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Refugee & Immigrant Health

April is Refugee and Immigrant Health Month.

Families & Children Physicians

PPN’s Resource Central has links to information that may be helpful for clinicians to share with individuals and families who are either experiencing life as a refugee or immigrant to provide assistance to them. Search the Resource Central website for more resources with keywords, refugee or immigrant, for more information.

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Immigrant and Refugee Health: Refugee Health Domestic Guidance

This site links to domestic and overseas medical screening guidance for healthcare providers regarding general health, common infections, and mental health screening.

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Course

Giving Immigrant Children a Voice: Understanding Traumatic Separation

This webinar focuses on the effects of traumatic separation in immigrant children of different ages. Free registration required.

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Job Aid

Suicide and Refugee Children and Adolescents

This fact sheet describes how refugee children and adolescents experience suicidal ideation and provides strategies for clinicians.

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Immigrant Child Health

This webpage provides resources and guidance for healthcare providers to support the health and well-being of immigrant children, especially Afghan arrivals in the U.S.

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Job Aid

Traumatic Separation and Refugee and Immigrant Children

This tip sheet describes how traumatic separation affects refugee and immigrant children and offers tips for caregivers to support their emotional and mental well-being.

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About Immigrant and Refugee Health

This website describes the health challenges immigrants and refugees face, and explains why special care is needed to keep them and their new communities healthy.