University of Arizona Refugee Health Program

Publications

Select Peer Reviewed Publications

McKeith A, Aldulaimi S, Rivers P, Weiss BD. Advanced Care Planning in Refugee Patients. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®. 2025;0(0).
Yeo S, Lee I, Ehiri J, Magrath P, Ernst K, Kim YR, Alaofè H. Developing and validating a HEalthCare NAvigation Competency (HECNAC) Scale for refugees in the United States. PLoS One. 2025 Jan 30;20(1):e0314057. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0314057. PMID: 39883736
Yeo S, Kim-Hines Y, Ehiri J, Magrath P, Johnson-Agbakwu C, Ernst K, Ibrahimi S, Alaofè H. A qualitative study exploring the factors influencing maternal healthcare access and utilization among Muslim refugee women resettled in the United States. PLoS One. 2024 Aug 16;19(8):e0307192. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0307192. PMID: 39150938
Aldulaimi S, Teeple S. “Documenting US Citizenship Examination Exemption for Medically Qualified Refugees”. Am Fam Physician. 2024;110(5):539-541. PMID: 39556641
Yeo S, Stewart H, Mohan R, Poudel-Tandukar K, Aldulaimi S, DiVito B, Alaofè H. "Nobody does checkups back there: a qualitative study of refugees' healthcare needs in the United States from stakeholders' perspectives.” Plos One. June 2, 2024. PMID: 38833462
Lott BE, Yeo S, Bekele E, Birhanu F, Hussein R, Muktar S, Mengiste T, Asfaw E, Madhivanan P, Deressa BT. Breast Cancer Education and Empowerment in Ethiopia: Evaluating Community-Based Cancer Prevention Efforts Using the RE-AIM Framework. J Cancer Educ. 2024 Dec;39(6):698-705. doi: 10.1007/s13187-024-02453-6. Epub 2024 May 28. PMID: 38805159
Yeo, S., Ehiri, J., Magrath, P., Dawson, A., Ernst, K., & Alaofè, H. (2024). Walking Into Their Lives: Applying the Go-Along Method to Explore Refugee Health. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 23. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069241308543 (Original work published 2024)
Yeo S, Park Y, McClelland DJ, Ehiri J, Ernst K, Magrath P, Alaofè H. A scoping review of maternal health among resettled refugee women in the United States. Front Public Health. 2023 May 9;11:1157098. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1157098. PMID: 3725007
Aldulaimi S, Koleski J. “How to Implement a Refugee Clinic within an Existing Practice”. FPM. July 2022. PMID: 35820188
Yeo S, Magrath P, Alaofè H, Okechukwu A. Qualitative research on maternal care access among Arabic-speaking refugee women in the USA: study protocol. BMJ Open. 2022 Mar 15;12(3):e055368. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055368. PMID: 35292496.
Yeo S, Bell M, Kim YR, Alaofè H. Afghan women's empowerment and antenatal care utilization: a population-based cross-sectional study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2022 Dec 27;22(1):970. doi: 10.1186/s12884-022-05328-0. PMID: 36575408
Aldulaimi, S. Mendez A. “Approach to the Adult Patient with Splenomegaly.” American Family Physician. Solicited article. September 2021. PMID: 34523897
Koleski J, Aldulaimi S, Allen A, Rivers P, Denny L. "Border Crosser Deaths in the Arizona-Mexico Desert: Data on Remains 2001-2020." Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. August 2021. PMID: 35153229
Aldulaimi S. Mendez A.  “Chronic Abdominal pain and Hepatosplenomegaly in a Refugee Patient”. Case Report. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease. March 2021. PMID: 33713806
Koleski J, Aldulaimi S, Moran E. “From Dehydration to Fractures to Death: medical issues faced by people crossing the United States – Mexico border.” Journal of Immigrant and Migrant Care. Oct 19, 2018. PMID: 3034147
Jacobs B, Ryan AM, Henrichs KS, Weiss BD. Medical Interpreters in Outpatient Practice. Ann Fam Med. 2018 Jan;16(1):70-76. doi: 10.1370/afm.2154. PMID: 29311179

Other Publications

Armin J, Farkas J, Aldulaimi S, Teeple S, Fallah D. “Elevating Refugee Perspectives About Access to Disability Services in Arizona: A Report for the Arizona Developmental Disabilities Planning Counsel.” Feb 2024.