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The EthnoMed
The EthnoMed site contains information about
cultural beliefs, medical issues and other related issues pertinent to the
health care of recent immigrants to
The Health Center is located at Brigham and Women's Hospital which is a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medica School.
CulturedMed
"CulturedMed" at the Peter J.Cayan Library at SUNYIT is a web site and a resource center of print materials promoting culturally-competent health care for refugees and immigrants.
Beyond the Fire: Teen Experiences of War
Audio
interviews with teenage refugees
now living in the US. The site provides well-developed lesson plans
forclassrooms to develop understanding and empathy on teenage refugees,
child
soldiers, and other issues. Students can click on individual students'
stories, follow a time line, and read background articles on various
conflicts.http://www.itvs.org/beyondthefire/master.html (Retrieved October 2006)
African Immigration: Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture
Lesson Plans/educational materials that can be used in High schools
explaining various immigration patterns of Africans in America. (Retrieved October 2006)
Girls in Science. A training module on motivating girls to embark on science and technology careers.
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001453/145367e.pdf (Retrieved February 2007)
Cultural Orientation Resource Center
http://www.cal.org/co/refugee/ (Retrieved October 2006)
http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/ (Retrieved November 2006)
Center for Well-being of Africans in America, P.O. Box 25809, Seattle, Washington 98165-1309. Tel:206-925-4800