Thursday, November 21, 2024
11/21/2024
Purpose The Minnesota Department of Health Refugee Health Program (MDHRHP) with its principal partners the University of Minnesota (UMN), HealthPartners (HP), Denver Health and Hospitals (DHHA), the Thomas Jefferson University (TJU), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Cultural Orientation Resource Exchange (CORE) proposes to expand the work of the CENTER as it transitions to become a Center of Excellence in Newcomer Health. The CENTER will build on existing infrastructure and its partners’ extensive experience to identify and monitor Newcomer health needs, contribute to evidence-based policies and guidelines, educate health care and service providers working with Newcomers, and facilitate communication with Newcomers about health care issues and services with the goal to improve continuity of care and health outcomes for Newcomers. Outcomes: Pillar 1: Epidemiology and Surveillance: The MDHRHP will work with collaborating sites to perform surveillance activities focused on quantifying disease incidence and prevalence among Newcomer populations using the data repository by the CENTER during 2015–2020. Data from this multi-state data repository will be analyzed to provide descriptive information about the epidemiology of both communicable and non-communicable diseases among various Newcomer groups. These data will be shared with clinicians caring for Newcomers through a variety of dissemination strategies including annual reports, integration into CareRef, maintenance of certification activities, manuscripts, and online learning. Pillar 2: Guidance: The CENTER will develop and disseminate tools to improve clinician understanding of guidelines focused on Newcomer populations, support implementation of guideline-directed care, and provide training and quality improvement on best practices. The CENTER will leverage existing infrastructure (e.g., CareRef) and relationships with partners to achieve these outcomes. Pillar 3: Newcomer Orientation: Effective delivery of refugee orientation messages requires consistency and reinforcement from all the stakeholders who support Newcomers during resettlement. The MDHRHP, in partnership with the Cultural Orientation Resource Exchange (CORE) and IOM, will bring together a diverse group of stakeholders, including Resettlement Agencies (RAs), community based organizations, clinicians, and members of the Association of Refugee Health Coordinators, to develop, adapt, vet and disseminate refugee orientation resources. The team will work toward consistent health messaging, prioritizing ease of delivery and innovation. Pillar 4: Clinician Training and Newcomer Health Education: Improving health care provider access to knowledge about newcomer health requires identification of gaps in health knowledge among Newcomer health providers followed by development and delivery of educational resources to health care providers. The activities in this pillar are closely related to and augment educational activities described in Pillar 2, above.
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