2024
Enhancing the health knowledge and health literacy of recently resettled refugees through classroom-based instructional methods
Agrawal P, Phadke M, Du N, Hosain F, Koons L, Brown C, O'Malley S, Cheng F. Enhancing the health knowledge and health literacy of recently resettled refugees through classroom-based instructional methods. Health Education Research 2024, 39: 159-169. PMID: 38244587, DOI: 10.1093/her/cyae001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClassroom-based instructionTraditional learning methodsClass timeInstructional methodsEducation modelEducation programsRefugee backgroundsInteractive classesLiteracyHealth education modelHealth literacyHealth knowledgeResettled refugeesInstructionResettled refugee populationsChildcare provisionLearning methodsRefugee populationsTest performanceImprove health-related behaviorsAssociated with health knowledgeKnowledgeHealth educationImprove health outcomesHealth-seeking behavior
2021
Health Care Utilization Before and After the “Muslim Ban” Executive Order Among People Born in Muslim-Majority Countries and Living in the US
Samuels EA, Orr L, White EB, Saadi A, Padela AI, Westerhaus M, Bhatt AD, Agrawal P, Wang D, Gonsalves G. Health Care Utilization Before and After the “Muslim Ban” Executive Order Among People Born in Muslim-Majority Countries and Living in the US. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2118216. PMID: 34328502, PMCID: PMC8325073, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.18216.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAmbulatory Care FacilitiesAppointments and SchedulesEmergency Service, HospitalEmigrants and ImmigrantsEmigration and ImmigrationFemaleHumansIslamMaleMiddle AgedMinnesotaPatient Acceptance of Health CarePrimary Health CareRefugeesRetrospective StudiesUnited StatesYoung AdultConceptsPrimary care appointmentsHealth care utilizationED visitsCare appointmentsCohort studyCare utilizationEmergency departmentGroup 1Primary care clinic visitsAdditional ED visitsRetrospective cohort studyPrimary care visitsPrimary care clinicsCare visitsAdult patientsClinic visitsPrimary outcomeCare clinicsStudy groupMAIN OUTCOMEGroup 2Group 3Visit trendsPatientsVisits
2020
Teaching the Yale Health Education and Literacy for Asylees and Refugees: An Innovative Educational Initiative About Refugee Health for Medical Trainees
Du N, Rosenberg J, Mohareb A, Agrawal P, Brown C, Cheng FY. Teaching the Yale Health Education and Literacy for Asylees and Refugees: An Innovative Educational Initiative About Refugee Health for Medical Trainees. Academic Pediatrics 2020, 21: 384-386. PMID: 32916340, PMCID: PMC7937769, DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2020.09.003.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Factors Associated with Refugee Acute Healthcare Utilization in Southern Connecticut
Semere W, Agrawal P, Yun K, Di Bartolo I, Annamalai A, Ross JS. Factors Associated with Refugee Acute Healthcare Utilization in Southern Connecticut. Journal Of Immigrant And Minority Health 2017, 20: 327-333. PMID: 28382427, DOI: 10.1007/s10903-017-0574-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute care useAcute care visitsCare useMonths of arrivalCare visitsMedical evaluationDay of arrivalAcute healthcare utilizationRetrospective cohort studyAcute care utilizationCohort studyCare utilizationHealthcare utilizationMale sexHospital visitsEmergency roomPrior historyHealth characteristicsLower likelihoodSouthern ConnecticutGreater likelihoodVisitsTimely evaluationAdult refugeesMonths
2016
Refugee Resettlement Patterns and State-Level Health Care Insurance Access in the United States.
Agrawal P, Venkatesh AK. Refugee Resettlement Patterns and State-Level Health Care Insurance Access in the United States. American Journal Of Public Health 2016, 106: 662-3. PMID: 26890186, PMCID: PMC4816078, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2015.303017.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2012
Sexual violence among host and refugee population in Djohong District, Eastern Cameroon
Parmar P, Agrawal P, Greenough PG, Goyal R, Kayden S. Sexual violence among host and refugee population in Djohong District, Eastern Cameroon. Global Public Health 2012, 7: 974-994. PMID: 22621466, DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2012.688061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSexual violenceArmed groupsRefugee populationsFemale headsHead of householdPartner/husbandWomen headsHousehold economyEastern CameroonViolenceHouseholdsRecent assaultLevel of educationLifetime incidentsHusbandsRandom cluster surveyRefugeesCameroonCircumstancesPerpetratorsPopulation-based surveyDistrictRespondentsEconomyAssault