COVID-19’s Impact on Mental Health in Immigrant Communities
Are you interested in learning how immigrant organizations are addressing mental health during COVID-19 and how you can be an active ally to immigrant communities?
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Course Information
- Audience: Public Health Professionals, Community Health Workers, General Public
- Format: Recorded Webinar
- Date/Time: Friday, April 9th 2020 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST.
- Price: Free
- Length: 1 hour
- Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Sponsored by New England Public Health Training Center (NEPHTC), a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hours are 1. Provider ID: 1131137 Event ID: SS1131137_C19IMHIC.
If you are not seeking a CHES/MCHES contact hours, if you complete the post-test and evaluation, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. The Certificate will include the length of the course.
- Competencies: Health Equity Skills
- Learning Level: Awareness
- Companion Trainings: None
- Supplemental materials:None
- Pre-requisites: None
About this Recording
This webinar will provide an overview of how COVID-19 is affecting the mental health and well-being of immigrant communities, using examples from Maine. The webinar will describe the immigrant populations in Maine, how immigrant organizations are addressing mental health, the community health worker’s role, and ways webinar participants can be active allies to immigrant communities.
What you'll learn
At the end of the recording, participants will be able to:
- Describe how trauma and COVID-19 have affected the mental health of immigrant populations
- Describe the community health worker’s role in addressing mental health in immigrant communities
- Have learned 1-2 strategies immigrant organizations are implementing to address COVID-19 and mental health
- Have learned 1-2 strategies to be an active ally to immigrant communities
Subject Matter Experts
Hamda Ahmed
Program Manager at New Mainers PHI
Hibo Omer
Assistant Director, New Mainers PHI
Ricia Sawtelle
Gateway Community Services
San Pao
Clinical Social
Worker
Simane Ibrahim
Program Assistant
CHW
Krista Hall
Clinical and Program Development Director
Registration
Select the Enroll Me button below to register for this recording. If you have any trouble accessing the recording, contact support@nephtc.org.
Acknowledgement: This project is/was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP31685 “Regional Public Health Training Center Program.” This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.