Local Public Health and VOLAG Forum Presentations
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2012 Forum
2010 Forum
2009 Forum
2012 Forum
Presentations from Refugee Health & Resettlement: Piecing it Together - Together event on January 24, 2012
- Complex Medical Cases: Process and Role of the Medical Social Worker (PDF:946KB/29 pages)
Presented by Marge Higgins, LSW, MDH Refugee Health Program
- Screening Clinic Assignment and Referral Database - SCARD (PDF:332/12 pages)
Presented by Kailey Nelson, MPH, MDH Refugee Health Program
- What we are Seeing in Refugee Mental Health (PDF:315KB/10 pages)
Presented by Sue Johnston, LICSW
- Initial Resettlement 101 (PDF:627KB/16 pages)
Presented by Sarah Hesch, World Relief MN
- Refugee Health: Resettlement Roles and Challenges (PDF:877KB/19 pages)
Presented by Kristine Bjerkaas Friesen, MN Council of Churches
- MN Refugee Health Update (PDF:890KB/12 pages)
Presented by the MDH Refugee Health Program
2010 Forum
Presentations from the Continuum of Care: Refugee Health During the First 90 Days event on December 1, 2010
- Refugee Health Screening in MN (PDF: 679KB/19 pages)
The role of local public health in refugee health screenings in Minnesota.
- Refugee Health: The "VOLAG" Role (PDF: 527KB/12 pages)
The role of VOLAGs in the resettlement of refugees.
- MN Refugee Health Update (PDF: 594KB/10 pages)
Latest data on refugee resettlement in the U.S. and Minnesota.
- Managed Care: Helping Address Health Needs of Refugees (PDF: 539KB/22 pages)
Managed care's role in addressing the health needs of refugees.
- MinnesotaCare: Health Plan Contracts by County (PDF: 368KB/2 pages)
County map of Minnesota showing the health plan contracts for 2010 and 2009.
- Minnesota Health Care Programs (MHCP) (PDF: 334KB/2 pages)
Overview of Minnesota Health Care Programs (MHCP).
- Defining the Landscape of Care (PDF: 102KB/2 pages)
Notes regarding health services and eligibility for refugees.
2009 Forum
Presentations from the Refugees, Mental Health, Free Cases: Tools for Complex Cases event on December 2, 2009
- Refugee Health Update 2009 (PDF: 372KB/23 pages)
Presentation by Sue Dicker, Minnesota Department of Health
- Toward a Multicultural Understanding of Mental Health (PDF: 553KB/26 pages)
Presentation by Sue Johnston, Minnesota Council of Churches
- Challenges of Refugees as Free Cases (PDF: 76KB/9 pages)
Presentation by Phena Shimaka, Hennepin County Public Health Clinic
- Free Case Resettlement (PDF: 412KB/11 pages)
Presentation by Amanda Smith, International Institute of Minnesota, and Tonya Cook, World Relief
- CAPI (PDF: 402KB/13 pages)
Presentation by Mangala Sharma, Center for Asian Pacific Islanders (CAPI)
- 2009-2010 Directory of Refugee Service Providers (PDF: 75KB/21 pages)
Compiled by the Refugee Resettlement Program Office, Minnesota Department of Human Services