Resource: International Protection for a Newly Surfacing Refugee Community
Migration Information Source
Articles discusses that asylum and refugee status on the basis of sexual orientation is a relatively new phenomenon in the United States and many other countries. International protection, however, is not constant from country to country for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender refugees.
Monthly Archives: February 2013
ACA People living with HIV/AIDS factsheet
Resource: The Affordable Care Act helps People Living with HIV/AIDS
Aids.gov
Factsheet explains how the ACA improves access to coverage, ensures quality coverage, and increases health and well-being for people living with HIV/AIDS.
Developmental Screening with Recent Immigrant and Refugee Children
Resource: Developmental Screening with Recent Immigrant and Refugee Children: A Preliminary Report
Ethnomed
Project represents an initial attempt to describe barriers to developmental screening in a population which is missing from the bulk of the developmental screening literature.
Somali Language Health Factsheets
Resource: Somali Language Health Factsheets
WellShare International
Topics include Diabetes Facts, Heart Health Facts, Physical Activity for Healthy Living Everyday, and more.
Healthcare Info Videos Karen and Burmese
Resource: Healthcare Information Videos in Karen and Burmese
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare & Burmese refugees.
Videos can be shown as part of a cultural orientation or before refugees’ health screening or first primary care visit.
Karen Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qebHxrNY5uE&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alq0W_gncFA&feature=plcp
Burmese Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvdqN3v8myM&feature=channel&list=UL
Islamic Marriage Contracts: A Resource Guide for Legal Professionals, Advocates, Imams & Communities
Resource: Islamic Marriage Contracts: A Resource Guide for Legal Professionals, Advocates, Imams & Communities
Asian Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence and the Battered Women’s Justice Project
Resource provides and clarifies information about Islam and gender equality in marriage and divorce. It also directs readers to best practices that safeguard women’s rights and interests.
Cultural Competency Training of Trainers Institute
Training: A Cultural Competency Training of Trainers Institute
Cross Cultural Health Care Program
An intensive 5-day course for organizations to meet mandates and recommendations for culturally and linguistically appropriate services.
April 22-26, 2013 in Seattle, WA.
Translated Content Children Disabilties
Resource: Materials for families who have children with disabilities
Pacer Center
Translated publications focusing on issues facing families from diverse backgrounds who have children with disabilities. Publications are translated into Hmong, Spanish, and Somali.
NJMS TB newsletter
Resource: TB & Cultural Competency newsletter #16- Assessing Ourselves
New Jersey Medical School, Global Tuberculosis Institute
Discusses a TB outbreak among immigrants working at a tomato packing plant in Maryland whose primary language was not English. Also includes information on assessing the cultural competency of an organization.
Changing Face Unaccompanied Alien Child Report
Resource: Changing Face of the Unaccompanied Alien Child: A Portrait of Foreign-Born Children in Federal Foster Care and How to Best Meet Their Needs
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops/Migration & Refugee Services
In-depth analysis of the profile of children coming into federal foster care and how that profile has changed over the years.