Resource: Clinician’s Corner
Minnesota Department of Health
Collection of resources for providers working with refugee populations, including a quick guide for conducting initial refugee health assessments.
Tag Archives: Screening
Guidelines for Mental Health Screening CDC
Resource: Guidelines for Mental Health Screening during the Domestic Medical Examination for Newly Arrived Refugees
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Provides suggestions and resources for primary care clinicians to conduct mental health screening during the domestic medical examination.
Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record
Resource: Form I-693 – Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Form I-693 and instructions on form submission, which is required to establish a refugee is not inadmissible to the U.S. based on public health regulations.
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.
“Medical Update: TB Technical Instructions for Panel Physicians – Implications for US Practitioners” Webinar
Event: “Medical Update: TB Technical Instructions for Panel Physicians – Implications for US Practitioners” Webinar
Presented by: NJMS Global Tuberculosis Institute
Audience: clinicians, infectious disease specialists, panel physicians
Webinar will discuss new tuberculosis technical instructions and implications for U.S. practitioners. Case presentations will explore adoptees with TB, drug resistant TB, and the severely ill. CMEs available.
November 28, 2012, 1:00-2:30 pm EST
Evaluation of Immigrant Tuberculosis Screening in Industrialized Countries.
In the Literature: Evaluation of Immigrant Tuberculosis Screening in Industrialized Countries. Pareek M, Baussano I, Abubakar I, Dye C, Lalvani A. (2012). Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Post-arrival health screening in Karen refugees in Australia.
In the Literature: Post-arrival health screening in Karen refugees in Australia. Paxton GA, Sangster KJ, Maxwell EL, McBride CR, Drewe RH. (2012). PLoS One.
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.
Refugee Health Screener-15 (RHS-15) Packet
Resource: Refugee Health Screener-15 (RHS-15) Packet
Pathways to Wellness
The RHS-15 is a tool for screening refugees for emotional distress and mental health. Packet includes the RHS-15 tool, background on the tool’s development, and guidelines on using the RHS-15 with recently resettled refugees. RHS-15 has also been translated into Somali, Russian, Arabic, Burmese, Karen, and Nepali.
Bhutanese Refugee Health Profile
Resource: Bhutanese Refugee Health Profile
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Health profile provides information about Bhutanese refugees’ medical screening, diet, and other health related topics.