Welcoming new neighbors: Minnesota's rapid response model to address the urgent health needs of Afghan newcomers, 2021-2022

• Main Authors: Mateo Frumholtz (Author), William C. Carlson (Author), Patricia J. Shannon (Author), Sophia Iaquinta (Author), Maggie Eckerstorfer (Author), Brett Hendel-Paterson (Author), Nasreen Quadri (Author), Rashika Shetty (Author), Hadia Mohammadzadah (Author), William Stauffer (Author), Opeyemi Adesida (Author), Cindy Howard (Author), Kailey Urban (Author), Jonathan Kirsch (Author), Mehria Sayad (Author), Blain Mamo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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As a result of the United States withdrawal from Afghanistan in fall 2021, 1,260 Afghan evacuees arrived in Minnesota between October 2021 and February 2022. Several contextual factors including an overtaxed health system under duress from COVID-19 and uncertain benefit eligibility prompted a coordi...