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Strategies and policies to Improve health in refugee and immigrant communities

Monday, November 2, 2015: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Oral
Session Objectives: Describe strategies that can increase early intervention services and sustain the participation of immigrant and refugee families Identify strategies to facilitate health insurance enrollment for immigrant populations
Moderator:
Guy-Lucien S. Whembolua, PhD

8:30am
Beyond the language barrier: Facilitating immigrant and refugee access to early intervention services in Philadelphia through interpreting, translation, and quality control   
Jorge Navarrete, MPH and Sara Molina-Robinson
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
     
8:45am
Improving refugee health and social connectedness through church gardens   
Meghan Mason, PhD, MPH and Kari Hartwig, DrPH, MA
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
  
9:00am
Fulfilling the vision: The role of enrollment workers in promoting health insurance access   
Marissa Raymond-Flesch, MD, MPH, Laurel Lucia, MPP, Ken Jacobs and Claire Brindis, DrPH
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
9:15am
Victor and Erika Webnovela: Innovative Latino Youth Edutainment for Prevention   
Ricardo Villalba, Elizabeth Andrade, DrPH, MPH, W. Douglas Evans, PhD, Sean Cleary, PhD, MPH, Mark Edberg, PhD, MA, Idalina Cubilla, MPH and Christopher Schrack, DA
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
9:30am
Haitian Migration to Brazil and Local Social Response in the Amazon State of Mato Grosso: Networking with the Immigrant Community to Improve Health Conditions   
C. Eduardo Siqueira, MD, ScD, Ana Paula Muraro, Ana Paula Muraro, Leonardo Cavalcanti, Maria Ângela Martins, Cláudia Paes de Barros, Welder Queiroz dos Santos and Fabiano Tonaco Borges, Fabiano Tonaco Borges
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)

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Organized by: Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health
Endorsed by: International Health, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights, Caucus on Public Health and the Faith Community

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

See more of: Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health