Resources
Facilitator's Guide
When used in conjunction with a screening of Hold Your Breath, the Facilitator's Guide can serve as a powerful educational tool: View the Facilitator's Guide for Hold Your Breath (pdf) (to download the guide, control-click or right-click this link and select "Download File to Disk").
The Hold Your Breath Facilitator's Guide was authored by Alexander R. Green, MD, MPH, Iris Monica Vargas, MS, and Joseph R. Betancourt, MD, MPH at the Harvard Institute for Health Policy.
Links
- Islamic Networks Group
- Stanford Geriatric Education Center - Stanford University School of Medicine
- Ethnogeriatric Curriculum
- The Afghan Coalition
- Muslim Mental Health Incorporated
- Islamic Medical Association of North America
- Islamic Society of North America
- Spiritual Care Service - Stanford University Medical Center
- Arab and Arab-American Health Resources
- World Health Organization - Afghanistan
- Disparities Solutions Center at Massachusetts General Hospital
- Culturally Competent Care On-Line Resource Center, Harvard Medical School
- Provider's Guide for Quality and Culture
- Information on Muslims for healthcare professionals
- Information on Arab-Americans for healthcare professionals
Films
- Worlds Apart
Also produced and directed by Maren Grainger-Monsen, along with Julia Haslett, Worlds Apart is a 4-part documentary film and medical education project to improve multicultural health. Hold Your Breath was a product of this project.
Books and Articles
- Cultural Competence: Caring for your Muslim patients - Medical Economics
- CulturedMed
- Issues In Caring for Afghan American Elders: Insights From Literature and a Focus Group, Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology
- Refugee and Immigrant Health: A Handbook for Health Professionals
More Resources
- Afghan Elderly Association, PO Box 2346, Union City, CA 94587, phone:510.441.9761
- Afghan Culture Society
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