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The Migrant Crisis and Access to Health Care - PMC

(3 days ago) WebThe Migrant Crisis and Access to Health Care. “It is a great satisfaction to do something for ourselves, but it is a privilege, an honor and a much greater satisfaction to do something meaningful for someone else in need”. Most people in the world have had to leave the place where they were born or grew up. Some people move as far as the

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9621574/

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Advancing the Health of Migrant and Seasonal …

(3 days ago) WebFarmworkers continue to face serious health inequities, including diabetes, infectious diseases, pesticide poisoning, and …

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/15248399211033308

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Tackling the health challenges of international migrant workers

(3 days ago) WebUndocumented migrant workers often have informal work arrangements and are therefore not covered by any health or social insurance because this depends on legal status. Additionally, migrant workers might be unaware of laws and their rights regarding health care, which might lead to poor access to health care.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(19)30224-4/fulltext

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WHO report shows poorer health outcomes for many vulnerable …

(2 days ago) WebAround the world, millions of refugees and migrants in vulnerable situations, such as low-skilled migrant workers, face poorer health outcomes than their host communities, especially where living and working conditions are sub-standard, according to the first WHO World report on the health of refugees and migrants. This has dire …

https://www.who.int/news/item/20-07-2022-who-report-shows-poorer-health-outcomes-for-many-vulnerable-refugees-and-migrants

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Immigrant and Refugee Health - CDC

(8 days ago) WebImmigrant and Refugee Health. More than 1 billion people globally are immigrants, refugees, and migrants, which is 1 in 7 of the global population 1. Immigrants, refugees, and migrants are individuals who moved from one place to another. However, their reason for leaving (voluntarily or involuntarily) and the length of time they plan to stay in

https://www.cdc.gov/immigrantrefugeehealth/about-irmh.html

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Refugee and migrant health - World Health Organization (WHO)

(5 days ago) WebRefugee and migrant children, especially unaccompanied minors, are more likely to experience traumatic events and stressful situations, such as exploitation and abuse, and may struggle to access health care. The ability to access health services in humanitarian settings is usually compromised and complicated by shortages of …

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/refugee-and-migrant-health

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Supporting healthcare access for refugees and migrants

(3 days ago) WebThe WHO toolkit is organised in six modules: 1—short- and long-term public health interventions to promote refugee and migrant health; 2—mainstreaming refugee and migrant health in the global, …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(23)00071-3/fulltext

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Refugee and migrant health - Global - World Health …

(Just Now) WebRefugee and migrant health is a global health issue that affects millions of people who face various challenges and risks. The World Health Organization (WHO) provides information, guidance, standards …

https://www.who.int/health-topics/refugee-and-migrant-health

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Immigrant and Refugee Health - CDC

(3 days ago) WebMigration and Border Health. Guidance and resources to help other countries prevent and control infections in globally mobile populations. Introduction to CDC's Immigrant, Refugee, and Migrant Health page. As a world leader in health promotion and disease prevention, CDC works with immigrant, refugee, and migrant groups to improve their health.

https://www.cdc.gov/immigrantrefugeehealth/index.html

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Why Immigrants Lack Adequate Access to Health Care …

(9 days ago) WebAccess to Health Care. Because immigrants are so often uninsured, out-of-pocket health care costs are higher than those paid by the insured, making immigrants less able to pay for the care they need. …

https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/why-immigrants-lack-adequate-access-health-care-and-health-insurance/

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Immigrant Health-Care Workers in the United States

(3 days ago) WebNearly 2.8 million immigrants were employed as health-care workers in 2021, accounting for more than 18 percent of the 15.2 million people in the United States in a health-care occupation. This was slightly higher than immigrants’ share of the overall U.S. civilian workforce (17 percent) and the foreign born were especially over-represented

https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/immigrant-health-care-workers-united-states

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Migrant workers still at great risk despite key role in global …

(4 days ago) WebThe COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the key role that migrant workers play in the global economy, as well as the “terrible risks” that they are forced to take, to find work. According to the new International Organization for Migration ( IOM) Global Migration Indicators (GMI) 2021 report, launched on Thursday, over the past decade

https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/12/1108082

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Undocumented Immigrants in the United States: U.S. Health Policy …

(7 days ago) WebThe main difference between them is that migrant health centers are only allowed to serve migrant and seasonal farm workers and their families.{{*}} Federal support for FQHCs increased significantly under the George W. Bush administration and they have received continued support from the Obama administration.{{18}} Between 1996 and 2010, direct

https://undocumented.thehastingscenter.org/issuebrief/health-policy-and-access-to-care/

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Immigrant Health-Care Workers in the United States

(8 days ago) WebAmong the 14.7 million workers employed in health-care occupations in 2018, 2.6 million (18 percent) were foreign born. The immigrant share of health-care workers was a fraction higher than that of all employed civilian workers ages 16 and over (see Table 1). Relative to their share of the total workforce, immigrants make up disproportionate

https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/immigrant-health-care-workers-united-states-2018

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Health Coverage and Care of Undocumented Immigrants KFF

(6 days ago) WebImmigrants spend less on health care, compared to their U.S. born counterparts. 10 They also make larger out-of-pocket health care payments compared to nonimmigrants. 11 Immigrants have lower

https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/issue-brief/health-coverage-and-care-of-undocumented-immigrants/

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One-stop resource toolkit launched on refugee and migrant health

(5 days ago) WebA one-stop source of information, guidance and tools. The toolkit contains modules for each of the six priorities of the GAP 2019-2023, along with 18 tools: Module 1: short- and long-term public health interventions to promote refugee and migrant health. This module's tools highlight common communicable and noncommunicable diseases, …

https://www.who.int/news/item/25-01-2023-one-stop-resource-toolkit-launched-on-refugee-and-migrant-health

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Migrant Workers and Their Occupational Health and Safety

(7 days ago) WebCross-border health care utilization among the Hispanic population in the United States: implications for closing the health care access gap. Ethn. Health 18: 3 297– 314 [Google Scholar] De Jesus-Rivas M, Conlon HA, Burns C. 22. 2016. The impact of language and culture diversity in occupational safety. Workplace Health Saf 64: 1 24– 27

https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-040617-013714

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Migrant workers: their right to health care OHCHR

(Just Now) WebGovernments, he says, must ensure as with all of the other high risk occupations that these migrant workers have access to the appropriate information and resources, which guarantee their right to health, both physical and psychological. Compulsory testing of migrants for certain conditions should be scrapped, Grover says …

https://www.ohchr.org/en/stories/2013/07/migrant-workers-their-right-health-care

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Health care access and health care workforce for immigrant …

(7 days ago) WebHealth Care Access and Health Care Workforce for Immigrant Workers in the Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Sector in the Southeastern US Arthur L. Frank, MD, PhD, 1 Amy K. Liebman, MPH, MA,2 Bobbi Ryder, BA,3 Maria Weir, MAA, MPH, 4,5 and Thomas A. Arcury, PhD4,5 Background The Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishery (AgFF) Sector …

https://www.migrantclinician.org/files/4%20Frank%20et%20al%20Health%20care%20access.pdf

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Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Health - Rural Health Info

(3 days ago) WebAccording to the National Center for Farmworker Health's Facts about Agricultural Workers, approximately 15% are migrant workers and 85% are seasonal farmworkers. Both of these population groups are predominantly Hispanic/Latino, and a large majority of Hispanic/Latino farmworkers were born in Mexico. MSAW populations …

https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/topics/migrant-health

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