Tuberculosis and migration

García, Deliana; Wares, Fraser; Zuroweste, Edward; Guerin, Phillipe

doi:10.1016/b978-1-4160-3988-4.00100-1

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“…They are migrant workers with a shifting composition, whose actual numbers are not reliably known. 1 There is a common understanding that most migrants participate in multiple industries, particularly in low wage, unskilled jobs. They usually work in the sectors known as the "3D" jobs: dirty, dangerous, and demanding.…”

Section: Connecting Practice To Need and Patients To Carementioning

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The Migrant Clinicians Network: Connecting Practice to Need and Patients to Care

García

Hopewell

Liebman

et al. 2012

Journal of Agromedicine

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Migrant Clinicians Network advocates for migrants and clinicians, develops appropriate resources, engages outside partners, conducts translational research, and runs programs that support clinical care on the front line of migrant health. Migrant Clinicians Network's goal is to improve health care for migrants by providing support, technical assistance, and professional development to clinicians in Federally Qualified Health Centers and other healthcare delivery sites with the ultimate purpose of providing quality health care that increases access and reduces disparities for migrant farmworkers and other mobile underserved populations. In this article the authors examine the migrant population in the United States, a brief history of clinicians working in migrant health, and the scope of current Migrant Clinicians Network activities, including occupational and environmental health.

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Section: Connecting Practice To Need and Patients To Carementioning

confidence: 99%

The Migrant Clinicians Network: Connecting Practice to Need and Patients to Care

García

Hopewell

Liebman

et al. 2012

Journal of Agromedicine

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Health care access and health care workforce for immigrant workers in the agriculture, forestry, and fisheries sector in the southeastern US

Frank

Liebman

Ryder

et al. 2013

American J Industrial Med

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Immigrant workers bear a disproportionate burden of poverty and ill health and additionally face significant occupational hazards. AgFF laborers largely are uninsured, ineligible for benefits, and unable to afford health services. The new Affordable Care Act will likely not benefit such individuals. Community and Migrant Health Centers (C/MHCs) are the frontline of health care access for immigrant AgFF workers. C/MHCs offer discounted health services that are tailored to meet the special needs of their underserved clientele. C/MHCs struggle, however, with a shortage of primary care providers and staff prepared to treat occupational illness and injury among AgFF workers. A number of programs across the US aim to increase the number of primary care physicians and care givers trained in occupational health at C/MHCs. While such programs are beneficial, substantial action is needed at the national level to strengthen and expand the C/MHC system and to establish widely Medical Home models and Accountable Care Organizations. System-wide policy changes alone have the potential to reduce and eliminate the rampant health disparities experienced by the immigrant workers who sustain the vital Agricultural, Forestry, and Fishery sector in the US.

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Use of Transnational Services to Prevent Treatment Interruption in Tuberculosis-Infected Persons Who Leave the United States

Tschampl¹,

Garnick²,

Zuroweste³

et al. 2016

Emerg. Infect. Dis.

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Tuberculosis and migration

Cited by 3 publications

References 25 publications

The Migrant Clinicians Network: Connecting Practice to Need and Patients to Care

The Migrant Clinicians Network: Connecting Practice to Need and Patients to Care

Health care access and health care workforce for immigrant workers in the agriculture, forestry, and fisheries sector in the southeastern US

Use of Transnational Services to Prevent Treatment Interruption in Tuberculosis-Infected Persons Who Leave the United States

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