Event: American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting
November 13-17, 2013, Washington, DC
Author Archives: Elizabeth Costello
Get ready for Obamacare video
Resource: Get Ready for Obamacare Video
Kaiser Family Foundation
New animated video walks through the basic changes in the way Americans will get health coverage and what it will cost when major parts of the Affordable Care Act go into effect in 2014.
States and their health insurance marketplaces
News: States and their Health Insurance Marketplaces
Profiles on each state’s progress towards establishing and funding their health insurance marketplace.
Updated healthcare.gov
Resource: Updated Healthcare.gov Website
U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
The healthcare.gov website now contains more Affordable Care Act information for consumers about the Health Insurance Marketplace and Open Enrollment that begins on October 1, 2013. Help Center is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week 1-800-318-2596 TTY: 1-855-889-4325.
Outreach and enrollment assistance
News: Outreach and Enrollment Assistance
Health centers around the country received $150 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to help people access new health coverage options available through the Affordable Care Act.
Assessing adherence to guidelines for refugee screening and vaccines
In the Literature: Assessing adherence to accepted national guidelines for immigrant and refugee screening and vaccines in an urban primary care practice: A retrospective chart review. (2013) Waldorf B, Gill C, Crosby SS. J Immigr Minor Health.
Cervical cancer screening Somali immigrants refugees
In the Literature: Cervical cancer screening adherence among Somali immigrants and refugees to the United States. (2013) Morrison TB, Flynn PM, Weaver AL, Wieland ML. Health Care Women Int.
Physical activity Somali men Minnesota
In the Literature: Physical activity among Somali men in Minnesota: Barriers, facilitators, and recommendations. (2013) Mohamed AA, Hassan AM, Weis JA, Sia IG, Wieland ML. Am J Mens Health.
Presumptive treatment parasites
In the Literature: Presumptive treatment and medical screening for parasites in refugees resettling to the United States. (2013) Stauffer WM, Cantey PT, Montgomery S, Fox L, Parise ME, Gorbacheva O, Weinberg M, Doney A, Rotz L, Cetron MS. Curr Infect Dis Rep.
Investigation of hep E outbreak South Sudan
In the Literature: Investigation of hepatitis E outbreak among refugees- Upper Nile, South Sudan, 2012-2013. (2013) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep.