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.
Category Archives: Refugee Health Updates
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.
CDC Guidelines for Malaria
Resource: Domestic Guidelines for Malaria
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Presumptive treatment of P. falciparum malaria in refugees relocating from sub-Saharan Africa to the U.S.
CDC Guidelines for Intestinal Parasites
Resource: Domestic Guidelines for Intestinal Parasites
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Presumptive treatment and screening of refugees for Strongyloidiasis, Schistosomiasis and infections caused by soil-transmitted helmiths. Updated June 2013.
NIH Reducing Health Disparities Among Minority and Underserved Children
Funding Opportunity: Reducing Health Disparities Among Minority and Underserved Children
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Suggested research areas include: biobehavioral studies of multiple factors that influence child health disparities, studies that target specific health promotion needs of children with known illness and/or disability, and/or studies that test and evaluate comparative effectiveness of health promotion interventions.
Due Jan 7, 2014.