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The EthnoMed site contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and other related issues pertinent to the health care of recent immigrants to Seattle or the US, many of whom are refugees fleeing war-torn parts of the world.
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May 6, 2009
Public Health Alert Information - H1N1 “Swine Flu”
The outbreak of disease in people caused by a new influenza virus of swine origin continues to grow in the United States and internationally. In an effort to reach the immigrant and refugee populations, here are some resources that provide some information in languages other than English. These are all 1-2 pages, PDF documents
- Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Updated 5/5/09: Public Health Fact Sheet (2 page PDF)
Available in the following languages:
Arabic Haitian Creole Somali Thai Chinese Khmer Spanish Vietnamese English Korean Swahili French Portuguese Russian
- From the Refugee Health Information Network:
CDC Health Advisory - Available in the following languages:
Amharic Croatian Kirundi Somali Arabic English Pashto Spanish Bosnian Farsi Russian Swahili Burmese Hmong Serbian Vietnamese
- From the Washington State Department of Health:
Swine Flu Facts - Available in the following languages:
English | Chinese | Korean | Spanish | Russian | Vietnamese
- Sage Words developed a pandemic flu brochure specifically for a small clinic on the Navajo Reservation. Althouth it is in English, it is for low-litearcy users and the information is general and includes preventative measures. It's designed to be easily photocopied or printed and is available to anyone who might find it appropriate to use.
Pandemic Flu
- Selected Patient Information in Asian Languages (SPIRAL):
This site has a some additional links to Asian language resources.
If you know of other translated information on this topic, please let us know (see Comments below) so we can include as a resource.
February 2009: International Rescue Committee Fact Sheets about the health of refugees from the following countries:
Bhutan Burma Ethiopia & Eritrea Iraq
Recent Featured Materials or Links on EthnoMed
- Cambodian
Shop Around Program
A pilot project promoting healthy eating and dietary management of diabetes in Seattle's Cambodian Community. This article presents information about the prevalence of diabetes and other health conditions affecting Cambodian Americans, along with considerations of some historical and environmental factors that may influence Cambodian American diet. - Perinatal
Profile for Patients from Somalia
Providers can improve obstetrical outcomes and provide culturally appropriate care to women from Somalia if familiar with the cultural values and historical experiences of women and their families.
- Medication Non-Adherence
Issues with Refugee and Immigrant Patients
Medication non-adherence is a prevailing problem throughout the world. - Hyperlipidemia: Diet, Education, and Health Promotion for the Somali Refugee Population
In Somalia, chronic conditions such as hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease are often not tested for and consequently are not well documented and may have gone undetected and/or untreated. - My Baby
Refuses to Eat! Overfeeding of Somali Infants
Clinical observations about patterns of overfeeding as a common antecedent leading to oral aversion and failure to thrive. - Cancer
Survivorship:
A paragraph about surviving cancer in 10 languages. - Karen:
The Karen, pronounced Kah- Ren (emphasis on the second syllable), are indigenous to the Thailand-Burma border region in Southeast Asia and are one of the many ethnic groups in Burma. There are Karen people throughout the country presently known as Burma or Myanmar. Nearly half the population in Burma's Delta that was hit by the cyclone in May 2008 was ethnic Karen. Many of the new arrivals in the U.S. have family in this area and it must be very difficult for them not to be able to help or contact their family members in the country.