We have recently had a very similar discussion on the Minority-ethnic-health discussion group on jiscmail and I attach a copy of three postings which should give a link to most of the best european sites of best practice evidence....
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Mark R D Johnson
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To supplement Mark's list, ECDC has two specific initiatives that may be helpful:
1. The most useful is unfortunately not quite ready for publication, though it's supposed to appear this year. The project is called "Evidence-based guidance for the prevention of infectious diseases among newly arrived migrants in the EU/EEA". There are some details at http://bit.ly/2vx8fuE (copy and paste if the link doesn't work). The guidelines will cover tuberculosis (active and latent), HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, haemophilus influenza B, strongyloidiasis and schistosomiasis, paying particular attention to "effectiveness, acceptability, feasibility, equity and resource use".
2. Prior to this, ECDC commissioned a report entitled "Assessing the burden of key infectious diseases affecting migrant populations in the EU/EEA" (2014 - see http://bit.ly/2w5sm3I ). Evidence was found for increased prevalence of some infectious diseases in certain migrant groups, though it's often unclear whether the infections arise before migration or in the host country. At present the empirical evidence is patchy - certainly not sufficient to justify assuming that other health problems will be less important in migrants' initial contacts with the health system. At the risk of stating the obvious, it's important to know who the new migrants are: what part of the world are they from, and are they coming for work, study, family reunion or as refugees? Many recent initiatives focus on refugees, but they remain a minority of all newcomers.
What we do know, however (from the MIPEX health strand [http://bit.ly/2g0GlRd , pp. 62-65 and many other sources), is that health education and health promotion for migrants is often quite inadequate. However, in the south of Sweden a successful programme for newcomers has been running for about 10 years called MILSA (http://bit.ly/2vUtAip). Throughout France there is a compulsory medical examination for all newcomers staying longer than 3 months, at which some health information is also given. It's good to hear that Sheffield is planning such an initiative!
Best wishes,
David
Prof. J.D. Ingleby
Centre for Social Science and Global Health
University of Amsterdam
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Van: Health of minority ethnic communities in the UK [[log in to unmask]] namens Mark Johnson [[log in to unmask]]
Verzonden: maandag 14 augustus 2017 12:23
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Onderwerp: Re: Request for information from English public health professional
There are several places that I think I would suggest visiting - the website (www.equi-health.eea.iom.int , see also www.ec.europa.eu and www.health-inequalities.eu ) which is active and still being added to
The Equi_Health initiative supported a number of things including
Work with the European Centre for Diseases Prevention and Control, the World Health Organization Europe and the International Organisation for Migration to better identify and address the needs of EU countries and refugees.
Developing training programmes for healthcare professionals. These will help healthcare professionals learn about diseases that they are not familiar with and provide information on cultural perspectives and specific needs among the people arriving.
It produced a Personal Health Record and an accompanying Handbook for health professionals to help healthcare professionals build medical histories of incoming migrants and refugees and identify their immediate needs. (The links refer to outputs of the EH Action).
http://ec.europa.eu/health/migrants/policy_en
also another initiative -
The CARE Action (www.careformigrants.eu)
The components of the CARE (Common Approach for REfugees and other migrants health) action incorporated a number of activities including ‘monitoring of migrant and refugee health status’, building on the IOM/EU Personal Health Record developed during the Equi-Health Action
and you might find that the new MIHKMA site is now operative?? -
MIHKMA: a new EC/ WHO EURO initiative, Migration and Health Knowledge Management
Project briefing, 14 September 2016, (presented by Santino Severoni (WHO Copenhagen) and Isabel de la Mata (EC)
Objective of MIHKMA: to develop a knowledge management system to raise awareness, foster knowledge, and increase uptake of migrant health knowledge, good practices and evidence based approaches across the EU.
http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/health-determinants/migration-and-health/news/news/2017/03/knowledge-management-project-launched-to-better-address-migrant-health-care-needs
hope this helps?
If not, come to the MERH2018 conference in Edinburgh next year and meet the experts!!!
http://www.merhcongress.com/
Mark R D Johnson
Emeritus Professor of Diversity in Health & Social Care
Mary Seacole Research Centre / CEEHD
De Montfort University Leicester LE1 9BH
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From: Health of minority ethnic communities in the UK [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Sarah M Salway [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 11 August 2017 14:44
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Subject: Request for information from English public health professional
I would be grateful if any network members could reply to my colleague below (cc'd here) if they have relevant information or advice,
In Sheffield we are working on developing a ‘new migrant health check’ to screen for communicable diseases on first registration in primary care. We would also be interested in including other interventions in this health check which will support new migrants to make a good start in their new country including for example information on housing support, education, how to use the health service etc.
We would be interested in hearing from colleagues in other parts of the UK and other European settings who have implemented similar checks and have evidence on the health economics and effectiveness of these interventions.
Best Wishes Ruth Granger Public Health Sheffield City Council [log in to unmask]
With thanks,
Sarah Salway, SFHEA, PhD
Professor of Public Health
Health Equity & Inclusion Research Group
School of Health & Related Research
University of Sheffield
0114 222 4296
@ScHARRPubHealth @HEandIG
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Subject: Re: Looking for tools used to provide psychological support to refugees
Dear Rena,
I am chasing up my colleagues and associates at IOM London re this following Alfonso's request a while back.
This is really interesting work.
Best wishes
Matthew
Matthew Quaife
Senior Lecturer & Admissions Tutor – Social Work
School of Health & Education
Middlesex University
The Burroughs, Hendon, London, NW4 4BT
020 8411 4045
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Sent: 15 August 2017 09:53:23
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Subject: Looking for tools used to provide psychological support to refugees
Dear all,
I am co-ordinating a project that is developing a knowledge hub (KHub) for refugees, healthcare workers and volunteers who are involved in the current refugee crisis in Greece and Turkey. The focus of the KHub is the provision of psychological support.
We are looking for assessment and intervention tools/guidelines which health workers can use in their attempts to provide psychological support, as well as self help tools which refugees, volunteers and health workers can also use.
If you are using any such tools, or you are aware of any, please share their details and where to access them.
Many thanks and looking forward to hearing from some of you.
regards
rena
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