Investigating Barriers to Mental Health Care for Minnesota’s Refugee Populations

This particular project is one phase of an ongoing, multiphase research project to improve the mental health care services for refugees in Minnesota. The overall project is a partnership between the University of Minnesota School of Social Work, the Center for Victims of Torture, Minnesota health plans, refugee health screening clinics, mental health providers, refugee leaders, and the Minnesota Department of Public Health Refugee Health Coordinator’s Office. For this particular project, the Center for Victims of Torture partnered with the University of Minnesota School of Social Work to evaluate the effectiveness of the mental health service delivery system for refugees in need of mental health services in Minnesota. The goal of this specific project is to identify the barriers to mental health care services for newly arrived refugees.Conducted on behalf of The Center for Victims of Torture. Supported by the Kris Nelson Community-Based Research Program, a program of the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) at the University of Minnesota.Moua, Kao Nou L. (2013). Investigating Barriers to Mental Health Care for Minnesota’s Refugee Populations. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/203722