Resources
Valleywise Center for Refugee and Global Health
The Valleywise Center for Refugee and Global Health Provides culturally and linguistically appropriate comprehensive health services to the refugee and immigrant families in Maricopa County through three main service lines–Obstetrics/Gynecology, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine and Family Practice–at the Phoenix, Peoria, and West Maryvale locations. The team comprises Cultural Health Navigators (CHNs), a refugee pediatric care coordinator, and culturally and professionally trained providers at all levels.
Center of Excellence to Strengthen the Capacity of Practitioners, Leaders and Organizations Supporting Torture and Trauma-Affected Families and Communities
Led by the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), the mission of the Center is to advance whole family healing and resilience by building the capacity of practitioners, leaders, and organizations to effectively support torture and trauma-affected families and communities.
Centering Families Resources:
Supporting Torture-Affected Newcomer Parents
Introduction to Family-Based Assessment with Torture-Affected Newcomer Families
For additional information and the latest resources:
HealTorture is a resource center for people who are interested in healing survivors of torture.
International Refugee and Migration Health Conference
Organized by the Society of Refugee Healthcare Providers, the International Refugee and Migration Health Conference is held annually, to learn the latest best practices in refugee and immigrant health. Benefit from invaluable, inclusive networking opportunities, and leave feeling reinvigorated and inspired.
Social Services and Resources for Refugees in Arizona
Arizona Department of Economic Security
Arizona Immigrant and Refugee Services
Catholic Charities Community Services
International Rescue Committee
Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest
Jewish Family and Children's Services
Valleywise Health
Switchboard
Switchboard is a one-stop resource hub for refugee service providers in the United States. Funded by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Switchboard offers a library of learning resources, an online evidence database, a range of self-paced e-learning courses, regular live learning opportunities, and on-demand technical assistance for ORR-funded organizations.
In 2023, Switchboard and ASU joined forces to launch Switchboard’s 2023 Research Symposium, Re-Imagining Refugee Services in the U.S., hosted by ASU’s Education for Humanity, the SIRC Office of Research Health, and Thunderbird School of Global Management, with funding from the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR).
Technical Resources
Gender-based violence screening and response in healthcare and social service settings: An evidence brief for practitioners working with refugee and forcibly displaced populations in high-income countries of resettlement
Compilation of Technical Resources on Addressing Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence in Forcibly Displaced Afghan Communities in the United States
In 2021, Valleywise Health created videos in 11 Languages to Combat COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation Among Local Refugee Communities.
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A visual Reference and Learning Tool for Health Care Professionals (Booklet)
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A visual Reference and Learning Tool for Health Care Professionals (Poster)
Achieving Health Equity and Social Justice for Newly Arrived Immigrants in Arizona and Beyond, showcases the work of the Refugee Women’s Health Clinic at Valleywise Health. Published in 2019 by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).
A video series, Getting and Staying Well for Congolese Refugees, developed by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) in collaboration with the Phoenix Congolese Community of Arizona and the Refugee Women’s Health Clinic (RWHC) of Maricopa Integrated Health System.