Facilitating Health Communication with Immigrant, Refugee, and Migrant Populations Through the Use of Health Literacy and Community Engagement Strategies: Proceedings of a Workshop

This publication summarizes a 2017 workshop convened by the Roundtable on Health Literacy of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The workshop focused on health literate approaches for improving health communication with immigrant, refugee, and migrant populations.

The workshop included the following topics:

  • Issues and challenges of communicating with these populations
  • Accessing and using healthcare services
  • Health literacy considerations for outreach
  • Health literacy approaches for communicating with these populations
  • Future directions


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Language, Culture & Diversity
Topic
Refugees and Immigrants
Audience
Public Health Professionals, Community Health Workers, Navigators, and Peer Educators, Language-Access Professionals
Setting
Community Health Centers and FQHCs, Public Health Departments and Agencies, Community-Based Organizations and Nonprofits
Level
Applied