5189.0 Immigrants and refugee: health and social justice

Wednesday, November 10, 2010: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Oral
Session Objectives: 1) Describe some of the unique needs of immigrants and refugee regarding social justice and human rights 2) Define the role of public health social work in promoting social justice for immigrants and refugee 3) Assess areas of social work intervention
Moderator:
Edward Saunders, MSW, MPH, PhD

12:30pm
Advancing Social Justice for Immigrants and Refugees – Completing a Cultural Health Assessment
Elaine Congress, MSW, DSW, LCSW
     
12:45pm
Examining the etiology of crack use among Latino immigrant day laborers in New Orleans
Nalini Negi, PhD, MSW, Avelardo Valdez, PhD, Alice Cepeda, PhD and Charles Kaplan, PhD
     
1:00pm
African women's experience of refugee services: A social Justice issue
Hadidja Nyiransekuye, PhD in Social Work
     

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Social Work
Endorsed by: Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health, HIV/AIDS, Socialist Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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