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The Afghan Nutrition Guide is a collaborative effort of UW nutritionists, graduate students, and Afghan community members in the Seattle area. The aim of the nutrition guide is to help health providers understand the dietary practices of their Afghan patients. The guide also provides culturally relevant information to inform patients about healthy and nutritional choices […]
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Over the last 40 years, the U.S. has admitted between 22,000 and 230,000 refugees annually. While refugees and immigrants arrive with rich cultural food traditions, many of which are health-promoting, they can erode over time, resulting in diet-related disease rates similar to those of U.S.-born populations. Structural inequalities, transit limitations, and a lack of affordable, […]
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This blog post suggests ways that refugee service providers can help meet the food needs of Afghan clients who are observing Ramadan while living in temporary housing.
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This checklist includes a list of traditional Afghan ingredients commonly used during Ramadan. There is also a column that can be used to track which ingredients have been purchased, and additional lines where more ingredients can be added.
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There are several programs in which Afghan parolees may participate (along with refugees, asylees, and other Office of Refugee Resettlement-eligible populations).
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This toolkit includes a series of five educational presentations to help organizations deliver health information to women from migrant and refugee backgrounds. Topics covered include: health checks, good food for good health, move more sit less, how to feel more positive in life, and the importance of vitamin D. Each PowerPoint presentation is available to download […]
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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused profound disruption across the globe, including in the U.S., which in late March became the country with the highest number of confirmed cases. The crisis is exacerbating existing economic and social inequality for many refugee and immigrant populations and their communities.
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This multilingual poster conveys that lead can easily get in your child’s blood and bones, causing lead poisoning. Healthy foods can give your child the nutrients they need to help prevent lead from entering their blood and bones. Help your child eat foods that are: Green leafy vegetables Colorful fruits and vegetables Milk or other […]
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This workplace safety video is about the use of manure and compost on farms or agricultural settings. It is part of a larger series of trainings aimed at disseminating information on the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) to small and marginalized groups of farmers and agriculture workers. This video is in Nepali with English subtitles. […]
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This workplace safety video was created to train farmers on health and hygiene on the farm as part of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). This video was created specifically for Iraqi farmers and agriculture workers in the United States. It is intended to be used as part of larger training on health and hygiene […]
