Health Literacy for Immigrant & Refugee Families: Implications for Mental Health Professionals

Author
Hee Yun Lee, PhD
Description
This module features the voices of local mental health and health professionals on health literacy and what it means for refugee and immigrant families. In particular, there is a focus is on how best to meet the health and mental health needs of children, while acknowledging cultural and systemic differences in how health and mental health is understood, responded to, and communicated.
The impact on health and mental health outcomes and implications for service provision are explored, and potential intervention strategies for increasing health literacy are discussed.
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Health Literacy for Immigrant & Refugee Families: Implications for Mental Health Professionals
Taking the Quiz and Earning Continuing Education Hours (CEHs)
At the end of this module, you will be given a choice to connect to the quiz for the module. Upon successful completion of the quiz (80% or above correct), there will be a link to a secure site to pay a minimal fee for the CEHs and receive a CEH completion certificate. The module has a value of 1 CEH ($15.00).