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Strengthening effective preventive services for refugee populations: toward communities of solution.
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- Beyond Knowledge: Trust and the Engagement of Newly Arrived Refugee Women in Cervical Cancer Prevention.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2026Article
- Barriers to and Enablers of Preventive Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Among Women Seeking Asylum in Melbourne, Victoria: A Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- 'You want to treat all patients the same. . . But it's important to know where someone is coming from': a qualitative study of U.S. healthcare providers' perspectives on culturally relevant sexual and reproductive healthcare for refugee women.Health education research · 2025Article
- Beyond Resettlement: Sociocultural Factors Influencing Breast and Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Afghan Refugee Women.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2022Article
- Health Care for Refugees in Europe: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Increasing Breast, Cervical, and Colorectal Cancer Screenings: A Qualitative Assessment of Barriers and Promoters in Safety-Net Practices.Journal of patient-centered research and reviews · 2021Article
- An Examination of Misconceptions and Their Impact on Cervical Cancer Prevention Practices among Sub-Saharan African and Middle Eastern Refugees.Health equity · 2021Article
- Community-Based Healthcare for Migrants and Refugees: A Scoping Literature Review of Best Practices.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Health screenings administered during the domestic medical examination of refugees and other eligible immigrants in nine US states, 2014-2016: A cross-sectional analysis.PLoS medicine · 2020Article
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- Building alliances for the global governance of migration and health.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2019Article
- "They were just waiting to die": Somali Bantu and Karen Experiences with Cancer Screening Pre- and Post-Resettlement in Buffalo, NY.Journal of the National Medical Association · 2019Article
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Abstract
Refugee populations have unequal access to primary care and may not receive appropriate health screening or preventive service recommendations. They encounter numerous health care disadvantages as a consequence of low-income status, race and ethnicity, lower educational achievement, varying degrees of health literacy, and limited English proficiency. Refugees may not initially embrace the concept of preventive care, as these services may have been unavailable in their countries of origin, or may not be congruent with their beliefs on health care. Effective interventions in primary care include the appropriate use of culturally and linguistically trained interpreters for health care visits and use of evidence-based guidelines. Effective approaches for the delivery of preventive health and wellness services require community engagement and collaborations between public health and primary care. In order to provide optimal preventive and longitudinal screening services for refugees, policies and practice should be guided by unimpeded access to robust primary care systems. These systems should implement evidence-based guidelines, comprehensive health coverage, and evaluation of process and preventive care outcomes.
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