3104.0 Policy Options and Systems Strategies for Decreasing Health Access Disparities for Immigrants to US

Monday, November 8, 2010: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral
This session will describe immigration policies and their impact on health care services. Presentations will address mental health issues of detention and deportation; language barriers; and the role of safetynet providers and medical homes.
Session Objectives: 1. Describe key elements of immigration health care policies and their impact on providing sensitive service to immigrants 2. Identify strategies to address impact of detention and deportation and mental health distress 3. Discuss the variation in current state policies to address language barriers to health care services
Moderator:
Heike Thiel de Bocanegra, PhD, MPH

10:30am
Welcoming refugees home: How a patient-centered medical home can improve care for refugees
Hend Azzerayer, MPH, Rickie O. Brawer, PhD MPH, Marc Altshuler, MD, Kevin Scott, MD, James Plumb, MD, MPH and Julianne Ramic
10:45am
Immigrant-sensitive health and social services in the aftermath of intensified detention and deportation: Practice and policy recommendations promoting immigrant integration across settings
Ester R. Shapiro, PhD, Hercilia Corona-Ordoņez, MA, Celeste Atallah-Gutierrez, MS, Darcy Alcantara, BA and Esroruleh Tamim Mohammad, BA
  
11:00am
A tale of two cities: The challenges of addressing the mental health needs of detained immigrants in rural and urban America
Molly M. Scott, MPP
  
11:15am
Improving Medical Care for Detained Immigrants
Nicole Therrien, MBA-HCM and Angela Mattie, MPH, JD
  
11:30am
Assessing the effectiveness of state language policies in improving immigrant access to health services
Dennis T. Kao, MSW
  
11:45am
Undocumented Latinos in the San Joaquin Valley: Health Care Access and the Impact on Safety Net Providers
Diana Traje, MPH, Tania Pacheco and John A. Capitman, PhD
     

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

Organized by: Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health
Endorsed by: Latino Caucus, Socialist Caucus, Social Work

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

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