Funding Opportunity: Individual Development Accounts (IDA) for Low-Income Refugees
U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement
Due June 17, 2013. Grants fund the development and administration of IDAs for eligible refugees. IDAs will support goals including home ownership, business capitalization, vehicles for educational or work purposes, professional certification, and education.
Category Archives: Refugee Health Updates
Refugee Microenterprise Development
Funding Opportunity: Refugee Microenterprise Development
U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement
Due June 10, 2013. Grants to public agencies, community economic development agencies, local mutual assistance associations, and voluntary agencies to assist refugees in becoming economically self-sufficient by owning and managing a small business.
Navigators in Federally Facilitated and State Partnership Marketplaces
Funding Opportunity: Navigators in Federally Facilitated and State Partnership Marketplaces
U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Due June 7, 2013. Grants to eligible self-employed individuals and private and public entities applying to serve as Navigators in states with a Federally Facilitated or State Partnership Marketplace.
HIV-Infected Refugees in Minnesota
In the Literature: HIV/AIDS and Associated Conditions among HIV-Infected Refugees in Minnesota, 2000-2007. 2012. Lowther SA, Johnson G, Hendel-Paterson B, Nelson K, Mamo B, Krohn K, Pessoa-Brandão L, O’Fallon A, Stauffer W. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 9(11):4197-209.
RHS-15 Development and Validation of an Instrument
In the Literature: The Refugee Health Screener-15 (RHS-15): Development and Validation of an Instrument for Anxiety, Depression, and PTSD in Refugees. 2013. Hollifield M, Verbillis-Kolp S, Farmer B, Toolson EC, Woldehaimanot T, Yamazaki J, Holland A, St Clair J, Soohoo J. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 35(2): 202-9.
Prevalence of Torture and Associated Symptoms in Iraqi Refugees
In the Literature: The Prevalence of Torture and Associated Symptoms in United States Iraqi Refugees (2013). Willard CL, Rabin M, Lawless M. J Immigr Minor Health. [Epub ahead of print]
Physician and Patient Guide to Hep B
Resource: Physician and Patient’s Guide to Hepatitis B (2012 Edition)
Asian Liver Center, Stanford University School of Medicine.
User-friendly handbook with latest information on the incidence, transmission, detection, prevention, and management of hepatitis B infection and liver cancer.
Hep B information for Health Professionals
Resource: Hepatitis B Information for Health Professionals
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Contains hepatitis B surveillance data, vaccination, and prevention information. There are also perinatal hepatitis B prevention patient education materials in several languages, including Burmese.
Protection, Resettlement, and Integration Conference
Event: Protection, Resettlement, and Integration Conference
Ethiopian Community Development Council
Conference theme is trends and challenges in serving African refugees and immigrants.
May 16-17, 2013, Arlington, VA.
Course In Immigrant and Refugee Health
Training: Free Online Course In Immigrant and Refugee Health
University of Minnesota Medical School
Six online lectures covering topics such as effective communication across cultures, domestic screening guidelines, immunization, and mental health in resettlement.