Primary prevention for resettled refugees from Burma: where to begin?
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Family Medicine and Community HealthDocument Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2014-02-01Keywords
Refugee healthPrevention
Healthy eating
Physical activity
Community-based participatory research
Civic and Community Engagement
Community-Based Research
Community Health and Preventive Medicine
Preventive Medicine
Primary Care
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Developing effective primary prevention initiatives may help recently arrived refugees retain some of their own healthy cultural habits and reduce the tendency to adopt detrimental ones. This research explores recent arrivals' knowledge regarding eating behaviors, physical activity and sleep habits. Working collaboratively with community members, a healthy living curriculum was adapted and pilot tested in focus groups. A community-engaged approach to revising and implementing a health promotion tool was effective in beginning dialogue about primary prevention among a group of recently arrived refugees from Burma. Seven themes were identified as particularly relevant: food choices, living environment, health information, financial stress, mobility/transportation, social interaction and recreation, and hopes and dreams. Refugees desire more specific information about nutrition and exercise, and they find community health workers an effective medium for delivering this information. The outcomes of this study may inform future targeted interventions for health promotion with refugees from Burma.Source
Haley HL, Walsh M, Tin Maung NH, Savage CP, Cashman S. Primary prevention for resettled refugees from burma: where to begin? J Community Health. 2014 Feb;39(1):1-10. doi: 10.1007/s10900-013-9732-7. Link to article on publisher's site
DOI
10.1007/s10900-013-9732-7Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/30910PubMed ID
23861032Related Resources
Link to Article in PubMedae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1007/s10900-013-9732-7