Training on Social Security Disability and Refugees
Check out our latest webinar on Social Security Disability and Refugees. The video is available on the PRHC YouTube channel: http://youtu.be/oEpRzlHULLA
December Newsletter
Care Facilitation
Open Enrollment has begun! Healthy PA, Pennsylvania’s Medicaid Expansion plan, and the Marketplace are now open. All refugees are eligible for coverage, so encourage your clients and patients to sign up now! The following locations are offering on-site enrollment assistance: NSC, SEAMAAC, Bhutanese Association of Philadelpia and many health centers! Questions? Contact Jarett Beaudoin at jbeaudoin@nscphila.org.
A complete list of ACA tools including links to these resources is available on the PRHC website here.
Partnership and Training
The HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement and the Philadelphia Refugee Health Collaborative (Dr. Sandra Wolf and Gretchen Shanfeld) will share perspectives on how to effectively meet the needs of new refugees in the health care setting on Friday, December 5th at 2:00pm. To access the webinar:
Call: 800-369-3147
URL: https://www.mymeetings.com/nc/join/
Conference number: PW9518928, Audience passcode: 3226615
Participants can join the event directly (video and sound) at: https://www.mymeetings.com/nc/join.php?i=PW9518928&p=3226615&t=c
The Philadelphia Partnership for Resilience, in partnership with Dr. David Goodwin, will offer training on working with immigrant survivors of torture on Friday, December 12. Check out the flyer and register here.
The Cultural Orientation Resource Center has recently published a backgrounder on the Syrian refugee population. The backgrounder along with backgrounders on other refugee populations is available on the PRHC website.
Best Practices
The Philadelphia Refugee Mental Health Collaborative has produced videos as part of a technical assistance toolkit. The videos can be used as teaching tools and focus on promoting wellness within refugee communities. The videos are available on the PRHC website here.
Research
Temple University has completed its research focused on women’s health access. The full publication is available on the PRHC website here.
Recently completed your research project or started a new one? Help keep our research listing up to date!
November Newsletter
Care Facilitation
Get up to date on Affordable Care Act, Medicaid Expansion and its impact on refugees via a recorded webinar. Jarett Beaduoin provides a 30 minute overview.
Join Community Legal Services for an in-depth webinar focused on Healthy PA on Friday, November 7 from 11am to 12:15pm.
Read more about the Healthy PA plan implementation and view a webinar from PA DPW here.
A complete list of ACA tools including links to these resources is available on the PRHC website here.
Partnership and Training
Full slides, bios and related documents from the North American Refugee Health Conference are now available here. The 2015 Conference will be held from June 4 – 6, 2015 in Toronto.
Additionally, the NARHC Committee is undertaking a survey to determine interest in the formation of a National Society of Refugee Healthcare Providers. You can contribute to the survey here.
The University of Texas has published a report titled The Continuity of Risk: A three-city study of Congolese women-at-risk resettled in the U.S. Find the full text here.
Best Practices
New Resources for Deaf or Hard of Hearing Refugees: DeafCAN! has the resources to do outreach, provide ASL classes, and assist with hearing aid applications for your patients with hearing loss. Please refer eligible clients to Jarett Beaudoin at jbeaudoin@nscphila.org. Additionally, check out this short report on hearing loss and the Hear Now Hearing Aid program published by NSC and the Jefferson Center for Refugee Health.
Research
Please help us keep the PRHC research page up to date! Submit your complete work, new research projects and any updates to Gretchen Shanfeld at gshanfeld@nscphila.org.
Advocacy
Join us for a webinar on Refugees and Social Security Disability and Refugees on Wednesday, December 10th from 12pm to 1pm. Sign up here
