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Publications & Presentations: Minnesota Center of Excellence in Newcomer Health
The Minnesota Center of Excellence in Newcomer Health (MN COE) works with its collaborating sites to perform surveillance activities to assess the incidence or prevalence of communicable and non-communicable diseases among newcomer populations. Sites across the country and the Colorado Center of Excellence in Newcomer Health (CO COE) contribute data for these projects. Learn more at Colorado Center of Excellence in Refugee Health.
Similarly, the MN COE in collaboration with clinic partners undertake quality improvement projects to understand the barriers to appropriate screening and follow-ups and offer practical recommendations. These findings and recommendations are shared with clinicians caring for newcomers through a variety of dissemination strategies including publications, annual reports, integration into CareRef, maintenance of certification activities, manuscripts, and online learning.
Publications
As one of the core pillars of the MN COE, we conduct quality improvement projects to improve the quality of care for newcomers and best practice guidance for newcomer health professionals. Quality improvement activities include reviewing data from our partner sites, publishing findings, and presenting at conferences.
Afghan arrivals
Trauma-informed care and screening for stress and emotional disorders in Afghan refugee children
- Oberg, C.N., Norman, L.M. (2024). Trauma-informed care and screening for stress and emotional disorders in Afghan refugee children. Minnesota Medicine, 107(4), 32-34. https://pubs.royle.com/publication/?i=825104
- Frumholtz, M., Carlson, W.C., Shannon, P.J., Iaquinta, S., Eckerstorfer, M., Hendel-Paterson, B., Quadri, N., Shetty, R., Mohammadzadah, H., Stauffer, W., Adesida, O., Howard, C., Urban, K., Kirsch, J., Sayad, M, & Mamo, B. (2024). Welcoming new neighbors: Minnesota's rapid response model to address the urgent health needs of Afghan newcomers, 2021–2022. Front. Public Health 12:1413258. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1413258
Cancer screening
Cancer Screening in Refugees and Immigrants: A Global Perspective
- Walker, P. F., Settgast, A., & DeSilva, M. B. (2022). Cancer Screening in Refugees and Immigrants: A Global Perspective. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 106(6), 1593–1600. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.21-0692
Clinical decision support tools
- Orenstein, E. W., Yun, K., Warden, C., Westerhaus, M. J., Mirth, M. G., Karavite, D., Mamo, B., Sundar, K., & Michel, J. J. (2019). Development and dissemination of clinical decision support across institutions: standardization and sharing of refugee health screening modules. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA, 26(12), 1515–1524. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocz124
COVID-19
COVID-19 vaccine uptake among non-US-born populations in the United States, 2020-2022
- Nolan, M. B., Chrenka, E., Walker, P., Steiner, A., Rodrigues, K. K., Michel, J. J., Yun, K., Payton, C., Young, J., Mamo, B., Frumholtz, M., & DeSilva, M. (2024). COVID-19 vaccine uptake among non-US-born populations in the United States, 2020-2022. Vaccine, S0264-410X(24)00443-2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.04.029
- Steiner, A., Rodrigues, K. K., Mudenge, N., Young, J., Rasulo, R., Payton, C., DeSilva, M., Michel, J., Fabio, M., & Yun, K. (2023). Increasing COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage for Newcomer Communities: The Importance of Disaggregation by Language. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 109(1), 90–93. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.22-0724
- Otto, W. R., Grundmeier, R. W., Montoya-Williams, D., Njoroge, W. F. M., Wallis, K. E., Gerber, J. S., & Yun, K. (2021). Association between Preferred Language and Risk of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection in Children in the United States. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 105(5), 1261–1264. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.21-0779
Hepatitis
- Urban, K., Payton, C., Mamo, B., Volkman, H., Giorgio, K., Kennedy, L., Bomber, Y. C., Rodrigues, K. K., Young, J., Tumaylle, C., Matheson, J., Tasslimi, A., Montour, J., & Jentes, E. (2023). Hepatitis C Screening and Antibody Prevalence Among Newly Arrived Refugees to the United States, 2010-2017. Journal of immigrant and minority health, 25(6), 1323–1330. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-023-01471-8
Improving Care for Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B via Establishment of a Disease Registry
- DeSilva, M. B., Settgast, A., Chrenka, E., Kodet, A. J., & Walker, P. F. (2022). Improving Care for Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B via Establishment of a Disease Registry. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 107(1), 198–203. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.21-1013
- Payton, C., DeSilva, M. B., Young, J., Yun, K., Aragon, D., Kennedy, L., Tumaylle, C., White, D., Walker, P., Jentes, E. S., & Mamo, B. (2021). Hepatitis B Evaluation and Linkage to Care for Newly Arrived Refugees: A Multisite Quality Improvement Initiative. Journal of immigrant and minority health, 23(3), 558–565. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-020-01058-7
- Young, J., Payton, C., Walker, P., White, D., Brandeland, M., Kumar, G. S., Jentes, E. S., Settgast, A., & DeSilva, M. (2020). Evaluation of a Program to Improve Linkage to and Retention in Care Among Refugees with Hepatitis B Virus Infection - Three U.S. Cities, 2006-2018. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 69(21), 647–650. https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6921a2
A Best Practice Alert for Identifying Hepatitis B–Infected Patients
- DeSilva, M. B., Kodet, A., & Walker, P. F. (2020). A Best Practice Alert for Identifying Hepatitis B-Infected Patients. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 103(2), 884–886. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-0041
Tuberculosis
Minnesota refugees diagnosed with tuberculosis disease, January 1993–August 2019
- Urban, K., Mamo, B., Thai, D., Earnest, A., & Jentes, E. (2022). Minnesota refugees diagnosed with tuberculosis disease, January 1993-August 2019. BMC infectious diseases, 22(1), 356. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07327-0
Conference presentations
- Cervical Cancer Screening Among Refugees at Two US Health Systems by Country of Origin and Language – North American Refugee Health Conference 2023
- Cervical, Breast, and Colorectal Cancer Screening Outcomes Among Refugees in Philadelphia, PA – North American Refugee Health Conference 2023
- Summary of Cancers Diagnosed among Refugee Arrivals to Minnesota, 1988-2016 – North American Refugee Health Conference 2020
- Creating a Summer Camp for Afghan Children (Poster) - North American Refugee Health Conference 2023
- Filling the Gaps: Minnesota’s Private Sponsorship Arrival Notifications and Care Coordination Model – North American Refugee Health Conference 2023
- Refugee Adolescent and Women’s Health Regional Meeting 2018
- Immigrant and Refugee Policies and Healthcare – University of Chicago Center for Chronic Disease Research and Policy 2020
- The Intersection of Clinical Practice and Public Health Data: Colorado Center of Excellence in Refugee Health (Workshop) - North American Refugee Health Conference 2020
- Improving Continuity of Refugee Health Orientation and Education for Refugees Resettling in the U.S. - North American Refugee Health Conference 2020
- Pediatric Refugee Health Screening Guidelines (Workshop) - North American Refugee Health Conference 2019
- COE Updates to CDC Domestic Screening Guidelines for Adult Refugees (Workshop) - North American Refugee Health Conference 2019
- The Continuum-of-Care Process for Resettling Refugees with Complex Medical Cases: from Overseas to Domestic Screening (panel) - North American Refugee Health Conference 2018
- Engaging Partnerships: Overseas and Domestic Systems Collaborating to Receive Refugees with Significant Health Needs (Workshop) - North American Refugee Health Conference 2017
- Feasibility of Using Healthcare Claims Files for Refugee Child Epidemiology (poster) - North American Refugee Health Conference 2017
- Who Welcomes Kids: A User Role and Workflow Analysis of Refugee Care Visits within an Academic Pediatric Care Center (poster) - American Academy of Pediatrics 2017
- Who Welcomes Kids: A User Role and Workflow Analysis of Refugee Care Visits within an Academic Pediatric Care Center (poster) - Children’s Hospital of Pediatrics Pediatric Global Health Conference 2017
- Center of Excellence in Refugee Health Minnesota - Tropical and Travel Medicine Seminar Lecture Series 2018
- Utilizing CDC guidance and CareRef when caring for newcomer pediatric patients – Pediatrics Hospitalists Conference 2022
- Experience Implementing Shareable Clinical Decision Support for Refugee Health Screening at 2 Institutions: Lessons Learned – North American Refugee Health Conference 2019
- Adapting Refugee Health Screening Clinical Decision Support (CDS) for Safety Net Health Centers (Poster) - North Refugee Health Conference 2019
- COE: Tools for the Refugee Health Community (CareRef – Interactive Clinical Decision Tool for Refugee Care) (Workshop) - North American Refugee Health Conference 2019
- Optimizing the Electronic Health Record (EHR) to Improve Health Screening for Newly-Arrived Refugees: Introducing New EHR-based Clinical Decision Support Tools for the Domestic Medical Examination (workshop) - North American Refugee Health Conference 2018
- Using the Electronic Health Record (EHR) to Enhance the Refugee Health Examination for New Arrivals to the US (poster) - North American Refugee Health Conference 2017
- Improving Care for Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B – Results from Implementation of a Registry – North American Refugee Health Conference 2020
- Assessment of Monitoring Practices for Newly Arrived Refugees with Chronic Hepatitis B – Minnesota 2008-2017 (poster) - North American Refugee Health Conference 2018
- Predictors of Hepatitis Linkage to care in a FQHC Cohort of Refugee Patients 2006-2012, Denver, CO (Poster) - North American Refugee Health Conference 2018
- Refugee Centers of Excellence: Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Linkage and Retention to Care – 3 Sites’ Experiences (Panel) - North American Refugee Health Conference 2018
- Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Screening and Linkage to Care among Recently Resettled Refugees in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2007-2018) (poster) - North American Refugee Health Conference 2018
- Care of Newly Arriving Refugees Infected with Hepatitis Virus: Lessons Learned from Four Screening Sites (poster) - North American Refugee Health Conference 2017
- Are Refugee and Immigrant Adults protected from Tetanus? Vaccine data from 3 US Health Systems –North American Refugee Health Conference 2023
- Development and Testing of the Adolescent Immunization Metric for Refugees (AIM-REF) in Two Health Systems – North American Refugee Health Conference 2023
- Mental Health Screening for Refugees: Keys to a Successful Approach (Workshop) - North American Refugee Health Conference 2020
- Making Mental Health Screening Happen: Effective Processes for Screening and Referral (Workshop) - North American Refugee Health Conference 2018
- Management of parasitic Infections in US and Canadian Bound Refugees and Resent Research Developments (Workshop) - North American Refugee Health Conference 2017
- Treatment Adherence and Outcomes among Primary Refugees to Minnesota with Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) 2007-2017 (poster) - North American Refugee Health Conference 2018
- Demographics, Domestic Refugee Health Assessment History, and Clinical Risk Factors among Minnesota Primary Refugees Diagnosed with Tuberculosis (TB) Disease, 1993-2016 (poster) - National Tuberculosis Controllers Associations 2017
- Demographics, Domestic Refugee Health Assessment History, and Clinical Risk Factors Among Minnesota Primary Refugees Diagnosed with Tuberculosis (TB) disease, 1993-2016 – North American Refugee Health Conference 2017
Last Updated: 07/29/2024