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Poster 90 - Centering Health Navigators' Experiences in Mental Health Care for People Who Have Relocated From Other Countries

Tuesday, April 28, 2026
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM MDT
Location: Screen 1, Exhibit Hall Poster Pavilion
This session will describe how our clinic has evolved to effectively serve a diverse population of refugee and immigrant communities, benefiting participants' own clinical practice. Introduce our model of care with paramount to sustainability and effectiveness has been the priority, from hiring Health Navigators within the communities to integrating health navigation staff into the clinical team and work alongside clinicians providing mental health services. Health Navigators will share their migration stories, perspectives of healing from within their respective cultures, and challenges and triumphs they have encountered while working within the U.S. mental health system.

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify how the Health Navigator model of care addresses 3-4 barriers to mental health care in refugee and immigrant communities
  • Describe and apply 2-3 principles of care underlying the Health Navigator model to their own clinical work
  • Learning 2-3 different ways of seeking possible funding or revenues to ensure the sustainability while using the Health Navigator model of care