Center for Mental Health

Title Seperator

Introduction

Campaign Objectives

Promoting Health

Campaign Components

Role of Toolkit

In the toolkit, you will find:

Goal of This Training

Take time now to watch the provided video:

"POINTS OF WELLNESS-Partnering for Refugee Health and Well-Being"

Activity One

Parts of the Manual

Part One: Developing and Implementing Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Activities for Refugee Communities

Part Two: Cultural Sensitivity in Health Promotion Work

Part Three: Resources for Promoting Health in Refugee Communities

How to Use the Manual

Part One: Developing and Implementing Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Activities for Refugee Communities

1.1 Introduction
1.2 Learning the Health Needs of Your Community
1.3 Strategies to Plan Your Community Health Program
1.4 Community Resources and Partnerships
1.5 Activities for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
1.6 Evaluating Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Activities

1.2 Learning the Health Needs of Your Community

Goal:

  • Identify which health concerns are most important to refugees in your community

    Without doing some investigation, it will be hard to know whether you'e working on the right issues

How Do You Conduct a Needs Assessment?

1. Ask the right questions

2. Collect information to answer your questions

3. Make sense of what you learned

1.3 Strategies to Plan Your Community Health Program

Goals:

  • Identify the best group of individuals to focus your resources on
  • Explain the problem that you want to improve
  • Develop your program goals
  • Identify the most appropriate activities for your program

    You cannot do everything for everyone and do it well

What Strategies Need to be Considered in Planning a Health Promotion Program?

1. Select your target audience

2. Determine your target audience' understanding of the health concern

3. Select your program efforts

1.4 Community Resources and Partnerships

Goals:

  • Identify available community resources to use for your program
  • Develop partnerships with other organizations to help you with your program

You don't have to do it alone

What Steps Do We Take to Partner With Others?

1. Identify resources in your community

2. Develop effective partnerships

Activity Two

1.5 Activities for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Goal:

  • Follow a social marketing process to design programs and activities that promote health and prevent disease in refugee communities

    There is a well-established process that you can follow


What Is Involved in Social Marketing?

5 Stages of Social Marketing:

1. Planning and research

2. Message and materials development

3. Pretesting

4. Implementation

5. Evaluation and feedback

What Do You Need to Understand and to Do Social Marketing?

The 5 P's of Social Marketing:

- Product

- Price

- Place

- Promotion

- Policy

1.6 Evaluating Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Activities

Goal:

  • Identify several evaluation options and decide what is best for your program

    The only way to know whether you accomplished your goals is to check

What Types of Evaluation Should You Consider?

- Types of Evaluation

- Formative Evaluation

- Process Evaluation

- Impact Evaluation

- Outcome Evaluation

 

Activity Three

Part Two: Cultural Sensitivity in Health Promotion Work

2.1 Introduction
2.2 Understanding Our Shared Communities
2.3 Developing Culturally Specific Materials for Refugee Communities

2.2 Understanding Our Shared Communities

Goals:

  • Identify experiences common to refugees in the United States
  • Better understand what culture is and its importance in health promotion and disease prevention
  • Improve your organization's ability to work with other cultures

    To help your community, you must first understand it

How Do You Improve Communication and Work Better With Diverse Groups?

2.3 Developing Culturally Specific Materials for Refugee Communities

Goals:

  • Develop materials that are tailored to the communication needs of people in your community
  • Know how to effectively translate materials for your audience

    Make sure your materials are appropriate for your audience

How Do You Create Health Promotion Materials to Meet the Needs of Refugees?

Activity Four

Part Three: Resources for Promoting Health in Refugee Communities

3.1 Introduction
3.2 Navigating the U.S. Health Care System
3.3 Information on Community Programs You Can Start
3.4 Information on Health Screening
3.5 Information on Specific Health Concerns for Refugee Communities

3.2 Navigating the U.S. Health Care System

Goals:

  • Identify types of information useful to navigating the U.S. health care system
  • Understand how to establish a referral network of health care providers and organize a health screening for your community
3.3 Information on Community Programs You Can Start

Goals:

  • Describe different types of community programs that you can use to promote health and prevent disease among people in your community
  • Know the necessary steps required to organize a community program
3.4 Information on Health Screening

Goals:

  • Understand what health screenings are, as well as their benefits and risks
  • Know about several different types of health screenings that your organization can offer to people in your community

Health Screenings

3.5 Information on Specific Health Concerns for Refugee Communities

Goals:

  • Know the definitions and risk factors of several chronic and infectious diseases
  • Make suggestions for what people can do to lower their risks for specific diseases and recommend other organizations that can provide more information on the diseases
  • Use the fact sheets provided to create handouts for people in your community about specific diseases

Activity Five

Fact Sheet Topics
Contact Information

Ms. Marta Brenden, Project Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement,
Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
Telephone: 202-205-3589
E-mail: Mbrenden@acf.hhs.gov
Web site: www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/orr/

CAPT John J. Tuskan, Jr., Director, Refugee Mental Health Program,
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Telephone: 240-276-1845
E-mail: john.tuskan@samhsa.hhs.gov
Web site: www.hhs.gov/programs/orr/techasst/samhsa

Dr. David B. Smith, Director, Humanitarian and Refugee Health Affairs,
Office of Global Health Affairs (OGHA)
Telephone: 301-443-6279
E-mail: Dbsmith@osophs.hhs.gov
Web site: www.globalhealth.gov

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