This symposium has incorporated a minimum of 25% interactive Q&A period in every speaker presentation, workshop and oral session. To further increase opportunities for engagement, the conference committee is providing online tools that allow for the submission of questions and comments from participants.
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| 0900 | Opening remarks Anna Banerji, Commitee Conference Chair |
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| 09:10 | Keynote address Stephen Cornish |
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| 09:55 | Keynote address: CDC Update on Refugee Health Nina Marano |
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Concurrent Workshops – Session 1
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| 11:55 |
Lunch Visit the Poster & Exhibit Halls Society of Refugee Healthcare Providers AGM |
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| 1:25 |
Oral Abstracts – Session 1Chronic Diseases & Nutrition
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| Title | Speaker | Submission | |
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| O1 | Integrated Care Management to Improve Diabetes Outcomes in Refugee and Immigrant Patients (I-Care) | Waseem Sous | 1052282 |
| O2 | Dietary Intake and Nutritional Status among Refugees in Host Countries: a Systematic Review | Jacob Khuri | 1048156 |
| O3 | Food security of Syrian refugee households who arrived in Canada after 2015 | Samer Al-Bazz | 1048075 |
Global Health
Moderator: Neil Arya
| Title | Speaker | Submission | |
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| O4 | Planetary Health concerns for Migrants in Mexico and Northern Central America | Marcos Tamariz | 1038747 |
| O5 | Navigating the Legal System: Ambiguity and Uncertainty for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon | Lamis Jomaa | 1043404 |
| O6 | Coordinating IOM Resettlement Activities in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic | Alexander Klosovsky | 1043238 |
| O7 | SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Information and Healthcare Disparities amongst Global Refugees: A Comparative Analysis | Steven Repas | 1043344 |
Mental Health
Moderator: Janine Young
| Title | Speaker | Submission | |
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| O8 | Silent crisis: Community insights on suicide among displaced Rohingya in Bangladesh | Ariel Zarate | 1044819 |
| O9 | Suicide Prevention Subgroup of Cox’s Bazar: A coordinated response approach to community-centered suicide prevention in humanitarian crises | Ariel Zarate | 1048562 |
| O10 | Explaining Variation in Refugees’ Post-Traumatic Stress and Depression Outcomes in Ethiopia, Jordan, Kenya, and Uganda | Shannon Golden | 1046867 |
| O11 | Survivors of Daesh: Characterization of Health Conditions Among Yazidi Refugees Resettled to Canada | Nour Hassan | 1048297 |
Women’s Health
Moderator: Carolyn Beukeboom
| Title | Speaker | Submission | |
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| O12 | Involuntary Sterilization Among Women from North and Central America Seeking Asylum in the U.S. | Elizabeth Yim | 1042310 |
| O13 | Reproductive Health of US-Resident Women from Countries that Practice Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C): Women’s Health Needs Study Pilot Findings | Lillian Whiting-Collins | 1043754 |
| O14 | Cervical cancer screening among resettled refugee women accessing care in an integrated safety-net setting | Serena Rodriguez | 1044264 |
| O15 | Mental health services for refugee mother-daughter dyads | Erum Agha | 1043047 |
Gender and LGBTQI
Moderator: Aisha Khatib
| Title | Speaker | Submission | |
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| O16 | Mental Health and Unmet Social Needs of Sexual and Gender Minority Asylum Seekers | Stephanie Loo | 1043733 |
| O17 | Health, gender, and war trauma: 5 year post-resettlement health in a cohort of Karen war-affected adults | Sarah Hoffman | 1042867 |
Immunization
Moderator: Andrea Green
| Title | Speaker | Submission | |
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| O18 | Refugee Immunization Information Systems Exchange (RIISE) Project 2021 Updates | Megan Keaveney | 1044926 |
| O19 | The SHIFA Project: Developing a Culturally and Linguistically Sensitive VR Educational Platform to Improve Vaccine Acceptance Within a Refugee Population | Samantha Streuli | 1042898 |
| O20 | Perceived Barriers and Facilitators of COVID-19 Vaccination of Refugee, Immigrant, and Migrant Communities | Elizabeth Dawson-Hahn | 1041845 |
| O21 | The COVID-19 Response of Health Systems Caring for Refugee, Immigrant and Migrant Communities: A Qualitative Study | Elizabeth Dawson-Hahn | 1042886 |
Covid
Moderator: Patricia Li
| Title | Speaker | Submission | |
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| O22 | Community-based Collaboration: Meeting Refugees’ Needs During COVID-19 | Mary Helen O’Connor | 1046420 |
| O23 | COVID-19 restrictions and their impacts on migrant health in humanitarian contexts | Sandra Smiley & Carol Devine | 1048530 |
| O24 | Exploring and Addressing the Healthcare Challenges of Refugees and Immigrant Families During the Covid-19 Pandemic | Patricia Li | 1048481 |
Concurrent Workshops – Session 2
| Title | Presenters | Stream | Submission | Moderator | |
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| W11 | Facilitating the Path to Citizenship through Medical, Legal and Community Partnership | Anne Ryan, Suzanne Teeple, Jessie Pettit and Reem Aussy. | Advocacy | 1041823 | Sarah Clark |
| W12 | We can do (no) harm: Building cultural responsiveness in refugee mental health training | Sandra Mattar | Advocacy | 1045287 | Neil Arya |
| W13 | HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections: Updates for Refugee Health Providers | Amir Mohareb | Infectious Disease | 1048512 | Anna Banerji |
| W14 | Lessons learned in setting up a unique mental health treatment centre for refugees and Immigrants | Adrienne Carter | Mental Health & PTSD | 1042937 | Andrea Green |
| W15 | Collaborative complex case management in a pandemic | Astrid Velasquez | Migration and Resettlement | 1048598 | Jennifer Cochran |
| W16 | Centers for excellence in newcomer health: Updates to the CDC domestic medical screening guidance | Jenna Beeler | Refugee Screening | 1040732 | Janine Young |
| W17 | Lead exposure and prevention in refugee communities: A guide to resources | Lois Wessel | Refugee Screening | 1051633 | James Sutton |
| W18 | Strategies for Publishing Your Work in Refugee Health (Pre Registration Required) | Paul Geltman & Sana Loue | Education | Paul Geltman | |
| W19 | How telemedicine can support access to refugee health and underserved populations. | Tim Foggin & Sharon Allen | Global Health | MW2108 | Aisha Khatib |
Plenary Session 2
Keynote address: Overcoming trauma, the perspectives of a Syrian pediatrician
Sahar Bahadi
Anna Banerji, Conference Committee Chair
(Contact: Fatima M. Karaki)
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