Part Four: Issues for Refugees Resettling in the US, Part I: Issues Related to Media, Community, Youth and the Family - Q&A, Section 2

Issues for Refugees Resettling in the US, Part I: Issues Related to Media, Community, Youth and the Family

 

CHAIR: BAER, Roberta (USF)

 

INKS, Michaela (USF) Refugee Agency in Mass Media BEHRMAN, Carolyn (U Akron) Intentional Community-Building and Adaptive Practices among US-Based Karen Refugees from Burma MAHONEY, Dillon (USF) Collaborative Video Production, Social Media, and the Challenges Facing Refugee Youth WATSON, Marnie (MO State U) ‘They don’t love me anymore’: Causes and Effects of Family-Related Anxiety among the Nepali-Bhutanese Community in NE Ohio

 

Issues for Refugees Resettling in the US, Part II: Issues Related to Health and Dietary Issues

 

CHAIR: BAER, Roberta (USF)

 

BAIRD, Sean, RATTRAY, Nick, NATIVIDAD, Diana, and VOGT, Wendy (IUPUI) The Role of

Structural Barriers in Refugees Access to Health Care in Indianapolis: Perspectives from Services and

Clinical Providers GLASER, Kathryn, ERWIN, Deborah, REID, Mary, and FLORES, Tessa (Roswell Park

Comprehensive Cancer Ctr), SHOGUN, May (Int’l Inst of Buffalo) Understanding Health Behaviors

and Perceptions of Cancer in Immigrant/Refugee Populations HOLBROOK, Emily (USF) Nutritional Status and Dietary Adaptation among Refugees from the DRC— Background and Anthropomorphic Data BAER, Roberta D. (USF) Nutritional Status and Dietary Adaptation among Refugees from the DRC— Dietary and Focus Group Data

 

BAER, Roberta (USF) Issues for Refugees Resettling in the US, Part I: Issues Related to Media, Community, Youth and the Family. 

This session addresses the issues faced by refugees currently resettling in the US. Topics addressed include portrayals of refugees by the media, community building, challenges for youth, family-related anxiety, access to health care, understandings of cancer care and screening, and dietary adaptation. Authors are all engaged in applied work with diverse refugee communities across the US.

 

Session took place in Portland, OR at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2019.