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September 2023
The Minnesota Center of Excellence in Newcomer Health (MN COE) is dedicated to developing tools to support health care providers, public health professionals, and resettlement partners in their efforts to better serve immigrant and refugee families. We build on existing infrastructure and partners’ extensive experience to identify and monitor newcomer health issues and needs, contribute to evidence-based policies and guidance, and ultimately improve continuity of care and health outcomes for newcomers.
The Minnesota Department of Health and Minnesota IT Services developed VaxRef, an application to translate immunization records from French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, or Ukrainian to English.
The user first selects the language of their vaccinations, then submits the information in the original language. A translated vaccination list will be automatically generated in English and be sent to the email provided.
Who can use VaxRef?
People who want to translate their immunization records, interpreters, translators, community assisters translating immunization records, or bilingual health care providers.
How does it work?
Select the language that the original immunization record is in at the top of the form. Fill out the form at the bottom of the page including providing the email address for the email address of who you would like to receive the completed list, and entering all of the information in the language of the original vaccination record:
A complete vaccination list will then be generated in English and sent to the email address provided on the form.
You can access VaxRef directly or through CareRef.
- Identify how states can more effectively identify and meet the psychosocial needs of Afghan newcomers.
- Explore two approaches to community needs assessment.
- Learn strategies and tactics for forming sustainable partnerships for responding to emergent psychosocial needs.
- Explore two strategies for capacity building across different phases of community resettlement.
- Describe at least one creative utilization of existing infrastructure and relationships during a rapid response.
Presenters
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Cathy Vue, MPH
Health and Wellness Program Manager, Office of Refugee and Immigrant Assistance, Washington Department of Social and Health Services
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Jan Jenkins, PhD
Refugee Mental Health Coordinator, Colorado Refugee Services Program, Colorado Department of Human Services
Moderator
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Patricia Shannon, PhD, LP
Associate Professor, School of Social Work, University of Minnesota
CME/Continuing education
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Minnesota Medical Association and Minnesota Department of Health. The Minnesota Medical Association (MMA) is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Minnesota Medical Association designates this live internet activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other participants will receive a proof of attendance document from MDH following completion of a post-webinar evaluation and are responsible for determining if this training meets CE criteria for their professional organization.
Please forward this message to your colleagues who may be interested in attending.
Print or download the promotional flyer: Strategies for responding to the psychosocial needs of Afghan communities: Two state approaches (PDF)
Monday, Nov. 6, 2023
Noon ET | 11 a.m. CT | 10 a.m. MT | 9 a.m. PT
The Centers of Excellence in Newcomer Health will be putting on a webinar about screening Afghan people who are pregnant and/or lactating. The webinar will be moderated by Dr. Meera Siddharth from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), with Dr. Kevin Osterhoudt (CHOP), Dr. Jessica Deffler (Thomas Jefferson University), and Dr. Mohammed Iqbal (CHOP).
Learning objectives for this webinar:
- To better identify who is at risk for elevated lead.
- To understand the effects of lead on pregnant women and the fetus.
- To review ACOG guidelines for prenatal lead screening
- To understand the best practices for obtaining lead samples
- To know what to do when a pregnant or lactating patient has an elevated blood level
If you have not already, please subscribe to Center of Excellence in Newcomer Health Updates to receive the registration information in October. More information will be posted on Center of Excellence in Newcomer Health once available.
The National Resource Center for Refugee, Immigrant, and Migrants (NRC-RIM) has been developing materials on lead poisoning and will have a webinar featuring speakers from the Seattle and King County Public Health and the Afghan Health Initiative.
Zoom Registration: Culturally Relevant Lead Poisoning Prevention Strategies for Afghan Newcomer Communities
Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023
1 p.m. ET | Noon CT | 11 a.m. MT | 10 a.m. PT
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Identify the main sources of lead exposure for Afghan newcomers to the United States
- Name three key strategies for designing culturally appropriate public health interventions for lead poisoning in Afghan newcomer communities
- Support lead poisoning prevention and treatment initiatives with culturally and linguistically relevant health communications from NRC-RIM
In partnership with ECHO Colorado, the Minnesota Center of Excellence in Newcomer Health has been hosting a monthly training on newcomer health since Oct. 25, 2022; the trainings will continue until Nov. 28, 2023.
Last Tuesday of each month
9 a.m. ET | 8 a.m. CT | 7 a.m. MT | 6 a.m. PT
Sign up for the ongoing monthly ECHO sessions held virtually:
ECHO Colorado: Newcomer Health
Access recorded sessions and resources:
Newcomer Health ECHO Resource Page
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