Health

Provides a general orientation to the U.S. health care system, including the need and options for health insurance. Also includes information on how to receive health care, first aid procedures, personal hygiene practices in the U.S., and mental health services.

Healthy Living Toolkit (Pamphlets on numerous health issues in multiple refugee languages) [link to the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants "Healthy Living Toolkit" page]

Nutrition Education Toolkit (Healthy Eating, Healthy Living in the U.S.: A Nutrition Education Flip Chart and nutrition handouts in numerous refugee languages) [link to the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants "Nutrition Education Toolkit" page]

"Health Week" - Lectures, Field Trip, and Quiz (several 90-minute sessions) [Provided by Catholic Charities, Louisville, KY]

Making a Doctor's Appointment (90-minute session) [Created by participants of ORR-funded Community Orientation Skills Development Workshop participants in Fort Wayne, IN, April 2010]

"The American Health System" (23-slide PowerPoint presentation) [Provided by Church World Service in Grand Rapids & The Dyer-Ives Foundation]

Health [link to a lesson plan in the USCRI 2004 publication, Somali Bantu Community Orientation. Click here to access the five relevant attachments or for the full publication.]

Nutrition [link to a lesson plan in the USCRI 2004 publication, Somali Bantu Community Orientation. Click here to access the three relevant attachments or for the full publication.]

Click to see related lessons in the Overseas Service Provider Toolkit.

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