Refugee Nutritional Challenges and Strategies to Overcome Them

This course helps public health workers and/or volunteers to identify common nutritional challenges refugees experience upon resettlement. Strategies to address various challenges including difficulty navigating a new food environment, lack of food safety knowledge, food preparation difficulties, and nutrition knowledge deficit will be addressed.  The importance of conducting a needs assessment and various assessment tools will be discussed.

 

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn common nutritional challenges refugees face upon resettlement.
  • Recognize difficulties refugees encounter upon arrival to a new food environment.
  • Apply strategies to help refugees overcome common nutrition challenges.

 Target Audience:  Allied Health Professionals, Dietitians, Social Workers, General Public Health Staff, Public Health, Healthcare

 

Duration: ~ 20 minutes

 

Continuing Education Information:  N/A

 

Format:  Web-based training, Self-Study

 

Created/Updated:  3/17/2016

 

Authors:  Abigail Manuel, BS, DTR;  Ghaidaa Kobeissi, BS

Skill Level: Beginner
Level 1: No
Level 2: No
Level 3: No
Primary Tier: Tier One
Primary Domain: Health Equity Skills
Secondary Domain: Community Partnership Skills