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1 Thursday, June 7, :00am 8:00am 8:30am 9:30am 10:30am 11:00am Registration and Breakfast Welcome Jim Sutton and Anna Banerji Keynote At the Border: Refugees, Human Rights, and the Canada/US Safe Third Party Agreement Alex Neve Secretary General, Amnesty International, Canada Keynote Innovative Financing Mechanisms for Humanitarian Emergencies Paul Spiegel MD, MPH Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Break/Networking Morning Concurrent Sessions Plenary The State of the Law for Refugees & Asylum Seekers, and Opportunities for Legal-medical Collaboration Karen Musalo JD Professor and Director, Center for Gender and Refugee Studies, U.C. Hastings College of Law Plenary Refugee Migration and : What s New and Where Do We Go from Here? Martin Cetron MD Director, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Plenary Cases in Refugee and Immigrant Women's : A Multidisciplinary Approach Gretchen Heinrichs MD, DTM&H Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado School of Medicine 12:00 Lunch Society of Refugee care Providers Annual Meeting 1:00pm Afternoon Concurrent Sessions Topic Education/ Research Mental Title Strategies for Publishing and Publicizing your Work in Refugee Sana Loue JD, PhD, MPH, Editor-in-Chief Paul Geltman MD, MPH, Associate Editor for Pediatric and Refugee Journal of Immigrant and Minority Making Mental Screening Happen: Effective Processes for Screening and Referral A two hour workshop facilitated by the Minnesota Department of, University of Minnesota, and Center for Victims of Torture (Part 1 of 2)

2 Community Models of Care Advocacy Women s Screening Somali Board: An Example of How to Build Successful Partnerships between Grassroots Community Organizations and Systems Anisa Ibrahim MD, Ahmed Ali PharmD, Farah Mohamed MPH, MSW University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Somali Board The Brave New World of State Refugee Programs: New Models, New Challenges Jasmine Matheson MPH, Association of Refugee Coordinators, Washington State Department of Alison Stratton PhD, Connecticut Department of Public Kristin Gall RN, MSN, Nebraska Department of and Human Services Jessica Montour MPH, U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Access and Accommodation to the American Immigration System for Immigrants with Disabilities Hannah Vickner Hough JD Legal Aid Society of Rochester New York Understanding the Intersection of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting and Forced Marriage Casey Swegman, Dina Baky Tahirih Justice Center, Virginia Aissata Camara There Is No Limit Foundation Optimizing the Electronic Record (EHR) to Improve Screening for Newlyarrived Refugees: Introducing New EHR-based Clinical Decision Support Tools for the Domestic Medical Examination Katherine Yun MD, MHS Policy Lab, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia; Division of General Pediatrics, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Elizabeth Dawson-Hahn MD, MPH Seattle Children's Hospital; Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington Davis MD, MPH Saint Louis University School of Medicine Andrea Evans MDCM, MSc, FRCPC Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto Jasmine Matheson MPH Washington State Department of 2:00pm 2:15pm Topic Private Consultation Panel Discussion Infectious Disease Transition/Travel Time Afternoon Concurrent Sessions Title Meeting by Sign-up Only: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Manuscript Review Reviewers: Sana Loue JD, PhD, MPH, Editor-in-Chief, Paul Geltman MD, MPH, Associate Editor Refugee Centers of Excellence: Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Linkage and Retention to Care 3 Site s Experiences Megan Brandeland PGY3, Malini DeSilva MD, MPH Minnesota Colleen Payton MPH, MCHES Pennsylvania Janine Young MD, Daniel White MD Colorado

3 Mental Community Women s Chronic Disease Pediatrics Screening 3:15pm Making Mental Screening Happen: Effective Processes for Screening and Referral A two hour workshop facilitated by the Minnesota Department of, University of Minnesota, and Center for Victims of Torture (Part 2 of 2) Changing the Narrative of Refugees and Immigrants: Methods of Confronting the Narratives in Us and Around Us Kelsey LeBrun Keswani MA Catholic Charities of Oregon/Refugee Assistance and Information Network (RAIN) International Jessica Currier PhD (c), MPH Oregon & Sciences University - Portland State University School of Public R. Bernal Cruz Menoz MSW U.S. Unaccompanied Children s Program Leaving No-one Behind: Implementing Evidence-based Screening and Support for Mental in Pregnancy for Women of Refugee Background Jacqueline Boyle PhD Monash University/Monash, Australia Role of Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist in Management of Refugee Patient Populations at the University of Virginia International Family Medicine Clinic Tingen PharmD, MBA, BCPS, BCACP, CDE, Higgins PharmD / University of Virginia Department of Family Medicine, University of Virginia Department of Pharmacy Services The Evolution of a Shared Care Model for Chronic Hepatitis B Hull, Talavlikar, Grewal / Mosaic Refugee Clinic, Calgary, Canada Stabilizing Refugees with Complex Medical Conditions Prior to Departure Shoumar MD / International Organization for Migration Asymptomatic Splenomegaly: US Follow-up Year 2 Mortimer MSN, FNP, Davids MD, MPH / Family Medicine Residency of Idaho The Incidence of Elevated Blood Lead Levels among Refugee Children Post-resettlement in Ohio, Shakya MPH / Kent State University Building the Harborview Cares for Kids Program to Support Early Childhood Development for Children from Diverse, Low Income Communities Grant MD / University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center I Think we ve had a Screen : New Offshore Screening, New Refugee Guidelines, New Syrian and Iraqi Pediatric Cohorts Settling in Melbourne, Australia New Recommendations, Reality, Results and Review Volkman MD / Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Caring For Refugee Children Living with Disabilities: An Effective Model of Care Hosseina MN, Desanghere MN / Fraser Authority, Vancouver Canada Properties of the Refugee Mental Screen (RHS-13) and Predictors of Distress among Somali Women in the United States Michlig PhD (c) / Arizona State University, Johns Hopkins Department of International The Utilization of RedCap in Refugee Screening Coordination in Salt Lake City, Utah Allkhenfr MBBS, MPH, Self MSW / Utah Department of Long-term Cardiovascular Disease Risk among Somali-American Immigrants and Refugees Pryce MD / Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN CDC Migration Data Management and Notification of Newly-arrived Persons with Overseas Tuberculosis Classification: emedical to EDN Lee / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Break/Networking

4 3:45pm 4:45pm 5:00pm Keynote A Gentle Rain of Compassion David Shlim MD Medical Director Jackson Hole Travel and Tropical Medicine Adjourn Special Evening Entertainment (finger foods and refreshments provided) Obo Addy Legacy Project Performance

5 Friday, June 8, :00am 8:00am 9:00am 10:00am 10:30am Registration and Breakfast Meet the Experts Breakfast Keynote The Dark Side of Immigration Medical Screening Brian Gushulak MD Migration Consultants, Inc. Keynote Refugee Resettlement: America s Most Noble Tradition under Attack Chris George Executive Director, Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services Break/Networking Morning Concurrent Sessions Plenary Update from CDC s Immigrant, Refugee, and Migrant Branch Nina Marano DVM, MPH Branch Chief, Division of Immigrant, Refugee, and Migrant, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Plenary Signing Out Medically Complex Refugees: Necessary Steps to Improve Transitions of Care Carey Jackson MD Adjunct Professor, Global, University of Washington Medical Director, EthoMed Plenary Mental of Refugees: Exploring Opportunities for Improvement Aniyizhai Annamalai MD, Associate Professor Departments of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine Special 4 hour Training Session (Part 1) Forensic Evaluation of Asylum Seekers Katherine McKenzie MD, Director, Yale Center for Asylum Medicine Hope Ferdowsian, Alisa Gutman, Gretchen Heinrichs, Karen Musalo, Deborah Ottenheimer, Janine Young, Mytien Nguyen 11:30am Extended Lunch Poster Presentations (11:30am 1:00pm) (Poster titles are listed at the end of this schedule)

6 1:00pm Afternoon Concurrent Sessions Topic Title Special 4 hour Training Session (Part 2) Forensic Evaluation of Asylum Seekers Katherine McKenzie MD, Director, Yale Center for Asylum Medicine Hope Ferdowsian, Alisa Gutman, Gretchen Heinrichs, Karen Musalo, Deborah Ottenheimer, Janine Young, Mytien Nguyen Panel Discussion Screening Education/ Research Models of Care Chronic Disease Women s Education/ Research The Continuum-of-care Process for Resettling Refugees with Complex Medical Cases: from Overseas to Domestic Screening Emily Jentes PhD, MPH, Janine Young MD, Marc Altshuler MD Serving Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Patients: An Examination of Stakeholder Preferences on Multilingual Resource Development, Medical Review, and Translation Quality to Enhance Reach from the National Library of Medicine Laura Bartlett MLS, Michael Honch MLS Refugee Clinics: An Integrated Primary Care Model Shoshana Aleinikoff MD, Jessica Karp MD / Point Des Moines, Washington Metztli Ruiz Jaquez BA / Dartmouth College Suffering with Low Back Pain: You, Me, and the Refugee Peter Cronkright MD, Ayan Mohamed, PA-C SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse New York Approaching Female Genital Cutting with Cultural Humility Megha Shankar MD, Megan Rose Curtis MD University of Washington Studying Cardiovascular Disease among Somali Refugees and Immigrants: Lessons Learned through Community Engagement and Respondent Driven Sampling of Social Networks Bjorn Westgard MD Partners, Minnesota 2:00pm 2:15pm Transition/Travel Time Afternoon Concurrent Sessions Topic Title Special 4 hour Training Session (Part 3) Forensic Evaluation of Asylum Seekers Katherine McKenzie MD, Director, Yale Center for Asylum Medicine Hope Ferdowsian, Alisa Gutman, Gretchen Heinrichs, Karen Musalo, Deborah Ottenheimer, Janine Young, Mytien Nguyen Models of Care Experience of a Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program in Low Income Refugee and Immigrant Families Weinberger MD / University of Vermont Children's Hospital

7 Mental Women s Education/ Research 3:15pm 3:45pm Pilot Randomized Controlled Study for Referral Card and Counseling Program to Improve Refugee s Completion Rates of Referral Appointments Thapa MPH / University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Using Lessons Learned to Inform Refugee Promotion Patient Education Primak MA, Gamel / Metro Community Providers Network, Aurora, Colorado Alcohol Use among Conflict-affected Persons in Ukraine: Risk Factors, Coping Strategies, and Access to Services Ramachandran MSc / London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom The Psychological Impact Associated with Frequent Tear-Gas Exposure among Palestinian Refugees in Aida Camp, West Bank Ri MSc / University of California, San Francisco Distinguishing Screening from Diagnostic Assessment for Refugee Emotional Distress in Domestic Resettlement and Humanitarian Settings Verbillis-Kolp MSW / Lutheran Community Services Northwest, War Survivors Institute Assessing Predictors of Elevated Distress using the RHS-15 among Newly-arrived Refugees, Asylees, and Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) Holders in Maryland Mahmood MSPH / Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Improving Culturally Relevant Care for Refugee Expectant Mothers Mendoza BS, Witzel BS, Bacon BA, Barclay BSW / Refugee Women's Clinic, Arizona Community Based Organization (CBO)-Clinical Provider Partnerships: An Effective Model for Connecting Individuals Impacted by Female Genital Cutting with High Quality Care Kenney MSW, MacNeill MPH, Finley MPH / African Family Organization, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Women s Screening and Mapped Community Resources for Recently Resettled Refugees in Philadelphia Payton MPH, MCHES, Waldner MD, Bogen / Thomas Jefferson University, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Data Collection through the Eyes of the Newly-arrived Penney CNM, MPH, PhD / University of Utah Mortality Patterns among Primary Refugees in Minnesota, Urban MPH / Minnesota Department of Validation of Diagnostic Tests of Resettled Refugees in Utah: Comparison of Overseas and Domestic Screenings Gardiner PhD (c), MPH, MPP, Chang MPH, MPA, Butchereit MPH / University of Utah - Division of Public Addressing Refugee Disparities and Chronic Disease through Culturally Responsive Integrated care and Enhanced Navigation-A 3 Year Study Jenkins PhD, Bhattarai / Colorado Refugee Wellness Center The Bridge to Residency for Immigrant International Doctor Graduates through Clinical Experience (BRIIDGE) Program: Novel Training to Prepare Refugee and Immigrant Physicians for U.S. Primary Care Careers Westerhaus MD, MA / Center for International, St. Paul, MN Break/Networking Afternoon Concurrent Sessions Topic Title Special 4 hour Training Session (Part 4) Forensic Evaluation of Asylum Seekers Katherine McKenzie MD, Director, Yale Center for Asylum Medicine Hope Ferdowsian, Alisa Gutman, Gretchen Heinrichs, Karen Musalo, Deborah Ottenheimer, Janine Young, Mytien Nguyen Advocacy Operationalizing Our Data: An Exploration of Refugee Resettlement Data Collection Standardization Frost PhD / University of Utah, Center for Research on Migration & Refugee Integration

8 Community Mental Models of Care Education/ Research Women s Older Refugees: A Review of Age-specific Vulnerabilities, Strengths, and Recommendations for Care Ureste MD / UCSF Department of Psychiatry Strengths-based Inquiry of Resiliency Factors among Refugees in Metro Vancouver: A Comparison of Newly-arrived and Settled Refugees Mansoor BHSc, Johar BSc, Kim BA, Liu BScH, Sidiqi BSc, MSc / University of British Columbia The Rohingya: A People of Resilience Uddin MD / John Muir, Concord, CA Reducing Family Violence among Newly Arriving Immigrant and Refugee Populations Sienkiewicz DrPH / Center for New North Carolinians, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Forming a Student-run Asylum Clinic: Benefits for Students, Faculty, and Community Boyarsky MPH / SUNY Downstate Medical Center, New York Challenges and Opportunities of Implementing a Community Worker Model White MSW, MPH / Department of Public Education, Center for New North Carolinians, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Advice and Counsel: Establishing a Community-based, Immigrant-focused Medical Legal Partnership Henderson-Frost MD / Massachusetts General Hospital Lessons Learned from a Mental Needs Assessment of Asylum Seekers at the Torture Abolition s Survivors Support Coalition (TASSC International) Sheth MD, MPH / Georgetown University Hospital Care Providers in The Jungle : Mental and Psychosocial Support offered to Refugees in the Calais Camp Darwin MSc / University of Leeds, United Kingdom Using Photo Voice as Participatory Action Research to Identify Views and Perceptions on and Well-being among a Group of Burmese Refugees Resettled in Houston Yam PhD / Texas Woman's University Grounded in the Voices of Young Refugees: Applying Youth Engagement and a Reproductive Justice Framework to Meet the Reproductive of Young Resettled Refugee Women Katcher MD, MPH / Advocates for Youth, Washington DC Pilot Intervention to Improve Continuity of Care of Refugees with Significant Medical Conditions following Resettlement in the United States Dicker MS, MPH / International Organization for Migration Trauma and Disease: Long Term Care of Refugees Chhay BS / Asian Services, Oakland, CA So You Want to Start a Refugee Clinic? Lessons Learned from a Decade on the Front Lines Toll MD, Lewis MD, LPN / Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Building y Community: Community Wellness s with Bhutanese, Afghani and Congolese Refugees in the U.S. Im PhD / Virginia Commonwealth University Promoting Nursing Student s Development of Culturally Competent Nursing Practice: Impact of Working with Refugee/Immigrant Populations Mills MSc / Brigham Young University A Multi-residency Refugee Elective: Successes and Challenges Puttmann-Kostecka MD, MSc, Aleinikoff MD, Zhang MD, Najafi MD, MSc / Swedish Cherry Hill Family Medicine Residency, The Wright Center Family Medicine Residency at Point, University of Washington Family Medicine, Seattle Multilingual Auditory Basic Information: A Partnership between a Public Library and care Professionals Robinson MLS / Kansas City Public Library Experiences of Bhutanese Refugee Women: A Case Study of Resilience, Leadership, and Advocacy Denzongpa MPH, Sinkhada BA / University of North Carolina at Greensboro Care Utilization Patterns among Pregnant Refugee Women attending a Dedicated Refugee Medical Home in Calgary, Canada Malebranche MD / Department of Medicine, University of Calgary

9 Implementing Innovative Evidence-based Perinatal Mental Screening for Refugee Women Willey / Monash Centre for Research and Implementation, School of Public and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Exploring the Maternal and Reproductive Experiences of Francophone Refugee Women Living in North Carolina Thornton BA / Duke University (Duke Global Institute) 4:45pm 5:00pm Networking Adjourn

10 Saturday, June 9, :00am 8:00am 9:00am 9:15am Registration and Breakfast Keynote The Birth Lottery Yasmine Mustafa CEO and Founder ROAR for Good Transition/Travel Time Morning Concurrent Sessions Plenary Update of the CDC s Refugee Centers of Excellence Emily Jentes PhD, MPH William Stauffer MD, MSPH, DTM&H Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Plenary Addressing Mental Disparities in Refugee Children through Family and Community-based Prevention: A CBPR Collaboration Theresa Betancourt ScD, MA Salem Professor in Global Practice, Boston College of Social Work Plenary The Practice of Pediatrics through the Lens of Immigrant Maternal-child Janine Young MD, FAAP, Medical Director, Denver Refugee Clinic Associate Professor, Dept. of General Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine 10:15am 10:30am Topic Models of Care Education/ Research Community Transition/Travel Time Morning Concurrent Sessions Title Refugee and Peer Delivered Services: A Case Example in Portland, Oregon Mahad Hasson, Peer Support Specialist, Sasha Verbillis-Kolp, Consultant, Seth Cohen, Clinician, Lutheran Community Services Northwest Kristen Gustovick, Consultant, KLG Consulting Services Immigrant and Refugee Curricular Development Working Group Sural Shah, Sarah Clarke, Janine Young, James Sutton, Suzinne Pak-Gorstein, Beth Dawson- Hahn, Shoshana Aleinikoff, Andrea Green, Anna Banerji Lessons Learned in Developing and Implementing a Cross Sector Collaboration to Reduce Harmful Alcohol Use in a Karen Community Shana Sniffen MD, Jennifer McCleary PhD, LMSW, Tonya Horn PhD, LMSW, Ehthaw Dwee, Lwepaw Kacher, Marge Higgins, Moses Moe University of Minnesota Duluth Karen Chemical Dependency Collaboration

11 Advocacy Mental Education/ Research Mental Easing the Transition to Citizenship: The I 648 and RUDAS Mental Status Exam Paula Mahon MD care for the Homeless, Manchester, New Hampshire The UNC Refugee Mental and Wellness Initiative: A Model for Integrated Refugee care and Provider Training Quentin Hinson MSW UNC School of Social Work A Radical Approach to Improving Services Research with Refugees: Moving Beyond 30 Years of Gaps and Barriers Maria Vukovich PhD, Andrea Northwood PhD, LP The Center for Victims of Torture, St Paul, Minnesota Community Driven Best Practices to Address Behavioral Disparities in Refugee and Immigrant Populations Maria Avila PhD, Virginie Diambou MD, Bidur Dahal MS, Symphorien Sikyala MD University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine Jody Kamon PhD Center for Behavioral Integration Noor Bulle Vermont Spectrum Youth and Family Services 11:30am 12:30pm Topic Mental Mental Models of Care Women s Lunch Association of Refugee Coordinators Annual Meeting Afternoon Concurrent Sessions Title Narratives from the Field: The Development and Implementation of a Manualized Psychosocial Support Group for Refugee Transit Camps Nancy J Murakami LCSW New York University Silver School of Social Work Healing People, Healing Places: Learnings from IRC s Garden Based Wellness Programs Annie G. Bonz MA, LCAT, ATR-BC, Eugenia Gusev MA International Rescue Committee, New York, NY Improved Medication Adherence and Clinical Outcomes among Refugee Patients through the Incorporation of Clinical Pharmacists into Interdisciplinary care Teams Kimberly Carter PharmD, Shirley Bonanni PharmD Jefferson College of Pharmacy / Penn Presbyterian Hospital Effective Cervical Cancer Screening among Recently Resettled Refugee and Asylum Claimant Women to Canada: A Dedicated Refugee Medical Home Model Talavlikar MD / Mosaic Refugee Clinic, University of Calgary Department of Family Medicine Dunya Women s Collaborative: FGC Community-centered Care and Prevention Program Degu / Family Centers of San Diego

12 Chronic Disease Education/ Research Infectious Disease Screening Pediatrics Vaccines 1:30pm 1:45pm Topic Models of Care Chronic Disease Needs and Priorities of Syrian Refugees in Camp and Urban Settings in Jordan: Perspectives of Refugees and Care Providers al-rousan MD, MPH / University of California San Diego Refugee Post-resettlement in Central Iowa: From Survival to Satiety O'Shea DO / Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine Evidenced-based Recommendations on Writing Medical Affidavits for Asylum Seekers; Physician, Lawyer, and Judge Perspectives McMurry / University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Outcomes and Educational Inequalities in Self-rated among Bosnian Refugees in the United States Agrawal MD, MPH, Muratovic MD, Zanin, Zanin MD, MSc / Yale University School of Medicine Developing a Physical Examination Checklist to Improve Assessments of Refugees being Resettled in the United States Rowan / University of Minnesota Improving Readability of Information for Refugee Patients with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Keovisai MA, MSW / University at Buffalo An Innovative Rapid-test for Serological Surveillance of Measles and Rubella in a Refugee Camp in Northern Kenya Summers PhD / Emergency Response and Recovery Branch, Division of Global Protection, Center for Global, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention TB Treatment for Individuals with Refugee Status: A Community Center / Local Department Collaboration Mortimer MSN, FNP, Abby Davids MD, MPH / Family Medicine Residency of Idaho African Refugees Living with HIV: Perceptions, Challenges, and Success Stories of Engagement in Care after US Arrival Davids MD, MPH, Mortimer, MSN, FNP / Family Medicine Residency of Idaho Tuberculosis Infection and Disease among Persions Receiving Domestic Refugee Screenings in 8 US States, Pezzi MPH / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Recovery from Malnutrition among Refugee Children Following Participation in the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Nutrition Program in Massachusetts, Geltman MD, MPH / Massachusetts Department of Public Maternal Emotional Distress and Child Growth in Refugees Resettled to Washington State Dawson-Hahn MD / University of Washington Seattle Children's Research Institute The Refugee Initiative: Update on 19 Years of Overseas Public Interventions for US-bound Refugees Mitchell / Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Providing Access to Immunization for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Victoria, Australia Taylor / Immunization Section, Protection Branch, Department of and Human Services, Melbourne, Victoria Transition/Travel Time Afternoon Concurrent Sessions Title Shared Care Planning for Children and Youth with Special Care Needs in Families with Limited English Proficiency Stanley Weinberger MD, MS University of Vermont Children's Hospital Andrea Green MD, Abigail Kroening MD, Carol Lewis MD, Heather Link MD How Culture Can Impact Medication Adherence Supaksh Gupta MD Megan Rose Curtis, MD International Medical Clinic at Harborview, University of Washington

13 Mental Models of Care Nutrition and Body Education/ Research Community/ Screening Mental 2:45pm 3:15pm Mental Literacy of Refugee Communities: Lessons for Mental Promotion Shameran Slewa-Younan PhD, Maria Gabriela Uribe Guajardo MSc Translational Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Melbourne School of Population and Global, University of Melbourne, Australia. Global Mental in Our Own Backyards: A Collaborative Needs Assessment of Refugee and Asylee Mental Sheth MD, MPH / Georgetown University Hospital I-CAN: An Innovative Care Model Addressing Whole Person in Refugee Communities Beiers-Jones RN, MN, LaForge, MPH / Oregon and Science University School of Nursing Mater Integrated Refugee Service, Brisbane Australia Weatherford BN (IPN, RIPRN), GradCertInfCntl, DipChldHlth, MPHTM / Mater Service, Australia Local Lesson for Global Actions: Enhancing Systems Performance by Learning from Best Practice Model of Care availability for Refugee Populations in Canada using an Opportunity Identification Matrix Qadar MSc / The National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases The Medicinal and Food Uses of Local and Exotic Plants by Indigenous Community Members of Vietnam (The Montagnards) Now Living in Greensboro, NC Ksor BS / Center for New North Carolinians (CNNC), University of North Carolina at Greensboro Evidence for Increasing Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in US-bound Refugees from 2009 to 2015 Davis MD, MPH / Saint Louis University School of Medicine Prevalence and Determinants of Anemia in Recently Resettled Refugees to Canada Fabreau MD / University of Calgary Food Insecurity and Nutrition Difficulties among Recently Arrived Afghani Refugees in San Joaquin Valley California: Stakeholders Perspective Goliaei MD, MPH / University of California Merced, Department of Public, Merced, CA Refugees Helping Refugees: A Model for Community-based Promotion for Resettled Refugees Golub MD, PhD / Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Refugee Centers of Excellence: Building a Multi-State Network for Refugee Medical Screening Data Exchange Tumaylle MPH / Colorado Department of Human Services, Refugee Services Program National Review of Refugee Medical Screening Programs Yang MPH / Division of Refugee, Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and Families, Department of and Human Services The Prevalence of Mental Illness in Adult Refugees and Asylum-seekers: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Blackmore Ba Hons / Monash Centre for, Research & Implementation, School of Public and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Refugee Mental Trends Over Time: An RHS-15 Analysis from Arrival to 6 Months Postresettlement in Utah Ashby MPH / Utah Department of Integrating Trauma Sensitive Yoga and Breathing Techniques within Primary Care Begg MSc / The Yoga Impact Charity Ltd, Australia Characterization of Mental and Physical Conditions among Resettled Yazidi Refugees to Canada: The ISIS effect Al Masri MD / University of Calgary Conference Wrap-up and Evaluations Adjourn

14 2018 NARHC Poster Presentations Advocacy Case Report: A Gay Nigerian Man s Journey to Asylum in the United States / Nguyen Creating Culturally Competent Services: Improving the of Europe s Migrant Population / Currier Interdisciplinary Advocacy for Refugee : Improving Access and Care through Medical Legal Partnership / Teeple, Ryan, Losey, Landau Challenges of Assessment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI) Refugees / Davies Insurance and U.S. Refugees: A Systematic Review / Xin Chronic Disease Identifying Needs of Refugees Living in Vermont / Peterson Non-communicable Disease Burden and Barriers to Accessing care among Camp-dwelling Syrian Refugees in Beirut, Lebanon / Karaki Recognizing Fibromyalgia in Refugees with Chronic Pain / Mohammad-Nader Screening for Diabetes and Pre-diabetes in Newly Arrived Refugee Populations / DeFilippo Assessment of Monitoring Practices for Newly Arrived Refugees with Chronic Hepatitis B, Minnesota / Brandeland Conditions and other Characteristics of Adult Syrian Refugees Resettled to the United States During / Hailu Community Food Security in Colonias of Hidalgo County, Texas: A Needs Assessment Analysis / Sudanagunta Addressing Global Needs among Refugee Children and Families in Durham, North Carolina / Esmaili Culturally Responsive and Community Based Participatory Approaches to Assess Opioid Knowledge in Refugee and Immigrant Populations / Avila, Diambou, Dahal, Bulle Introducing Family Planning and Contraceptive Counseling Services to a Refugee Clinic in Malaysia / Uddin Improving Literacy among Refugees through a Community-based Interactive Course / Abid Facilitators and Barriers to Sexual among Female Refugee Youth: An Ecological Approach / Miller Lessons Learned from Working as a Navigator with Syrian Refugees in Providence, Rhode Island / Panuganti Score for Success: An Exercise in Medical Student Community Outreach as a Method to Promote Academic Success in Middle School Refugee Students / Triska Barriers Inhibiting Iraqi Educated Physicians from Practicing Medicine in the United States / Albear Karen Family Cohesion Program: Feasibility, Acceptability, and Outcomes of a Culturally Derived Pilot Parenting Intervention for Karen Refugee Mothers and Fathers / Loo Exploring the Male Perceptions of Female Genital Cutting / Garza-Cavazos Housing as a Social Determinant of among Refugees Living in King County, Washington / Newman Patient-perceived Barriers to Eye Care in Rural Odisha, India / Orrico Exploring Refugee Perspectives on Care / Mendes Education/Research Primary Care Utilization in Young Adult Refugees / Brewer Refugee Policy Implications of US Immigration Medical Screenings: A New Era of Inadmissibility on related Grounds / Hong Literacy and the Refugees in the United States: A Systematic Review / Imtiaz Refugees and Special Immigrant Visa Applicants: Profiles and Special Considerations / Wien

15 Meaningful Participation of Refugees and Immigrants in MCH Disability Leadership Training Program / Avila, Favro, Diambou, Dahal Characterization of Hypertension: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Control at the Mosaic Refugee Clinic / Norrie Addressing Global Needs among Refugee Families through a Multidisciplinary Applied Education Model / Esmaili Refugee Compliance with Latent Tuberculosis (LTBI) Treatment: Focused Interviews with Clinic Patients in the Denver Metro Area, Colorado / Primak, Sonnenfeld, Gamel Developing Effective Interdisciplinary Team Praxis in Refugee ; Support Findings from a Pilot at UNC- CH / Warner Medical Conditions Requiring Follow-up in Refugees Resettled to Utah During / Butchereit Syrian Refugee : A Qualitative Analysis of Experiences with care in the United States / DeFilippo Access to care for Immigrants in Michigan / Masten, Debessai, Kubicki, Pullukat, Salmela care Utilization of Resettled Refugees in Utah; Linking the Domestic Screening to Medicaid Data / Gardiner Refugee Environmental in Multnomah County / Partipilo Improving Dental Care Utilization by Refugee Patients / Swanson Identifying the Unique Needs of Sensory Impaired Refugees as a Paradigm for Clinical Medical Education: A Summer Internship in Refugee / Triska Improving Peace and Well-being among Syrian Refugee Youth through a Higher Education Initiative in Jordan / Fredricks Delivering Quality Care to Refugees within the Clinical Encounter: Primary Care Team Members Perceptions in Milwaukee, Wisconsin / Waclawik Looking Upstream: Building Social Networking Skills to Address Social Determinants of in Resettled Refugees / Golub The International Medicine Clinic; A Unique Opportunity of Internal Medicine Resident Education / Curtis, Shankar Assessing Barriers to Refugee Youth care in North Carolina / Elnaghee Identified Recommendations to Improve Holistic Care for Refugee Patients: A Qualitative Study from Refugee- Experienced care Provider Interviews / Do Medicaid Claims among Refugees in Colorado: An Exploration / Aragon Comparative Refugee Studies: Going Abroad to Learn to Care for Refugees at Home / Crabtree Implementation of Passport to Care (P2C) Activities in a Clinical Rotation / Edghill Provider Perspectives on the Effect of Political and Social Context on Migrant and Minority from the North American Refugee Conference 2017 / Wang, Ferrer-Socorro, DeFilippo, Abdullah, Annamalai Development and Production of a Theory-based, Audience Centered Comic Book for HPV Vaccine Promotion for East African Adolescents / Celentano Realized Access to Care among Children of Bhutanese and Karen Refugees in Philadelphia: Use of a Novel Questionnaire to Measure Self-rated Ability to Navigate the Care System / Warden Refugee Literacy Curricular Initiatives for Adults and Children in North America: A Systematic Review / Wang Infectious Disease Communicable Disease Surveillance: Improving Timeliness of Trend Identification in Colorado in the Refugee Population / Kawasaki IOM Kenya Mitigated Challenges with Patient-centered Care to Ensure No tuberculosis (TB) Patients or their Households Suffered Catastrophic Costs due to TB / Miriti Treatment Adherence and Outcomes among Primary Refugees to Minnesota with Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI), / Urban Domestic Follow-up of Refugee TB Contacts, / Wang Results of Routine Hepatitis C Screening of Newly Arriving Refugees in Denver, Colorado / Ruckard

16 Predictors of Hepatitis B Linkage and Retention to Care for a Cohort of Refugee Arrivals / White 100% Treatment Success is Possible: Championing the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Tuberculosis DOT and Patient-centered Care among Refugees and Other Migrants Undergoing Preimmigration Medical Examinations / Miriti Mental Untangled: Breaking the Cycle / Reda Culturally Competent Trauma Treatment with Central American Refugee Children / Carnes Trauma Education Nurse Visits in Primary Care / Cheek Narratives of Political Violence, Relief Work, and Resilience: Perceived Risk Factors Affecting Humanitarian Personnel in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region / Hyman Mental care for Refugee Women in Canada: Challenges and Way Forward / Newaz Utilization of Mental care Services among Refugees: Past, Present and Future / Xin Factors Associated with Mental Service Utilization among Ethiopian Immigrants and Refugees in the United States / Ayele Improving Mental in Refugee Populations: A Review of Intervention Trials / Peterson Prevalence of Emotional Distress in Newly Resettled Refugee Populations in Saint Louis, Missouri / Sridhar Expectations and Lived Realities of Iraqi Women Refugees and Refugee Mental Providers in Portland: An Ethnographic Study to Inform Refugee Mental Services and Policy / Eiwaz Prevalence of Mental Screening and Associated Factors among Refugees and other Resettled Populations 14 Years of Age in Georgia, / Seagle Patterns of Symptoms among Immigrants and Refugees Reporting Depression / Bardenheier, Samson, Kim, Subedi, Phares Models of Care Implementing and Evaluating an Interpreter Training Program in Quebec City / Leanza Pediatric Patient Navigation: Smoothing the way to Better Care / Schipper Identifying Disparities in Refugee and Immigrant Early Childhood Developmental Screening Processes / Avila, Green, Diambou, Dahal, Bulle The Co-location of Refugee Nurses with Arrival Settlement Services in Melbourne, Australia: A Systematic Method for Capacity Building within the Settlement and Sectors in Areas of High Resettlement of Syrian and Iraqi Refugees / Marlow Pilot Model for LTBI Treatment in the Refugee Population: Breaking Down Barriers to Completion of LTBI Therapy by bringing Treatment Back to the Medical Home / Haas Creating an Electronic Medical Record (EMR)-based e-referral and e-consult Service for the Multidisciplinary Care of Political Violence Survivors / Marlin Developing Resources to Support Primary Care Providers Working with People from Refugee Backgrounds in Australia / Duell-Piening The Impact of Implementation of a Centralized, Multi-disciplinary Clinic Dedicated to Refugee Care on the Number of Unplanned Walk-ins and Emergency Room Visits among the Refugee Population of Saskatoon / Kerr A Model of Care for Providing Forensic Medical Evaluations for Asylum-seekers in ICE Detention in Massachusetts / Gartland, Henderson-Frost, Crabtree, Emery The Citizenship and Immigration Rights Navigator: A Model for Addressing Immigration Legal Needs in a Primary Care Setting / Singh Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Screening and Linkage to Care among Recently Resettled Refugees in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ( ) / Payton

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18 Immunity to Hepatitis A and B among Newly Arrived Refugees: Test then Vaccinate, or Vaccinate then Test? / Einterz Developing a CME for Effective Cross-cultural Communication Regarding HPV Vaccination / Shankar, Fadden, Ko, Berliner, Ibrahim, Mohamed, Ali, Taylor, Winer Linking Domestic Refugee Databases with Immunization Information Systems in Five Pilot States / Beeler Using a Hub to Connect Overseas Refugee Vaccination to State Immunization Information Systems / Dam IOM s Introduction of a Vaccination Program for Refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Living in Tanzania Identified for Resettlement in 2016 / Mwakapotela Perceptions of the HPV Vaccine among East African Immigrant Mothers: Results from Formative Work to Design Education Materials for Mothers and Adolescents / Ibrahim Immunization Coverage Rates among Adult Refugee Arrivals in Washington State, / Tasslimi Women s Assessing Reproductive Decision-making in Syrian Women who are Refugees: A Pilot Study / Chuey Socio-cultural Barriers to Cancer Screening: A Case Study of Aging Afghan Refugee Women / Shabaik Female Genital Cutting: From Legal to Empowerment Frameworks / Shankar, Curtis If you trust in God, God is going to provide for you : Somali Refugee Women s Knowledge, Attitudes, and Experiences with Family Planning / Zhang Secondary Subgroup Analysis: Obstetric-gynecologic Resident Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in the Care of Women who have Experienced Female Genital Cutting / Hvidsten Reproductive Outcomes in African Refugee Women: A Comparative Study / Agbemenu Barriers to Prenatal Care in Refugee Women / Su Creating Support to Improve the Social Determinants of of High Risk Pregnant Latina women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in a Safety Net Setting / Vargas Evaluation of Services Provided to Pregnant African Refugees by Catholic Social Services Refugee Resettlement Agency in Dayton, Ohio / Brown Maternal Care Needs and Services for Refugees from Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Literature Review / Ward Implementing Universal Perinatal Depression Screening in Multiple Languages: an Innovative Approach / Palsic, Bull An Examination of the Role of Cultural Factors in the Pregnancy Experiences of Congolese Refugees / Odetola

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