Resource: A Physician’s Practical Guide to Culturally Competent Care
U.S. DHHS Office of Minority Health
This self-directed training course offers CMEs for physicians and other health care professionals with a specific interest in cultural competency in care.
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Toolkit for Community Action
Resource: Toolkit for Community Action
National Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities and U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) Office of Minority Health
This toolkit includes descriptions of health disparities and their causes, tools for policy change, and action steps to end health disparities.
Refugee Suicide Prevention Training Toolkit
News: The Refugee Suicide Prevention Training Toolkit
RHTAC, in collaboration with Bhutanese community members, recently adapted a nationally recognized suicide prevention training model called Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) and developed a training toolkit that includes presentation slides, facilitator’s guide, interactive training activities, and resource handouts.
Perspectives on preventive health care and barriers to breast cancer screening among Iraqi women refugees
In the Literature: Perspectives on preventive health care and barriers to breast cancer screening among Iraqi women refugees. Saadi A, Bond B, Percac-Lima S. (2011). J Immigr Minor Health.
Physical activity and nutrition among immigrant and refugee women
In the Literature: Physical activity and nutrition among immigrant and refugee women: a community-based participatory research approach. Wieland ML, Weis JA, Palmer T, Goodson M, Loth S, Omer F, Abbenyi A, Krucker K, Edens K, Sia IG. (2012). Womens Health Issues, 22(2):e225-32.
Reproductive health care experiences of Somali Bantu women in Hartford, Connecticut
In the Literature: Lost in translation: reproductive health care experiences of Somali Bantu women in Hartford, Connecticut. Gurnah K, Khoshnood K, Bradley E, Yuan C. (2011). J Midwifery Womens Health, 56(4):340-6.
Sexually transmitted infections in newly arrived refugees
In the Literature: Sexually transmitted infections in newly arrived refugees: is routine screening for Neisseria gonorrhoae and Chlamydia trachomatis infection indicated? Stauffer WM, Painter J, Mamo B, Kaiser R, Weinberg M, Berman S. (2012). Am J Trop Med Hyg, 86(2):292-5.
Somali women’s fears of obstetrical interventions in the United States.
In the Literature: “They get a C-section…they gonna die”: Somali women’s fears of obstetrical interventions in the United States.
Brown E, Carroll J, Fogarty C, Holt C. (2010). J Transcult Nurs, 21(3):220-7.
Indicators of acculturation related to Somali refugee women’s birth outcomes in Minnesota
In the Literature: Indicators of acculturation related to Somali refugee women’s birth outcomes in Minnesota. Flynn PM, Foster EM, Brost BC. (2011). J Immigr Minor Health, 13(2):224-31.
Implementing Refugee Mental Health Screening
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Staff training, local referrals, and other processes need to be in place before implementing refugee mental health screening. Continue the dialogue from the RHTAC May 23, 2012 webinar, Refugee Mental Health Screening: Operationalizing the RHS-15, presented by Beth Farmer, MSW and Sasha Verbillis-Kolp, MSW.
What are the biggest barriers to offering mental health services to refugees in your community? What would it take to overcome those barriers? What strengths currently exist in your community that you can leverage? Leave your comments below.