Title: A brief (& incomplete) history of Worcester’s Infant mortality reduction work
Author: Shields, Sara G.
Date: 2017
Description: A Presentation at the Infant Mortality Summit, September 22, 2017 highlighting the work of the Worcester Infant Mortality Reduction Task Force.
Keywords: infant mortality, African immigrants, immigrants, health disparities, community engagement
Title: Infant mortality: A community engagement model
Author: Shields, Sara G., Cathy Violette, Tasmina Hydery, and Heather Alker
Date: 2019
Description: University of Massachusetts Medical School, Center for Clinical and Translational Science 2019 Community Engagement and Research Symposium Presentation
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/chr_symposium/2019/program/9
Keywords: infant mortality, racial disparities, ethnic disparities, community engagement model, community projects, health inequity, statistics
Title: Worcester’s refugee population and resources
Author: Abt, Devon, Samia Ahmed, Guen Gwanyalla, John Sullivan, and Marian Younge
Date: 2016
Description: 2016 University of Massachusetts Medical School Population Health Clerkship Presentation
Keywords: refugee organizations, refugee agencies, refugee resources
Title: Immigrant and refugee stories of Worcester women
Author: Worcester Women’s Oral History Project in collaboration with Literacy Volunteers of Greater Worcester, Educational Bridge Program of Notre Dame Healthcare, Clemente Course in the Humanities, Refugee Artisans of Worcester, and Worcester Refugee Assistance Project
Date: 2017
Description: The project compiled interview transcripts and oral histories of 8 women – Monica Salazar Carmona, Kenza Dekar, Juliana DeBoni, Yahui, Carmenza Ramirez, Edna Froio, DarKu and PawWah who emigrated to Worcester from a variety of countries.
https://www.wwohp.org/interview-list
Keywords: immigrant women, refugee women, oral history, interviews
Title: The resettlement of Bhutanese refugees in Central Massachusetts
Author: Gururaj, Ani
Publisher: Pulitzer Center
Date: 2018
Description: The objective of this project is to better understand the journey of Bhutanese refugees who settled in Shrewsbury, a town in Central Massachusetts. It includes 2 articles entitled “Central Massachusetts: Home to a diverse population” and “A day with Purna Neupane.”
https://pulitzercenter.org/projects/resettlement-bhutanese-refugees-central-massachusetts
Keywords: Bhutanese refugees, Central Massachusetts, resettlement, stories
Title: Refugee health in a community health center
Author: Chekmeyan, Mariam, Shafik Mutaawe, Tara Patel, Elizaveta Reznichenko, Grace Schierberl, and Rebecca Toohey
Date: 2019
Description: 2019 University of Massachusetts Medical School Population Health Clerkship Presentation
http://www.umassmed.edu/fmch/communityhealth/sep/pophealth
Keywords: community health centers, demographics, refugee clinics, health advocacy
Title: Refugee health in Worcester
Author: Bhatia, Divya, Ukpong Etteh, Wasih Kamran, Hung Nguyen, Sophal Sok, and Kim Winiker
Date: 2018
Description: 2018 University of Massachusetts Medical School Population Health Clerkship Presentation
http://www.umassmed.edu/fmch/communityhealth/sep/pophealth
Keywords: health, asylum seekers, mental health, health advocacy, agencies, statistics
Title: Refugee resettlement
Author: Weir, William, Peter Makhoul, and Brian Argus
Date: 2019
Description: 2019 University of Massachusetts Medical School Population Health Clerkship Presentation
http://www.umassmed.edu/fmch/communityhealth/sep/pophealth
Keywords: health advocacy, community organizations, community health centers, demographics
Title: “If I was a bird I would gather up my children and fly far from here”: The lived experiences, information needs, and information seeking behavior of resettled refugees from the Central African Republic in two communities in the United States
Author: Bowden, Natalia
Date: 2017
Description: Poster from Project Welcome Summit, Chicago, IL, 2017. Includes data from interviews with refugees from CAR living in Worcester, MA and Clarkson, GA regarding information needs and challenges.
Keywords: Central African Republic, Information Needs
Cataloged by: Patrick Barnosky/ B.J. Perkins
Title: Promising Practices Program
Date: 2009
Description: The Massachusetts Refugee School Impact Program, administered by the Massachusetts Office for Refugees and Immigrants, is a program to create partnerships between schools and organizations serving refugees, in order to assist refugee children adjust successfully to their schools and communities.
Keywords: Refugee Children, School and Organization Partnerships
Cataloged by: Patrick Barnosky/ B.J. Perkins