Minnesota medicine
Volume 93, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 49-53

Caring for the Karen. A newly arrived refugee group. (Article)

Power D.V.* , Moody E. , Trussell K. , O'Fallon A. , Chute S. , Kyaw M. , Letts J. , Mamo B.
  • a Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of MinnesotaMN, United States
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Abstract

Since 2004, Minnesota has seen an influx of refugees from Burma. Many of these newcomers came from the Karen state and spent time in refugee camps in Thailand before resettling in the United States. To better understand the health needs of this population, the authors of this article conducted chart reviews at a St. Paul family medicine clinic that serves a number of Karen refugees and reviewed formal data from the Minnesota Department of Health's Refugee Health Program. Here, they briefly describe this community, the cultural issues that could affect health care providers' ability to care for Karen patients, and the health concerns of these refugees.

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Asian refugee mass screening Thailand human Refugees middle aged statistics Asian continental ancestry group health service Aged Minnesota ethnology Health Services Needs and Demand United States Humans Adolescent male Emigrants and Immigrants preschool child female Infant Child, Preschool communicable disease control Myanmar Article infection control adult migration public health Child
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ISSN: 0026556X
Cited by: 10
Original Language: English