Towards Effective Health Service

(Refugee and Diversity Projects) > Health

Rational decisions and policies cannot be made without accurate information. Working with MDA, Reading Connections, Center for New North Carolinians and UNCG, we are collecting basic data.

• Making sure moms have heath coverage
                • Visual checklist of qualifying documents for indigent care
• Blood pressure clinics at Montagnard Central Highlands Church (2009-10)
                • Culturally designed teaching material for blood pressure clinic
• Creating a Refugee Community Health Team (2010-11)
                • Collaborative process: Pulling together stakeholders
                • Health team updates: Community outreach
• Food insecurity (2010-11)
               • Anatomy of Suffering: Economics of Montagnard Food Choices in America
               • Diet, food and health concept map
               • Design and American Assumptions in Refugee Education
               • Visual guide to food amounts
               • Visual guide: Vegetables and other products in the Montagnard diet
               • List of stores Montagnards shop at
               • A recipe and ingredients example, How to prepare Banh Canh
ESOL-coordinated health messages and lessons
               • Family emergency planning (2011)
               • Diabetes prescreening and interviews (2010)
               • Diabetes and Vision Clinic (2011)