Resource: Mapping Local Resources: Guidebook for Ethnic Community-Based Organizations
Project SOAR
Step-by-step approach on how to find and map local resources to improve services and create community partnerships.
Category Archives: Refugee Health Updates
Minority Mental Health Awareness Resources
Resource: Minority Mental Health Awareness Resources
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Tools to bring awareness and support for mental health in minority communities.
After the Ruling: A Consumer’s Guide
Resource: After the Ruling: A Consumer’s Guide
User-friendly explanation of Supreme Court’s ACA decision and implications. Also available in Spanish.
Human Rights Conference: Create Space for Gender-Peace
Event: Human Rights Conference: Create Space for Gender-Peace
Presented by: UNSPOKEN
Audience: Clinicians, lawyers, community advocates, resettlement agencies, human rights advocates.
Using a gendered perspective of human rights, explore the universal nature of gender violence and create opportunities for gender-peace.
October 17-18, 2012, Utica, NY
Nepali Health Fact Sheets
Resource: Nepali Health Fact Sheets
Gyan Jyoti Kendra, Global Institute for Nepali-Speaking Diaspora
Fact sheets on women’s health, health assessments, child nutrition, and more. All translated into Nepali.
Health and Health Care of African Refugees: An Under Recognized Minority.
In the Literature: Health and Health Care of African Refugees: An Under Recognized Minority. Hauck FR, Corr KE, Lewis SH, Oliver MN. (2012). Journal of the National Medical Association.
Health Care Law Expands Preventive Services for Women
News: Health Care Law Expands Preventive Services for Women
As of Aug 1, 2012, all insurance plans are required to offer eight additional preventive health services for women at no extra charge. These include: well-woman visits, gestational diabetes screenings, breastfeeding support, domestic and interpersonal violence screening and counseling, FDA-approved contraceptive products, HPV DNA testing, STI counseling, and HIV screening and counseling.
Domestic Immunization Guidelines
Resource: Domestic Immunization Guidelines
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Guidelines on evaluating and updating immunizations as part of refugee’s domestic health screening.
Safe, Smart & Healthy: Keys to Success in Your New Home
Resource: Safe, Smart & Healthy: Keys to Success in Your New Home
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
Video includes chapters on: medical care & health insurance, family issues & domestic violence, medications & home remedies, personal hygiene, substance use, and food safety. DVD copies available in multiple languages. Contact Sarah Russell (Sarah.Russell@jfs.ohio.gov) for more information.
“Continuing the Conversation: The Affordable Care Act After the Supreme Court Ruling” Webinar
Event: “Continuing the Conversation: The Affordable Care Act After the Supreme Court Ruling” Webinar
Presented by: Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs
Audience: Maternal and Child Health professionals and community organizations
Webinar will provide updates on implications of Supreme Court’s ACA ruling for maternal and child health populations and facilitate discussion on the range of opportunities available under Title V and ACA implementation.
July 31, 2012, 3:00- 4:30 EDT