Re: health education materials for refugees
Gary Shostak
Thanks very much for the information & offer to help. I will pass on the link to Mani Biswa who is a Nepali speaking Bhutanese refugee who now works for the Mass Dept of Public Health as a community health worker. Mani is the person who asked me for help identifying this information. I will get back to you after talking with Mani.
And I will disseminate your website to 2 nationwide groups (mostly former Nepal Peace Corps Volunteers like me) who are volunteering with this population. There may be people in these groups who might want to collaborate with you.
I have received other responses from the CLAStalk List & will also send those to you.
A brief note about the population. These people are ethnic Nepalese who had migrated to Bhutan & had lived there for many generations until they were expelled as illegal immigrants in 1990. Since then most have lived in UN supported camps in Nepal. But these people were not reintegrated into Nepal & are not Nepalese citizens. Rather they are stateless & now being resettled in US and several other countries.
Thanks very much.
Gary Shostak, MPH
On Jun 28, 2011, at 9:18 PM, Mary Alice Gillispie wrote:
> Hi Gary,
> I saw the message below sent on your behalf to the CLAStalk-list. I am the director of a project that develops, evaluates and disseminates health education resources in multiple formats (handouts, audio, web-video, iPod video, etc.) and languages. The materials are all free and all except the web-video files can be downloaded so that they can be used in settings where there is no internet access (home visits, adult ed classes, etc.) The focus is on hard to reach populations - especially low-literacy and non-English speaking persons. Refugee populations are a special interest. The development of the materials is done with funds from grants and partnering with organizations such as hospitals, public health departments, libraries and universities. We have a few Nepali materials - one on infant care and a set of HIV/AIDS materials. Here is the link to the Nepali page - www.healthyroadsmedia.org/nepali/index.htm The original text comes from reliable sources (such as the CDC, the Joint Commission, MedlinePlus, Bright Futures, etc) and is then adapted into more languages and formats
> I am not sure from your message if there is any way to we might work together to develop some of our diabetes, cardiovascular health and oral care topics into Nepali, but I at least wanted to let you know about the resources that we do have available.
> - Mary Alice
>
> --
> Mary Alice Gillispie, M.D.
> Healthy Roads Media, Director
> Website: www.healthyroadsmedia.org
> Telephone: 406-556-5877
>
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> Subject: [CLAStalk-list] health education materials for refugees
> Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 10:17:23 -0400
> From: jessica goldhirsch <jessicag...@alum.bu.edu>
> Reply-To: Talking about culturally competent health care <clasta...@diversityrx.org>
> To: CLASta...@diversityrx.org
>
> Dear Colleagues,
> I received this request from a colleague volunteering with Nepalese refugees.
> Please respond directly to him below, if you can be of help.
> thanks
> jessica goldhirsch
>
>
> We need culturally appropriate prevention & patient information in Low Literacy Nepalese for Nepali speaking Bhutanese refugees. The diseases most pressing are:
>
> Type 2 Diabetes; Hypertension; cardiovascular disease; and oral health.
>
> Most of the people in this population who are 40 years & older have limited education in their native language of Nepali and very little English language ability. They eat a rice based diet typical of south Asians. A knowledge and understanding of this diet is essential if the information is to be useful.
>
> Since resettlement in the US many are eating more and exercising far less than they did in refugee camps in Nepal where they have lived since their expulsion from Bhutan in 1990. They have had poor health care prior to coming to the US and almost no health education. In addition to these problems, many are dealing with the general frustrations and anxieties associated with resettlement in a new land, trying to learn English and find entry level jobs, etc. Some are suffering from depression and there has been 13 documented suicides.
>
> We could provide Nepali translators so documents in Hindi targeting Indians, for example, could be good templates if they are well done & not copyrighted.
>
> Hope this is enough. If not, let me know & I’lll work on it so more. Will be away till Sat so will not respond till then if more is needed.
>
> Spoke with people at Spiral today who suggested I write to RHIN which I did today. Also put out a request on a national list serve of people volunteering with this population around the country (mostly former Nepal peace corps volunteers).
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Gary
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Gary Shostak
On Jun 29, 2011, at 2:33 PM, mka pod wrote:
Dear Gary,
I am leading the Migrant Health Unit in Malta and part of my work is Health Education. The majority of my target group are Somalis. In 2009 I issued a health education bookle, Guidlines for Migrants, which is on health access, Nutrition, emotional health, sexual health, etc. This can be downlaoded from our website it you google: Migrant Health Malta. You will see a picture of 3 booklets and you can click on the English version. Of course not all chapters will be relevant for your group but maybe it can help.
I will be happy to know whether these are useful to you. Please use this email address not the one that appears below.
Regards,
Marika
Marika Podda Connor
M.Sc. European Nursing (Transcultural Health); B.Sc. Nursing Studies, Diploma Social Studies, RN
Migrant Health Unit Coordinator
Primary Health Department
Floriana
Tel. No. 25576107
Email address: marika.po...@gov.mt
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From: jessica goldhirsch <jessicag...@alum.bu.edu>
To: CLASta...@diversityrx.org
Sent: Sunday, 26 June 2011, 16:17
Subject: [CLAStalk-list] health education materials for refugees
Doug Hall
a full time interpreter and she has translated some health education
materials into Nepali and provides them as handouts. I know that there
is one for diabetics that is 6 or 7 pages long and discusses blood
sugar, diet, exercise, etc.
The Family Health Center number is 603-228-7200.
Doug
On 6/29/2011 11:27 AM, Gary Shostak wrote:
> Hello Mary Alice,
>
> Thanks very much for the information& offer to help. I will pass on the link to Mani Biswa who is a Nepali speaking Bhutanese refugee who now works for the Mass Dept of Public Health as a community health worker. Mani is the person who asked me for help identifying this information. I will get back to you after talking with Mani.
>
> And I will disseminate your website to 2 nationwide groups (mostly former Nepal Peace Corps Volunteers like me) who are volunteering with this population. There may be people in these groups who might want to collaborate with you.
>
> I have received other responses from the CLAStalk List& will also send those to you.
>
> A brief note about the population. These people are ethnic Nepalese who had migrated to Bhutan& had lived there for many generations until they were expelled as illegal immigrants in 1990. Since then most have lived in UN supported camps in Nepal. But these people were not reintegrated into Nepal& are not Nepalese citizens. Rather they are stateless& now being resettled in US and several other countries.
>
> Thanks very much.
>
> Gary Shostak, MPH
>
> On Jun 28, 2011, at 9:18 PM, Mary Alice Gillispie wrote:
>
>> Hi Gary,
>> I saw the message below sent on your behalf to the CLAStalk-list. I am the director of a project that develops, evaluates and disseminates health education resources in multiple formats (handouts, audio, web-video, iPod video, etc.) and languages. The materials are all free and all except the web-video files can be downloaded so that they can be used in settings where there is no internet access (home visits, adult ed classes, etc.) The focus is on hard to reach populations - especially low-literacy and non-English speaking persons. Refugee populations are a special interest. The development of the materials is done with funds from grants and partnering with organizations such as hospitals, public health departments, libraries and universities. We have a few Nepali materials - one on infant care and a set of HIV/AIDS materials. Here is the link to the Nepali page -www.healt
>> hyroadsmedia.org/nepali/index.htm The original text comes from reliable sources (such as the CDC, the Joint Commission, MedlinePlus, Bright Futures, etc) and is then adapted into more languages and formats
>> I am not sure from your message if there is any way to we might work together to develop some of our diabetes, cardiovascular health and oral care topics into Nepali, but I at least wanted to let you know about the resources that we do have available.
>> - Mary Alice
>>
>> --
>> Mary Alice Gillispie, M.D.
>> Healthy Roads Media, Director
>> Website:www.healthyroadsmedia.org
>> Telephone: 406-556-5877
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: [CLAStalk-list] health education materials for refugees
>> Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 10:17:23 -0400
>> From: jessica goldhirsch<jessicag...@alum.bu.edu>
>> Reply-To: Talking about culturally competent health care<clasta...@diversityrx.org>
>> To: CLASta...@diversityrx.org
>>
>> Dear Colleagues,
>> I received this request from a colleague volunteering with Nepalese refugees.
>> Please respond directly to him below, if you can be of help.
>> thanks
>> jessica goldhirsch
>>
>>
>> We need culturally appropriate prevention& patient information in Low Literacy Nepalese for Nepali speaking Bhutanese refugees. The diseases most pressing are:
>>
>> Type 2 Diabetes; Hypertension; cardiovascular disease; and oral health.
>>
>> Most of the people in this population who are 40 years& older have limited education in their native language of Nepali and very little English language ability. They eat a rice based diet typical of south Asians. A knowledge and understanding of this diet is essential if the information is to be useful.
>>
>> Since resettlement in the US many are eating more and exercising far less than they did in refugee camps in Nepal where they have lived since their expulsion from Bhutan in 1990. They have had poor health care prior to coming to the US and almost no health education. In addition to these problems, many are dealing with the general frustrations and anxieties associated with resettlement in a new land, trying to learn English and find entry level jobs, etc. Some are suffering from depression and there has been 13 documented suicides.
>>
>> We could provide Nepali translators so documents in Hindi targeting Indians, for example, could be good templates if they are well done& not copyrighted.
>>
>> Hope this is enough. If not, let me know& I�lll work on it so more. Will be away till Sat so will not respond till then if more is needed.
Gary Shostak
Gary
>>> Hope this is enough. If not, let me know& I’lll work on it so more. Will be away till Sat so will not respond till then if more is needed.
>>>
>>> Spoke with people at Spiral today who suggested I write to RHIN which I did today. Also put out a request on a national list serve of people volunteering with this population around the country (mostly former Nepal peace corps volunteers).
>>>
>>> Thanks again.
>>>
>>> Gary
>>> gary Shostak
>>> <g.sh...@verizon.net>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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