Care Facilitation
• Article on access to care among aging populations. Available here: 2014 Hurdles as Asians American age Thanks to Karen James for sharing.
• Update on Burmese pilot project being conducted by CDC. Available here: Burmese Pilot Update Dec 2013 From Association of Refugee Health Coordinators.
• Upcoming Webinar on Substance Abuse and Torture Survivors on Wednesday, February 26th at 1pm. Sign up for updates from the National Partnership for Community Training for updates: http://gulfcoastjewishfamilyandcommunityservices.org/refugee/
Partnership and Training
• Updated Congolese backgrounder now available: http://www.culturalorientation.net/learning/populations/congolese-refugees
• Webinar recording on medical case processing overseas now available and slides attached: https://www.cubby.com/pl/Instant+meeting+2014-01-30.webm/_2f2f8469a2ad4f1c92ed1b68f0362bed From Association of Refugee Health Coordinators.
Best Practices
• Call for abstracts and registration for the North American Refugee Health Conference now open: http://centerforrefugeehealth.com/. The conference will be held in Rochester, NY from June 19 – 21.
• Updates on Pre-Departure Medical Screening and EDN. Available here:PDMS EDN update Jan 14_final From Association of Refugee Health Coordinators.
Advocacy
• New Resources available related to guidance on immigrants and ACA: (Thanks to Morgan Leafe for sharing)
https://www.healthcare.gov/help/citizenship-and-immigration-status-questions/
https://www.healthcare.gov/help/immigration-status-questions/
https://www.healthcare.gov/help/immigration-document-types/
https://www.healthcare.gov/what-do-immigrant-families-need-to-know/
• Suicide Feedback: ORR is in the process of mandating reporting of refugee suidices. Please see the proposed data collection here. ORR is in the process of establishing a systematic method of reporting suicides and suicide attempts among refugee communities. As part of that process, our data collection tool, the Refugee Suicide Report Form, must go through the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) clearance to obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The link to proposed collection activity in the Federal Register is here: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-12-26/html/2013-30809.htm. Per directions in the Federal Register, please send any comments to infocollection@acf.hhs.gov by February 24; all requests should be identified by the title of the information collection (Refugee Suicide Report Form, OMB No.: 0970-NEW). From Association of Refugee Health Coordinators.
