1. Prestudy and implementation – Improved health of asylum seekers and new arrivalsin
Sweden

2. Health Screening, percentage of asylum seekers. Number of them.
39%
44%
43%
? %

3. Stress from migration During the escape
The situation which caused the escape from the home country
During the escape
During the asylum phase and the establishment in a new country

4. Purpose of Prestudy:
To reinforce positive health trends after arrival to Sweden…

5. Four Target Areas:
For people with a need of care for mental illness: Increase the availability of first-line interventions and culture adapted psychiatric care and trauma treatment
For all asylum seekers and new arrivals:
More and improved medical screening to identify people in need of somatic and psychological treatment.
More and improved social and health information, enhanced health promotion and prevention
To manage and follow up: Give access to a digital tool designed for the dissemination efforts and follow up of the actions given.

6. Seven methods and two supporting tools have been developed and/or tested during the prestudy
Severe mental illness
Telephone-/video support
Basic education of specialists
Mild to moderate mental illness
Health education and support
Cognitive behavioralal therapy (in progress)
Basic education in migration and menthal illness
Health Screening
Health information Cultural and language adapted
All
Digital tool for follow-up
Digital tool for knowledge exchange

7. Development of local operations to national scalable efforts - the process
Identification of local good examples of efforts
Further development of the initiative with national experts and local businesses
Practical test in a ”pilot County”
Scalable and national dispersible development of the effort

8. June – December 2016
Granted money from the ministry of social affairs (~3 m €)
Scaling up!
From 1 county to 21
Offering education to all regions in methods and support tools

9. Timeplan October - December 2 June August September
Start-up and offer to participate
Assesement of local needs
Planning
Local implementation
Traning of trainers

10. Need for further development - efforts
Transcultural diagnosis support and education in transcultural diagnosis and treatment
Training in specialized trauma treatment
Severe menthal illness
Mild to moderate mental illness
All
Introduction training for health professionals Specialized clinics in primary care
Health information and group education
School based actions
Basic education of professionals on children and youngsters
Health information (to be further developed)
Health examinations (to be further developed)

11. More info at: www.uppdragpsykiskhalsa.se
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