Resource: Opening Doors
Organization for Refuge, Asylum & Migration
Report summarizing worldwide survey of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) caring for LGBTI refugees and asylum seekers.
Author Archives: Elizabeth Costello
Ramadan Reminder for Health Care Practitioners
Resource: Ramadan Reminder for Health Care Practitioners
EthnoMed
Tips for health care providers caring for Muslim patients who fast during Ramadan. Discusses implications for patients who may be pregnant, breastfeeding, diabetic, or taking medications.
Iraqi Refugee Health Cultural Profile
Resource: Iraqi Refugee Health Cultural Profile
EthnoMed
Cultural profile provides information about Iraqi refugees’ U.S. health care experiences and their health-related beliefs.
Health Orientation Continuum Webinar Archive
Resource: Health Orientation Continuum Webinar Slides and Recording
Cultural Orientation Resource Center (COR) and RHTAC
Learn more about “The Refugee Health Orientation Continuum: Overseas and Domestic Perspectives” in this webinar archive, including slides and audio recording.
Effective Healthcare Communication Video
The U.S. DHHS Health Resources and Services Administration’s video How Effective Healthcare Communication Contributes to Health Equity presents the 3 factors of healthcare communication: health literacy, cultural competency, and linguistic competency.
UNHCR Video Campaign
News: UNHCR Releases Video Campaign for World Refugee Day
The new “Dilemmas” video series by UNHCR details how refugees were forced to make the agonizing decision to flee their homes. The associated campaign asks viewers to answer the questions: If conflict threatened your family, what would you do? Stay and risk your lives? Or try to flee, and risk kidnap, rape or torture?
Refugee Health Success Stories
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Refugees arrive in the U.S. with unique health needs that reflect life in their home countries and life as refugees. Refugee health and well-being are fundamental to successful resettlement and integration.
How does your community help refugees successfully establish healthy beginnings in the U.S.? How does your community or clinic utilize innovative ways to connect and orient refugees to the U.S. health care system? Leave your comments below.
Seroprevalence of Antibodies against Taenia solium Cysticerci among Refugees Resettled in United States
In the Literature: Seroprevalence of Antibodies against Taenia solium Cysticerci among Refugees Resettled in United States. Seth E. O’Neal, John M. Townes, Patricia P. Wilkins, John C. Noh, Deborah Lee, Silvia Rodriguez, Hector H. Garcia, and William M. Stauffer. (2012). Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Videos of Resettled Refugees
Resource: Videos of Resettled Refugees
Center for Applied Linguistics
These videos are comprised of interviews with resettled refugees and are valuable educational tools to present information about refugees, their challenges, strengths, and aspirations.
North American Refugee Healthcare Conference
Event: North American Refugee Healthcare Conference
Presented by: Rochester General Hospital
For clinicians, refugee resettlement professionals, and refugees.
June 28-30, 2012, Rochester, NY