This toolkit was designed to help community-based organizations and community health centers develop organizational capacity to deliver diabetes prevention and control programs within Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities.
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Road to Health Toolkit
This Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) toolkit is for CHWs, nurses, health educators, dietitians, and others working with populations at high risk for type 2 diabetes. The toolkit was designed for African American/African Ancestry and Hispanic/Latino communities, but can appeal to any audience.
Webinar Series: Introducing and Operationalizing the RHS-15
Part 1 of this series introduces the Refugee Health Screener-15 and provides tools and strategies for using this mental health screening tool in various settings. In Part 2, clinical considerations and site-specific decisions are used to discuss how the RHS-15 may be integrated into communities throughout the U.S.
Refugee Health Screener-15
The Refugee Health Screener-15 (RHS-15) is a tool developed by Pathways to Wellness to sensitively detect the range of emotional distress common across refugee groups. The RHS-15 Packet provides instructions for using the tool in various settings.
Successful Adjustment for Refugee Youth
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Refugee youth are often burdened by past traumatic experiences while undergoing stress related to resettlement. Supporting refugee youth can aid their successful adjustment to life in the U.S., thereby preventing negative social, psychological, and academic consequences.
Continue the dialogue from the February 8, 2012 webinar, Strong Roots, Bright Futures: Promoting the Successful Adjustment of Refugee Youth co-sponsored by Bridging Refugee Youth & Children’s Services (BRYCS) and RHTAC.
What are your thoughts on refugee youth and their adjustment to life in the U.S.? Leave your comments below.
Refugee Mental Health Screening
Refugees arrive in the U.S. after experiencing trauma, loss, and long periods of uncertainty. For refugees with mental health issues, screening is a critical beginning step on the journey towards healing. Continue the dialogue from the RHTAC January 25, 2012 webinar, Tools and Strategies for Refugee Mental Health Screening: Introducing the RHS-15, presented by Dr. Michael Hollifield.
What are your thoughts on refugee mental health screening? Leave your comments below.
Continuing education credit is available for this webinar. You must register on the Baystate Continuing Education learner portal at least 24 hours before the start time of the event in order to receive credit.
Registration details are available below.
Strategies and Techniques for Domestic Health Orientation
Techniques and content of domestic health orientations can be tailored to fit the needs of refugee audiences. Continue the dialogue from the December 5, 2011 webinar, Refugee Health Orientation Continuum: Overseas and Domestic Perspectives, co-sponsored by Cultural Orientation Resource Center, Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) and RHTAC.
What strategies help adult refugees learn and use information from domestic health orientation? What teaching styles work well with refugees? What strategies would you recommend for refugees who are not literate? What strategies would you recommend for health orientations where refugees of various languages and cultures learn together? Leave a comment below.
Evaluation and Research for Domestic Health Orientation
Evaluation and research provide insight into effective domestic health orientation techniques and affects of health orientation on refugee health behaviors. Continue the dialogue from the December 5, 2011 webinar, Refugee Health Orientation Continuum: Overseas and Domestic Perspectives, co-sponsored by Cultural Orientation Resource Center, Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) and RHTAC.
What evaluation methods are being used to measure knowledge and skills gained by refugees after participating in domestic health orientations? What research projects are studying the effectiveness of refugee health orientations? Leave your comments below.
How to Choose and Use a Language Agency
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