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Session: Evaluation of Programs for Refugee and Immigrant Populations
4023.0: Tuesday, November 9, 2004: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Evaluation of Programs for Refugee and Immigrant Populations
Public health professionals have increasingly come to recognize that there are special challenges for the development of policies and programs to promote health and health care access for immigrants and refugees. The papers in this session cover a wide range of topics, including assessment of medical interpreter programs, compliance with isoniazid therapy for latent tuberculosis infections, assessing and improving health policies for immigrants in Israel, and programs of non-governmental organizations that serve health needs of internally-displaced persons in Cambodia. All the presentations share a concern for methods of evaluation and improvement of programs and policies that promote refugee and immigrant health.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, participants will be able to: 1. describe several programs for health promotion among diverse refugee and immigrant populations. 2. discuss criteria to assess the success of interventions to promote health and health-care access for refugees and immigrants. 3. recognize the importance of evaluation as an element of design and implementation of policies and programs to serve the health needs of refugees and immigrants.
Presider(s):Rhonda Sarnoff, DrPH, MSPH
8:30 AMAnalysis of isoniazid treatment compliance factors in latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) cases in Bergen County, New Jersey  [ Recorded presentation ]
Angela M. Bucciarelli, Susan Lepre, PhD, Ed J Gracely, PhD
8:50 AMVoices from Cambodia: Internally displaced people and NGO employment  [ Recorded presentation ]
Karen D. Solheim, RN, PhD
9:10 AMHealth policies for migrant workers in Israel: When the local meets the global  [ Recorded presentation ]
Dani Filc, MD, PhD, Nadav Davidovitch, MD, Shifra Shvarts, PhD
9:30 AMAssessment of Bilingual Staff in the Medical Encounter: What Makes a Competent Medical Interpreter?
Lisa Morris, MSTD
9:50 AMDiscussion
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health
Endorsed by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Public Health Education and Health Promotion
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 132nd Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2004) of APHA