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Refugee care at the squirrel hill health Center. 2012 PA Refugee Resettlement Consultation. Refugee care at SHHC. Background Relationships Organizational structure Challenges/ Successes Immunizations TB treatment Language access Future . Background. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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REFUGEE CARE AT THE SQUIRREL HILL HEALTH CENTER
2012 PA Refugee Resettlement Consultation
Refugee care at SHHC Background Relationships Organizational structure Challenges/ Successes
Immunizations TB treatment Language access
Future
Background The mission of the Squirrel Hill Health
Center is to provide patient-driven, high quality, comprehensive, evidence-based primary and preventive healthcare and social services, with a special concern for patients' religious beliefs, race, national origin, primary language, age, sex, and disability status and without regard for their ability to pay.
Founded in 2006 Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Services Primary care for patients of all age
Geriatrics Pediatrics
OB/GYN Behavioral health Care Navigation Dental (opened December 2010)
Refugee Care at SHHC Preferred provider for 2 local
resettlement agencies in Pittsburgh Complete PA initial health assessment Provide continued care even after health
insurance and other benefits expire
Primary Refugees Total Initial Refugees seen as of 5/14/2012: 685 Total seen in 2011: 393 Total seen in first 4 ½ months of 2012: 167 Of the 685 total seen, 574 are Bhutanese
Refugees; 67 speak Burmese/Karen; 37 speak Arabic
Average age of resettled refugee: 41 years old
Refugees, by Primary Language Spoken
84%
10%
5% 1%
NepaliKaren/BurmeseArabicOther
Secondary Refugees 167 Secondary Bhutanese have also
been seen at the office or on the mobile unit; total of 741 Bhutanese have been seen by SHHC
56 Secondary Burmese/Karen have also been seen at the office or on the mobile unit; total of 123
SHHC Mobile Unit
SHHC Mobile Unit SHHC received funding through an American
Reinvestment & Recovery Act grant administered through HRSA to build the mobile unit
Completed in October 2010 The mobile features two private exam rooms, a
bathroom, and a waiting area It is staffed by one of SHHC's physicians, a medical
assistant, and a case manager SHHC currently makes regular stops at Prospect Park
(working with refugee families and the Prospect Park Family Support Center), POWER House, Hearing and Deaf Services, and Milestone, Inc
Compass AmeriCorps Program Idea out of the Immigrants and
Internationals Advisory Council of Allegheny County DHS
Growing need for case management and social service support for newly arrived and secondary refugees
Members serve at resettlement agencies, family centers, ESL providers, health center, and other community partners, greater connecting a network of organizations working with refugee population
AmeriCorps at SHHC Receive training in case management,
care coordination, and community education
Serve as main care coordinators for refugee population Resettlement agency Referral providers Health department Language and interpretation
Staff mobile unit
Challenges- TB Coordination with resettlement agencies Communicating with County Health
Department Following patients through latent TB
treatment. AmeriCorps care navigation Schweitzer Fellowship project
Challenges- Immunizations Communication with school, parents,
resettlement agency Modifying immunization schedules and
protcols Decreasing no-shows and lack of follow
up through recall lists and reminder letters
Successes AmeriCorps program Staff education and experience Mobile unit program
Future Community health education through
Health Corps member Patient Portal access Population focused group visits around
chronic disease management Diabetes HTN
Questions?Feel free to contact SHHC at
Meghan Powers, Program Coordinator412-697-7932