Target Outreach Subcontract - Recipients
Option Year One - May 2012 to April 2013
Recipient: Heartland Health Outreach Refugee Health Programs
Project Director: Hannah Hoover
Project Title: Refugee Youth Health Information Project
Amount: $14,000
Start/End Date: August 1, 2012 through April 30, 2013
Phone: (773) 751-1744
Description: The Refugee Youth Health Information Project (RYHIP) The Refugee Youth Health Information Project (RYHIP) will link health professionals and refugee youth to age- and language-appropriate health information. A spring 2012 RHP needs assessment identified a significant need for health education information among refugee youth. The assessment also revealed the lack of health programming within the resettlement agencies, which serve more than 200 refugee youth annually. Agencies are funded to address adjustment during the first year of resettlement and so lack the resources and expertise to promote health literacy. Consequently, refugee youth rely on ad hoc responses to crises that lack follow-up and longitudinal benefits. With NN/LM funding, RHP will address this disparity by compiling, adapting and translating ten refugee youth health resources. The resources will address five areas of need identified by the RHP assessment: nutrition; medical visits; mental health; physical exercise; and hygiene. The age-appropriate materials will be posted on RHP social media sites, the RHP microsite, the New Americans Health Information Portal
(NAHIP), and shared with other health information hubs, such as Healthy Roads Media and the Refugee Health Information Network (RHIN). Materials will be disseminated through outreach efforts and trainings that will target refugee youth, school- and community-based health providers, and refugee service providers. UIC’s Library of Health Sciences staff will provide trainings on accessing and evaluating web-based health information. A refugee youth intern will assist in developing content, monitoring social media, and conducting peer outreach. RYHIP will equip refugee youth and professionals with the tools to promote and improve health literacy.
Base Year - May 2011 to April 2012
Recipient: Heartland Health Outreach Refugee Health Programs
Project Director: Hannah Hoover
Project Title: Iraqi Health Outreach Project
Amount: $14,000
Start/End Date: November 1, 2011 through August 31, 2012
Phone: (773) 334-7117 x1056
Description: The Iraqi Health Outreach Project will link health professionals and recently arrived Iraqi refugees directly to language-appropriate health information through a targeted media campaign. It is a direct response to an ongoing needs assessment conducted by the Refugee Health Program (RHP) indicating that Iraqi refugees prefer to access their health information at their convenience and on an individual basis. Findings also indicated that while Iraqi refugees may know that Arabic-language health materials are available on certain websites, these sites are hosted in English and, consequently, it is still difficult for them to access the desired materials. This project will eliminate language barriers and the identified disconnect between the population and health information, as both refugees and providers will have access to information in an acceptable and accessible format. Through this campaign, a monthly health fact sheet will be developed and translated into Iraqi Arabic, and subsequently disseminated through the RHP microsite (http://www.heartlandalliance.org/refugeehealth), on its social media tools, and through targeted electronic and postal mailings directly to Iraqi refugees and health care professionals. The project will share these documents with moderators of the New Americans Library Project, Healthy Roads Media, project partners, and other information hubs designed for refugees. Factsheets will address health topics of importance identified by the Iraqi refugee needs assessment. Both providers and refugees will have an opportunity to assess the relevance and quality of the factsheets as well as make suggestions for future mailings through a feedback mechanism embedded in the mailings.
Recipient: UIC Library of the Health Sciences-Peoria
Project Director: Margaret H. Burnette
Project Title: Knowledge Translation in Evidence-Informed Practice for Public Health Nurses (KTEP-PHN)
Amount: $12,118
Start/End Date: November 1, 2011 through August 31, 2012
Phone: (309) 671-8491
Description: In their 2006 exploration of the importance of Knowledge Translation (KT) for public health, Armstrong et al describe the need to create new models for public health practice that involves a move from dissemination of information to “translation and exchange”. (Armstrong 2006) This project will serve to bridge the knowledge gap between evidence-based principles and practice. Knowledge translation links theory to practice to promote evidence-informed practice in public health nursing. The KTEP-PHN project will provide instruction in evidence-based practice principles, available tools and resources for practice, and application strategies for public health nurses and students enrolled in public health nursing degree programs. Phase 1 of the project will focus on updating existing training modules developed for the Evidence Based Public Health Nursing projects (2004 and 2007) in order to reflect the changing EBP landscape. These self-paced asynchronous online modules create the knowledge foundation for evidence-informed practice. In Phase II of the project, library and nursing faculty will collaborate to develop an instructional model that uses case scenarios from public health to explore effective implementation of evidence-informed practice. Synchronous online sessions will introduce the model that will incorporate knowledge translation strategies and opportunities for implementation and assessment using real-world examples. Feedback from an initial pilot series of sessions will inform revisions and refinements of the model as needed before extensive marketing efforts begin.
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