Health Education Materials for Refugees

Multilingual health education materials and resources for refugees; includes Minnesota-specific as well as national resources.

• A Guide to Your Refugee Health Assessment (PDF)
  Explanation of the refugee health assessment.
  • Amharic (PDF)
  • Arabic (PDF)
  • Burmese (PDF)
  • Karen (PDF)
  • Nepali (PDF)
  • Oromo (PDF)
  • Russian (PDF)
  • Serbo-Croation (PDF)
  • Somali (PDF)
  • Vietnamese (PDF)
    
    
• English Language Learners (ELL) Health Curriculum
  Curriculum for teachers of adult English language learning on several health topics.
  
  
• Health Guide for Refugees in Minnesota (PDF)
  Updated in summer 2006, this health guidebook aims to help refugees and their families understand the Minnesota health care system including:
  
  • the different health programs available in Minnesota;
  • where refugees can call or go for help;
  • tips to help when talking with health care providers; and
  • descriptions of different health care needs a refugee may have.

  This resource is also available in:
  Hmong (PDF)
  Somali (PDF)

  • Web versions updated in February 2013 with the following:
    • Updated contact information in Chapter 3: Resources in Minnesota (pages 19-22)
    • Updated contact information for Places to Get Help in Chapter 9: Mental Health (pages 55-56)
    • Updated contact information in Appendix A (pages 76-82)
      
      
• Vaccine Information Statements (VISs)
  CDC's VISs available in multiple languages from the Immunization Action Coalition.
  
  
• Autism and the Somali Community
  This Web page offers resources and information on autism for Somali families, including a brochure for parents in both English and Somali.
  
  
• EthnoMed
  Addresses cultural beliefs and medical issues on the health care of recent immigrants; includes clinical topics and multilingual patient education materials. Developed by Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington.
  
  
• Health Information Translations
  An Ohio-based initiative to improve health education for limited English proficiency patients; includes a searchable database of hundreds of materials.
  
  
• Healthy Roads Media
  Free audio, written, and multimedia health education materials in a number of languages.
  
  
• MedlinePlus: Health Information in Multiple Languages
  Includes multilingual feature, providing access to high quality health information in languages other than English and Spanish. The collection contains over 2,500 links to information in more than 40 languages and covers nearly 250 health topics.
  
  
• Multilingual Health Resources Exchange
  A collaboration among Minnesota partners to share multilingual health materials. This is a password-protected site available to Minnesota local public health; contact the Refugee Health Program for access.
  
  
• Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages (SPIRAL)
  Joint initiative of the South Cove Community Health Center and Tufts University Health Sciences Library.