CDC’s recommendation for identifying children with elevated blood lead levels and early post-arrival medical evaluation and therapy. PowerPoint [14.1 MB] and Notes [66 KB].
Author Archives: Elizabeth Costello
Refugee Health Information Network
This website is a national collaborative partnership that has a searchable database of quality multilingual public health resources for those providing care to resettled refugees and asylees. Resources include provider tools and health education materials in various languages.
Healthy Roads Media
This website has health education materials in a variety of refugee languages and formats, including audio recordings, videos, and handouts.
Webinar: Refugee Mental Health
This webinar covers the mental health needs of refugees in primary care settings as well as best practices and resources to address these needs.
Mental Health Services Locator
Developed by SAMHSA. Select your state or type in your zip code to get listings of service providers.
Torture Treatment Centers
Torture Treatment Centers provide a range of services and support to survivors of torture.
Florida Center for Survivors of Torture
FCST serves survivors of political and state-sponsored torture living in Tampa Bay and Miami-Dade through an intensive case management and strength-based, client-centered model.
Refugee Nutrition Outreach Toolkit
Developed by the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), this toolkit aims to educate refugees and immigrants on how to adopt good habits that will help prevent nutrition-related diseases.
Gardening Through Refugee Organizations (GRO) Project Photo Voice Video
The GRO project works to connect refugee and immigrant populations with urban gardening to provide access to healthy and familiar foods, build community, and establish a traditional setting for family elders to reconnect with their youth and pass on their agrarian knowledge.
Video [YouTube]
Under- and Over-Nutrition Among Refugees in San Diego County, California
Rodinelli AJ, Morris MD, Rodwell TC, et al Immigr Minor Health. 2011 February; 13(1): 161–168.
Abstract [PubMed]