Resource: “Implications for Persons who are Limited English Proficient” Video
U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement
Training video on Title VI for limited English proficient individuals.
Author Archives: Elizabeth Costello
Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
Resource: Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
Outlines DHHS goals and actions for reducing racial and ethnic health disparities in the U.S.It is aligned with the Affordable Care Act, Healthy People 2020, the First Lady’s Let’s Move initiative and the President’s National HIV/AIDS Strategy.
RHS-15 Webinar Hollifield CEC Baystate
Training: Archived Webinar: Tools and Strategies for Refugee Mental Health Screening: Introducing the RHS-15
Presented by: Refugee Health Technical Assistance Center (RHTAC)
Audience: health care providers, resettlement organizations, public health professionals
Physicians and nurses can receive CECs through Baystate Health by viewing the webinar recording of Dr. Michael Hollifield’s presentation on refugee mental health screening.
Proposed Refugee Admissions FY 2013: Report to Congress
News: Proposed Refugee Admissions for FY 2013: Report to Congress was just released at the end of September 2012. The report is prepared by the U.S. Departments of State, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services. It contains information on refugee situations, proposed refugee admissions, and plans for resettlement.
Proposed Refugee Admissions for FY 2013: Report to Congress
Resource: Proposed Refugee Admissions for FY 2013: Report to Congress is prepared by the U.S. Departments of State, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services. It contains information on refugee situations, proposed refugee admissions, and plans for resettlement.
Refugee Agricultural Promotion Projects (ISED)
Resource: Refugee Agricultural Promotion Projects
Institute for Social and Economic Development (ISED).
Publications and tutorials supporting refugee agriculture.
Refugee Agricultural Partnership Program (RAPP)
Resource: Refugee Agricultural Partnership Program (RAPP)
U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement.
Resources to support collaboration among refugees and other community-based organizations and list of local partner organizations in RAPP.
Connecting food environments and health
In the Literature: Connecting food environments and health through the relational nature of aesthetics: gaining insight through the community gardening experience. Hale J, Knapp C, Bardwell L, Buchenau M, Marshall J, Sancar F, Litt JS. (2011) Soc Sci Med.
social involvement, neighborhood aesthetics, and community garden participation
In the Literature: The influence of social involvement, neighborhood aesthetics, and community garden participation on fruit and vegetable consumption. Litt JS, Soobader MJ, Turbin MS, Hale JW, Buchenau M, Marshall JA. (2011) Am J Public Health.
Community gardening: a parsimonious path to individual, community, and environmental resilience
In the Literature: Community gardening: a parsimonious path to individual, community, and environmental resilience. Okvat HA, Zautra AJ. (2011) Am J Community Psychol.