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Barriers and enablers promoting or impeding health and human rights of immigrants and refugees communities 2

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Tuesday, November 18, 2014: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Poster
The increase in the number of refugees and immigrants populations globally, and domestically in the US, calls for examining barriers they experience as they adjust to their new environment, specifically the challenges they experience in maintaining their health. In addition, it is also important to examine what enablers promote health among these populations. As such, the proposed session will address these issues and demonstrate ways in which health professionals can be of assistance to refugees and immigrants in improving their health.
Session Objectives: Identify factors associated with health insurance coverage and health insurance knowledge among immigrants Explain the needs of parenting education program among refugee mothers Identify barriers and enablers of access and utilization of health care among immigrants

Board 1
Patterns of Emergency Department Use By Torture Survivors at the Libertas Center for Human Rights
Ruyan Rahnama, MSc, Anjali Hulbanni, MD, Leah Weinzimer, LMSW, Dinali Fernando, MD, MPH and Braden Hexom, MD
Board 2
Family Immigrant Status and Developmental Delay among Prematurely Born Children in the 2011-2012 National Survey of Children's Health
Phylicia Bediako, BSPH and Rhonda Belue, PhD
Board 3
Factors associated with health insurance coverage and health insurance knowledge among Congolese immigrants and African Americans in Illinois
Daudet Ilunga Tshiswaka, MS, Guy-Lucien Whembolua, Ph.D., Donaldson Conserve, PhD and Muswamba Mwamba, MPH
Board 4
Parenting experience and Positive parenting education program for North Korean Refugee mothers in South Korea
Hyunjeong Park, PhD, MPH, MSN, ANP, RN and Ho-Ran Park, PhD, MSN, RN
Board 5
Physician knowledge and prevalence of Chagas disease in Appalachian Ohio Hispanic Immigrants
Shelley Amstutz-Szalay, MS, PhD
Board 6
Cultural Barriers/Facilitators to Access and Utilization of Health Care among African Immigrants
Abi Fapohunda, DrPH, MPH, MS and Tiffany Gary-Webb, PhD, MHS
Board 7
Migrant Life on the Guatemalan, Mexican Border: The cycle of physical, emotional, and economic hardships due to migration and the subsequent effects on the well-being of families
Rachel Murray, MPH Student and Chloe Meltzer, MPH Student
Board 8
Health seeking behavior of parents of migrant children
Erlyana Erlyana, MD, Ph.D, Veronica Acosta-Deprez, PhD and Tony Sinay, PhD
Board 9
Korean-American Mothers' Perspectives on Child Rearing and Child Weight
So Hyun Park, PhD, RN, Crystal Patil, PhD and Kathleen F. Norr, PhD
Board 10
Health related quality of life and well-being: The case of Somali refugees living in the community
Cristina Redko, PhD

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Organized by: Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus

See more of: Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health
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