Providing care for immigrant, migrant, and border children.

Providing Care for Immigrant, Migrant, and Border Children abstract

This policy statement, which recognizes the large changes in immigrant status since publication of the 2005 statement “Providing Care for Immigrant, Homeless, and Migrant Children,” focuses on strategies to support the health of immigrant children, infants, adolescents, and young adults. Homeless children will be addressed in a forthcoming separate statement (“Providing Care for Children and Ad...

Providing care for immigrant, homeless, and migrant children.

This policy statement, which replaces the retired statements "Health Care for Children of Immigrant Families" (1997) and "Health Needs of Homeless Children and Families" (1996), is a broader discussion and addresses not only immigrant but also homeless and migrant child populations. It provides pediatricians with the necessary framework for addressing underserved children: those who face substa...

Informal International Border Crossing, Refugee and Illegal Migrant Workers: Issue in Travel Medicine

1485Measles among immigrant children in Kirikkale, Turkey

Background. Measles is still a leading cause of death among young children. For 2013, there were 31 520 measles cases reported in the European Region. Turkey is one of the nine countries where most of the cases were reported (7404 cases). According to the Ministry of Health (MH), all of these cases were outsourcing (mostly from Europe and Syria). Among all, 55, 1% of the cases were under 14 yea...

For the sake of our children: Hispanic immigrant and migrant families' use of folk healing and biomedicine.

This article documents beliefs among Hispanic immigrant and migrant families in central Washington State about the etiology, symptomology, and appropriate treatments for illnesses experienced by their young children. Similar information was gathered from health care staff at several area biomedical facilities. We integrate data from the childhood health project and the authors' previous researc...