TY - JOUR
T1 - Innovative Approaches to Improve COVID-19 Case Investigation and Contact Tracing Among Refugees, Immigrants, and Migrants
T2 - Lessons Learned from a Newly Established National Resource Center
AU - Mann, Erin M.
AU - Weinberg, Michelle
AU - Dawson-Hahn, Elizabeth
AU - Clarke, Sarah K.
AU - Olmsted, Madison
AU - Bertelsen, Nathan
AU - Arun, Ridhi
AU - Keaveney, Megan
AU - Miko, Shanna
AU - Kircher, Amy
AU - Pendleton, Anna E.
AU - Hendel-Paterson, Brett
AU - Prasad, Shailendra
AU - Stauffer, William M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s).
PY - 2023/10
Y1 - 2023/10
N2 - Effective COVID-19 case investigation and contact tracing (CICT) among refugee, immigrant, and migrant (RIM) communities requires innovative approaches to address linguistic, cultural and community specific preferences. The National Resource Center for Refugees, Immigrants, and Migrants (NRC-RIM) is a CDC-funded initiative to support state and local health departments with COVID-19 response among RIM communities, including CICT. This note from the field will describe NRC-RIM and initial outcomes and lessons learned, including the use of human-centered design to develop health messaging around COVID-19 CICT; training developed for case investigators, contact tracers, and other public health professionals working with RIM community members; and promising practices and other resources related to COVID-19 CICT among RIM communities that have been implemented by health departments, health systems, or community-based organizations.
AB - Effective COVID-19 case investigation and contact tracing (CICT) among refugee, immigrant, and migrant (RIM) communities requires innovative approaches to address linguistic, cultural and community specific preferences. The National Resource Center for Refugees, Immigrants, and Migrants (NRC-RIM) is a CDC-funded initiative to support state and local health departments with COVID-19 response among RIM communities, including CICT. This note from the field will describe NRC-RIM and initial outcomes and lessons learned, including the use of human-centered design to develop health messaging around COVID-19 CICT; training developed for case investigators, contact tracers, and other public health professionals working with RIM community members; and promising practices and other resources related to COVID-19 CICT among RIM communities that have been implemented by health departments, health systems, or community-based organizations.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Contact tracing
KW - Immigrants
KW - Migrants
KW - Refugees
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U2 - 10.1007/s10903-023-01508-y
DO - 10.1007/s10903-023-01508-y
M3 - Article
C2 - 37284967
AN - SCOPUS:85161414749
SN - 1557-1912
VL - 25
SP - 1211
EP - 1219
JO - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
JF - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
IS - 5
ER -