific Refugee Populations
Resource: Cultural Profiles for Specific Refugee Populations
Center for Applied Linguistics
This website features cultural profiles for Kunama, Eritrean, Bhutanese, Burmese, Somali Bantu, Iraqi Kurdish, and other refugee groups.
Domestic Service Provider Toolkit
Resource: Domestic Service Provider Toolkit
Center for Applied Linguistics
This toolkit includes domestic health orientation resources for resettlement agency staff and others who provide orientation to newly arrived refugees.
Rainbow Welcome Initiative
Resource: Rainbow Welcome Initiative
Heartland Alliance
This new website provides resources to support resettlement of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and/or Transgender (LGBT) refugees and asylees.