Resource: Nutrition Surveillance Reports
International Organization for Migration
Report of child growth and nutrition data collected during refugee health assessments in Ethiopia, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Nepal, and Thailand.
Category Archives: Resources
US Preventive Services Task Force HIV Screening
Resource: New Statement on HIV Screening
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Recommendations on screening for HIV infection in adolescents and adults aged 15 to 65 years old. Younger adolescents and older adults who are at increased risk should also be screened. In addition, all pregnant women should be screened for HIV, including those who present in labor who are untested and whose HIV status is unknown.
HHS Enhanced National CLAS Standards
Resource: Enhanced National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Downloadable blueprint that offers guidance and implementation strategies for the enhanced national CLAS standards.
Refugees from Congo Refugee Backgrounder
Resource: Refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Refugee Backgrounder
Cultural Orientation Resource Center at the Center for Applied Linguistics
Addresses the causes of the refugee crisis, life in the DRC and countries of asylum, and Congolese resettlement experiences.
Religious Call to Action for Supporting LGBT Refugees
Resource: A Religious Call to Action for Supporting LGBT Refugees within Communities of Faith
Heartland Alliance International’s Rainbow Welcome Initiative
Shows inspiring clergy and resettlement workers in their ongoing efforts to ensure LGBT refugees are welcomed by their religious communities.
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.
Language Portal: A Translation and Interpretation Digital Library
Resource: Language Portal: A Translation and Interpretation Digital Library
Migration Policy Institute
Hub for resources used to provide services to Limited English Proficient (LEP) individuals that includes a Practitioners’ Corner and link to webinars.
Supporting Refugee Families: Adapting Family Strengthening Programs
Resource: Supporting Refugee Families: Adapting Family Strengthening Programs that Build on Assets
BRYCS
Provides an introduction to research-based and practice-grounded family strengthening methods that have been adapted to newcomer populations.
Recommended Immunization Schedules for Children and Adults in U.S.
Resource: Recommended Immunization Schedules for Children and Adults in U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ 2013 recommendations of immunization schedules for persons aged 0 to 18 years and adults aged 19 years and older in the U.S.