Background, Contacts, Location: The mission of the Virginia Garcia MemorialHealth Center is to provide high quality, comprehensive, and culturally appropriate primary health care to the communities of Washington and Yamhill counties with a special emphasis on migrant and seasonal farmworkers and others with barriers to receiving health care. We believe in being part of the communities we serve
Lead: TBA
Address:
2725 SW Cedar Hills Blvd
Beaverton, Suite 200 OR 97005
*The entrance is located on the second floor of the parking garage, any you can park anywhere in the garage without charge. It's sort of behind the McMenamins restaurant and above the Kingpins bowling alley
Experience: You will see patients with Jason Soh and also explore the other services that are provided through a community focused health care center.
Prep Work
1) View AAP Webinar Providing Evidence-Based Medical Care to Immigrant Children (Important tip -Scroll down to Dec 2016) where Drs Janine Young and Julie Linton discuss providing evidence-based medical care to immigrant children. Specifically, they review pertinent background regarding the care of immigrant children and recommendations regarding comprehensive medical evaluation of newly arriving immigrant children, in addition to identifying strategies to integrate care of immigrant children into a family-centered medical home.
2) Review Immigrant Child Health Toolkit from AAP. In particular, the section on clinical care.
3) Review this 10 minute video on the mental health of newcomer children and adolescents
4) Read about cultural humility and health literacy: https://www.culturallyconnected.ca/
Other References/Readings:
- Review VG community advocacy page and resources for working with immigrant families: https://virginiagarcia.org/what-we-do/advocacy/
- Information on Refugee Health: https://www.oregon.gov/DHS/assistance/REFUGEE/Pages/index.aspx
- Familias en Accion: https://www.familiasenaccion.org/abuela-mama-y-yo/ Aslante Mujeres - https://www.adelantemujeres.org/
Refugee Health:
- Multnomah County: https://multco.us/global/refugee-health
- Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/DHS/assistance/REFUGEE/Pages/index.aspx
- CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/immigrantrefugeehealth/index.html