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Health Education Materials for Refugees
This page includes health education materials for refugees in multiple languages. The resources on this page are focused on refugees in Minnesota. For nationally relevant health education materials, please visit Health Education: Minnesota Center of Excellence in Newcomer Health.
Glossary of Public Health Terms
This glossary contains common public health terms and phrases in English and their equivalent meanings translated into Hmong, Spanish, and Somali. It is designed to strengthen cross-cultural communication between MDH and refugee, immigrant, and migrant communities.
This glossary contains common public health terms and phrases in English and their equivalent meanings translated into Hmong, Spanish, and Somali. It is designed to strengthen cross-cultural communication between MDH and refugee, immigrant, and migrant communities.
- A Guide to Your Refugee Health Assessment (PDF)
Explanation of the refugee health assessment.- A Guide to Your Refugee Health Assessment: Arabic (PDF)
- A Guide to Your Refugee Health Assessment: Dari (PDF)
- A Guide to Your Refugee Health Assessment: Karen (PDF)
- A Guide to Your Refugee Health Assessment: Oromo (PDF)
- A Guide to Your Refugee Health Assessment: Pashto (PDF)
- A Guide to Your Refugee Health Assessment: Russian (PDF)
- A Guide to Your Refugee Health Assessment: Somali (PDF)
- A Guide to Your Refugee Health Assessment: Spanish (PDF)
- A Guide to Your Refugee Health Assessment: Swahili (PDF)
- A Guide to Your Refugee Health Assessment: Ukrainian (PDF)
- English Language Learners (ELL) Health Curriculum
Curriculum for teachers of adult English language learning on several health topics. - Newcomer Education for Wellness (NEW) Video Series
Health education videos for newcomers available in 11 languages.
National resources
- Vaccine Information Statements (VISs)
CDC's VISs available in multiple languages from the Immunization Action Coalition. - 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. - 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.
Last Updated: 01/29/2026