Clinical Topics Index

Asthma

• Asthma Cultural Profiles
  Amharic   Cambodian     Somali    Tigrean

Avian Flu

• Assessment of King County Residents at Risk of Exposure
  to Avian Influenza & Suggestions for Reaching Populations at Risk

Breastfeeding

• Cultural Influences on Infant Feeding Practices
  Link to Journal article from Pediatrics in Review (Authors: Pak-Gorstein, Haq, Graham), used with permission.



• "My Baby Refuses to eat!": Overfeeding of Somali Infants

Cancer

• Breast Cancer in Asian Women

Death

• Death: The Cross Cultural Context

Depression

• Somali Depression Profile

Dermatology

• The Dermatology of Pigmented Skin
• Influence of Culture and Pigment on Skin Conditions in Children: A self-teaching module

Diabetes

• Cambodian Shop Around Program
  A pilot projet to promote health eating and dietary namangement of diabetes in Cambodian community
• Diabetes in Cambodian Americans:  Diabetes Education
• Process and Practice of Cross Cultural Diabetes Education: Teaching Vietnamese and Ethiopian Patients
• Multicultural Diabetes Materials

Herbal Medicine

• Herb-Drug Interactions 

Hyperlipidemia

• Hyperlipidemia: Diet, Education, and Health Promotion for the Somali Refugee Population

Interpreted Visits

• Guidelines for Interpreted Visits

Mental Health

• Mental Health Advance Directives
  Information from the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services about writing a mental health directive. Brochures available in English, Cambodian, Chinese, Korean, Laotian, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese.
• Mental Health Issues of Resettled Refugees
• Necessary Steps to Neuropsycholocial Evaluation
• Somali Mental Health
  Overview of acculturation and challenges facing Somali refugees and immigrants in Minnesota, and cultural concepts of mental illness. 
  Available formats: Word Document  | PDF

Nutrition

• Cambodian Shop Around Program
  A pilot project promoting healthy eating and dietary management of diabetes in Seattle's Cambodian Community. 



• Report on Somali Diet: Common Dietary Beliefs and Practices of Somali Participants in WIC Nutrition Education Groups
  
  Available formats: Word Document | PDF
  
  
• Group Nutrition Education for Non-English Speaking WIC Families
  A poster presentation of project using group meetings for WIC families who speak Somali, Spanish and English. Poster by Aliya Haq, MS, RD, CD, Harborview Medical Center, WIC Program, Seattle, WA
  
  
• Nutrition and Fasting
  Cambodian Culture | Somali Culture | Vietnamese Culture
  
  
• Asian Language pamphlets on Nutrition  
  The Center for Weight and Health based at Univerity of California Berkeley, along with other collaborators, have produced some culturally sensitive and relevant educational materials about health for immigrant families. Materials are available for download in Cambodian, Chinese, Hmong, Korean, Laotian, Vietnamese, and English. 

Perinatal

• Perinatal Profile for Patients from Somalia


• Maternal and Child Health Library 
  A selection of current, high-quality resources about preventing, identifying, and eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health, compiled by Georgetown University

Peripartum and Infant Care Issues

• Peripartum and Infant Care Issues

Pharmacy

• Medication Non-Adherence Issues with Refugee and Immigrant Patients

PostPartum Practices

• Postpartum Practices among Chinese and Vietnamese Women
  Poster absract by Hue C. Thai, Univ of WA School of Medicine, 2005;
  Last reviewed June 2008.   1 page, PDF.



• Postpartum Practices among Vietnamese and Chinese Patients
  Handout for providers;Hue C. Thai, Univ of WA,  2 pages, PDF.

Refugee Health

• Refugee and Immigrant Health Care
  Outline presentation addressing some specific issues related to health care for immigrants, by Chris Carlsten, MD, Univ. of Washington.
  
• The following materials are from the Harborview Medical Center, Children and Teen Clinic.
• New Immigrant and Children: Screening and Treatment Guidelines  
  
• Approach to Medical Assessment and Screening for New Refugee and Immigrant Children
  
• Parasite Summary Tables

Traditional Medicine

• Traditional Vietnamese Medicine: Historical Perspective and Current Usage
  A brief history of the development of TVM and its influences particularly by Southern China, written by Hue C. Thai, ND, MSA.

Tuberculosis

• Tuberculosis Resource Page
• Stamping Out TB: A Community-Based Outreach Worker Model for TB Prevention
  A Slideshow about a project using bilingual and bicultural outreach workers in a project at Harborview Medical Center.
• Somali Tuberculosis Patient Educaton
  A Somali language audio recording to be used as an educational took to introduce the topic of Tuberculosis.
• Evaluation of Tuberculosis Program Services for Burmese Refugees in Thailand Resettling to the US
  , a 58 page Report

World Religion

• Health Care in Islamic History and Experience

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