Registration & Breakfast

Asylum Medicine Interest Group Breakfast (Open to All)

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health: Manuscript Consultations
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Keynote: Silencing and Awakening from Trauma
Michael Hollifield

Keynote: North America’s Role in Protecting LGBTQI Refugees. A Canadian Perspective
Kimalhi Powell

Refreshments

Advocacy

• The Proposed Rule on Public Charge and its Implications for U.S. Citizen Children with Non-Citizen Parents
  Katalin Vinkler
• Healthcare for Refugees: Reflections on Advocacy Efforts in Alberta
  Astrid Velasquez
• Canadian Born Children whose Parents have Precarious Immigration Status: A Strategy to Guarantee Access to Health Care in Quebec
  Chloé Cebron
• Access to Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Treatments for Uninsured Migrants in Quebec: The Struggle and the Initiatives
  Justine Daoust-Lalande

Education

• Beyond the Clinic: The Evolution of Refugee Health Education towards Holistic Care, Community Engagement and Interaction within MUN MED Gateway
  Nguyet Nguyen
• Serving Bhutanese-Nepali Patients in an Urban Family Medicine Residency Clinic
  Jamie Robinson
• Utilization of Refugee/Immigrant Health Guidelines and Resources by Trainees at a large US Children’s Hospital
  Dibya Subedi
• Incorporating Health and Human Rights in Medical Education
  Hope Ferdowsian

Global Health/Migration/Settlement

• Expect the Unexpected: From Registration till Resettlement of Urban Rohingya Refugees – the Experiences of UNHCR and IOM Malaysia
  Chun Ting Wong
• A Physical Exam Quality Control Tool for the Refugee Health Assessment
  Alexander Rowan
• A Physical Exam Guide to Improve Diagnosis in Refugees
  Alexander Rowan
• Managing Mental Health of Refugees in a Remote Setting – Experience from Kigoma
  Nicholaus Nderero

Paediatric Health

• Infant Feeding Patterns among Refugees in Athens, Greece: 2017-18
  Anne Merewood
• Identifying Sources of Strength and Stress in Young Refugee Families Before and After Migration to the United States
  Elizabeth Dawson-Hahn
• Promoting Refugee Infant Development through Examining Risk and Resilience Models
  Anne Brassell

Refugee Screening

• Outcomes of a Breast Cancer Awareness and Screening Program among Syrian Women Refugees in Lebanon
  Ibrahim AlMasri
• The e-STAR-MH: A Rapid, Digital Screening Tool for Mental Disorders in Asylum Seekers and Refugees
  Debbie Hocking
• Barriers to TB Evaluation and Treatment among Immigrants and Refugees-Arizona, 2015-2017
  Amanda Swanson
• Access to Mental Health Care for Resettled Refugees in the United States: Perspectives of Frontline Refugee Resettlement Professionals
  Justine Lewis

Research

• A Home Visit Model for Health Education for Newly Resettled Refugee Families
  Romany Redman
• Factors in Young Adult Refugees’ Primary Care Use
  Sarah Brewer
• Towards an Understanding of Women’s Service and Support Needs Related to Intimate Partner Violence in Resettlement
  Karin Wachter
• The Role of General Practice in Meeting the Needs of Refugees and Asylum Seekers: Learning from Sweden, Germany, and Italy
  Jessica Smith

Syrian Refugee Crisis

• Mapping Diverse Genetic Disorders and Rare Diseases among Syrian Population: Implications on Refugee Health and Health Services in Host Countries
  Soha Yazbek
• Spirituality as a Pillar of Hope for Syrian Refugee Families: Creating Culturally Appropriate Mental Health Services in Lebanon
  Bree Akesson
• Early Primary Care Navigation of Population-based Cohorts of Resettled Refugees in Ontario: Findings from the Syrian Commitment
  Astrid Guttmann
• The Impact of Unemployment on the Mental Health Status of Syrian Refugee Men Resettling in Canada
  Jonathan Bridekirk

Women’s Health

• Voices of Women Refugee Claimants Accessing Reproductive Health Care Services in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  Hellen Gateri
• Prenatal Group Visits for Afghan Refugee Women
  Shoshana Aleinikoff
• The Women Wellness Program – A Culturally Customizable Program for Newcomer Women
  Khaled Elkazaz
• Perinatal Health Care Through a Refugee Lens
  Kendra Weerheim

Travel Time

Concurrent Plenaries | Session 2

Plenary 1: Best Practices for Conducting Asylum Evaluations
Katherine McKenzie

Plenary 2: Updates to CDC’s Domestic Screening Guidelines for Adult Refugees
Marc Altshuler

Plenary 3: The Rohingya: A People of Resilience
Nazneen Uddin

Plenary 4: Parasites and Workup of Eosinophilia in Refugee Populations
Andrea Boggild

Buffet Lunch | Exhibitors

Society of Refugee Healthcare Providers AGM & Student Poster Competition Award

Film: Health Undocumented — Watch the Trailer
Juan Freitez (Director), Chelsea Soyring (Producer)

Concurrent Workshops | Session 3

Asylum: How to Be an Effective Clinician Advocate: Speaking, Writing and Organizing in Support of Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Katherine McKenzie

Chronic Disease: Improved Medication Adherence and Outcomes in Refugees with LTBI and Chronic Disease through Incorporation of Clinical Pharmacists into Interdisciplinary
Kimberly Carter

Communication: Framing Works! How to Use Evidence-Based Communication Tools to Advocate for Immigrant and Refugee Families
Julie Linton

Global: “Are they Genuine Refugees? …I didn’t Really Need to Know.” Dual Loyalty and Political Discourse within Australia’s Immigration Detention System
Ebony Birchall

Mental Health: Best Practices in Mental Health Assistance to Refugees and Immigrants
Adrienne Carter

Refugee Education: Healing Trauma Through The Creation of Safe Spaces
Omar Reda

Refugee Screening: Delivering Refugee Healthcare in a Community Setting
Satoko Kanahara

Research: Improving Health by Engaging Refugees: Creating a Community-based Research Network
Sarah Brewer

Travel Time

Concurrent Workshops | Session 4

Advocacy: Leveraging the Medical-Legal Partnership for Detained Immigrants: Ending Deaths in Detention
Kate Sugarman

Asylum: Challenges in Founding and Developing Student-Run Asylum Clinics
Fangning Gu

Communication: Setting the Triadic Stage for Success: Working Effectively with Healthcare Interpreters to Overcome Language Barriers
Rosanna Balistreri

Global: A Project to Enhance Mental Health Screening in the Humanitarian Setting
Michael Hollifield

Immunization: Immunization Considerations in Refugee Children
Patricia Li, Paul Geltman and Mahli Brindamour

Mental Health 1: Behavioral Health Integration and Team-Based Care in an Immigrant-Refugee Health Clinic
Laurie Greco

Mental Health 2: Promising Practices of Trauma Treatment for Refugees, Social Work Perspective
Asmaa Cober

Paediatric Health 1: Trauma-Informed Approach for Working with Child and Youth Survivors of War and Torture
Nadia Umadat

Paediatric Health 2: A Migrating Adolescence: Caring for Unaccompanied Minors Seeking Asylum in the United States
Karla Fredricks

Refreshments

Refugee Stories: Escape from ISIS
Zozeya Hassan