ann o’fallon, rn, ma sara chute, mpp refugee health program, mn department of health
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Low cost/No cost Health Ed. Ann O’Fallon, RN, MA Sara Chute, MPP Refugee Health Program, MN Department of Health RHIN Conference November 17, 2008. Refugee Health Program- Minnesota Department of Health. Overview. Community Forums Professional Forums Radio/TV ECHO Experimenting - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Ann O’Fallon, RN, MAAnn O’Fallon, RN, MASara Chute, MPPSara Chute, MPPRefugee Health Program, MN Department of HealthRefugee Health Program, MN Department of Health
RHIN ConferenceRHIN Conference November 17, 2008November 17, 2008
Low cost/No cost Health Ed
Refugee Health Program- Minnesota Department of Health
Overview
• Community Forums
• Professional Forums
• Radio/TV•ECHO
• Experimenting
•Next Steps
Who is coming to MN?
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Refugee Health Program, Minnesota Department of Health
Community Forums
We initiate contact
or
They initiate contact
Health forum for Karen
Hmong Resource Fair
African World AIDS Day
Poisonous Mushrooms Forum
Somali Forum on Autism
• Public/private partnership
• Goal to educate Somali community about autism
• Study group currently in progress
Professional Forums
We initiate
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We collaborate/ask to join
Metro Refugee Health Task Force
CHWs
Asylees
Health materials
Karen refugees
Cultural Competence
Refugee Health Screening
African Born and HIV-AIDS
And many more…
Global Brown Bag Forums
Pan Flu Workshops
Mankato Minneapolis
Moorhead St Paul
Rochester St Cloud
Committee Member
World Refugee Day 2007
Health Articles in Ethnic Press
TB Hepatitis B IZ
Cancer HIV/AIDS Preventive Care
Get Buy-In From Editor• Key to success: meet editor
in person!
• Several paragraphs in length• Simple language• In English (all press are bi-
lingual)• Topic of relevance to
community• Charts and graphs okay
• Development of Ethnic Media Directory
• Asian American Press• Hmong Today• Hmong Times• Mshale• Mestawet• African News Journal• Tesfa• Asian Pages• Insight News • Warsan Times
Community Radio
• Monthly shows– Voice of Ethiopia– Somali Voices– Hmong Health Talk
• KMOJ: African Roots• Native speaker if
possible• Host paraphrase• Call in options
• Docs take over
Radio Shows
Mental HealthCancerPoisonous Mushrooms
Experiment: ESL Classrooms
• Classrooms of highest level ELL adult students
• English speakers with topical expertise
• Monthly classes
• Evaluation and feedback from student/teachers
• Cross cultural learning opportunities
ESL Classes
TB
HIV
Nutrition
Mental Health
Health Access
ECHO/MIHV
ECHO TV and DVDsTBHep B
Somali Health DVDs
Minnesota International Health Volunteers
MN Refugee Health Program
Phone:Phone:
651-201-5414
or
1-877-676-5414 Website: www.health.state.mn.us/refugee