Resource: Philadelphia Refugee Health Collaborative Website
Philadelphia Refugee Health Collaborative
Regional coalition to provide domestic health screening, primary care, health orientation, and medical case management to newly arrived and established refugees in the Philadelphia area.
Category Archives: Refugee Health Updates
Trafficking in Human Persons 2012 Annual Report
Resource: Trafficking in Human Persons 2012 Annual Report
U.S. Department of State
Comprehensive guide to U.S. and international anti-human trafficking efforts. View video of the report’s release, featuring the Secretary of State and “Trafficking in Persons” heroes from around the world.
“Blue Campaign” Human Trafficking Awareness Online Training
Event: “Blue Campaign” Human Trafficking Awareness Online Training
Presented by: U.S. Department of Homeland Security
For the public, law enforcement, airline personnel, U.S. Government personnel, and domestic and foreign partners.
Opening Doors
Resource: Opening Doors
Organization for Refuge, Asylum & Migration
Report summarizing worldwide survey of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) caring for LGBTI refugees and asylum seekers.
Ramadan Reminder for Health Care Practitioners
Resource: Ramadan Reminder for Health Care Practitioners
EthnoMed
Tips for health care providers caring for Muslim patients who fast during Ramadan. Discusses implications for patients who may be pregnant, breastfeeding, diabetic, or taking medications.
Iraqi Refugee Health Cultural Profile
Resource: Iraqi Refugee Health Cultural Profile
EthnoMed
Cultural profile provides information about Iraqi refugees’ U.S. health care experiences and their health-related beliefs.
Health Orientation Continuum Webinar Archive
Resource: Health Orientation Continuum Webinar Slides and Recording
Cultural Orientation Resource Center (COR) and RHTAC
Learn more about “The Refugee Health Orientation Continuum: Overseas and Domestic Perspectives” in this webinar archive, including slides and audio recording.
UNHCR Video Campaign
News: UNHCR Releases Video Campaign for World Refugee Day
The new “Dilemmas” video series by UNHCR details how refugees were forced to make the agonizing decision to flee their homes. The associated campaign asks viewers to answer the questions: If conflict threatened your family, what would you do? Stay and risk your lives? Or try to flee, and risk kidnap, rape or torture?
Seroprevalence of Antibodies against Taenia solium Cysticerci among Refugees Resettled in United States
In the Literature: Seroprevalence of Antibodies against Taenia solium Cysticerci among Refugees Resettled in United States. Seth E. O’Neal, John M. Townes, Patricia P. Wilkins, John C. Noh, Deborah Lee, Silvia Rodriguez, Hector H. Garcia, and William M. Stauffer. (2012). Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Videos of Resettled Refugees
Resource: Videos of Resettled Refugees
Center for Applied Linguistics
These videos are comprised of interviews with resettled refugees and are valuable educational tools to present information about refugees, their challenges, strengths, and aspirations.