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Newcomer Health Profiles: Minnesota Center of Excellence in Newcomer Health
The Minnesota Center of Excellence in Newcomer Health (MN COE) is dedicated to developing tools to support health care providers, public health professionals, and resettlement partners in their efforts to better serve newcomer families.
We build on existing infrastructure and partners’ extensive experience to improve continuity of care and health outcomes for newcomers.
The following profiles help clinicians, public health providers, and resettlement agencies facilitate medical screening and determine appropriate interventions and services for specific refugee groups. Each profile is a comprehensive resource describing the demographic, cultural, and health characteristics of a population. This knowledge may help providers approach a refugee with an improved understanding of where they come from, circumstances of their displacement, living conditions during asylum, and health conditions for which they may be at increased risk.
- Afghan Refugee and Humanitarian Parolee Health Profile
Authors and contributors: Blain Mamo, MPH; Jessica Saifee, MD; Janine Young, MD - Bhutanese Refugee Health Profile*
- Burmese Refugee Health Profile*
- Central American (Guatemalan, Honduran, Salvadoran) Minors Refugee Health Profile*
- Congolese Refugee Health Profile*
- Haitian Newcomer Health Profile
- Iraqi Refugee Health Profile*
- Somali Refugee Health Profile*
- Syrian Refugee Health Profile*
*The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Immigrant and Refugee Health Branch originally developed these profiles. In March 2024, the MN COE took over stewardship of these profiles.
Newcomer infographics
The Colorado Center of Excellence in Newcomer Health (CO COE), supported by the CDC Centers for Excellence in Newcomer Health, produced a series of infographics detailing demographic and health information for select newcomer groups arriving to the United States. These infographics use domestic medical screening data collected by network partners across the United States, and are intended as a resource for clinicians and others supporting newly arriving newcomer groups.