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2017
Immigrants, the Emergency Physician and the Election Day
2016
2013
Fear of discovery among Latino immigrants presenting to the emergency department
RESOURCES FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
Doctors for Immigrants: to help develop healthcare facilities policies regarding fear among immigrants due to immigration enforcement and promote positive health-seeking behaviors among these individuals: https://doctorsforimmigrants.com/ourwork/#ourtoolkit
Sanctuary Doctoring: An approach: https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/good-sanctuary-doctoring-undocumented-patients/2019-01?Effort%2BCode=FBB007
Demonstration Video: https://hsd.luc.edu/bioethics/content/sanctuary-doctor/
National Immigration Law Center: HCPs and Immigration Enforcement: https://www.nilc.org/issues/immigration-enforcement/healthcare-provider-and-patients-rights-imm-enf/
Immigration Enforcement: https://www.nilc.org/issues/immigration-enforcement/
National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership: Use of legal services to improve individual and population health: https://medical-legalpartnership.org/resources/
American Academy of Pediatrics: Immigrant child health resources/tool-kit: https://www.aap.org/en/patient-care/immigrant-child-health/
Physician for Human Rights (PHR) Asylum Network Resources: resources and guides for advocacy and evaluators: https://phr.org/issues/asylum-and-persecution/asylum-network-resources-linked/
The Hastings Center: undocumented immigrants and healthcare access in the U.S.: public database and projects resources: https://undocumented.thehastingscenter.org
Supporting Health Equity and Affordable Health Coverage for Immigrant Populations: https://www.rwjf.org/en/library/research/2021/10/supporting-health-equity-and-affordable-health-coverage-for-immigrant-populations.html
SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT:
TEDMED: Denisse Rojas Marquez - No longer afraid: and undocumented immigrant’s experience in American healthcare: https://www.tedmed.com/talks/show?id=730486
Additional Resources:
ICE in the ER: How US policies are causing an immigrant health crisis (2018)
Provider and administrator-level perspectives on strategies to reduce fear and improve patient trust in the emergency department in times of heightened immigration enforcement (2021)
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0256073
PHR: Asylum Network Resources: Guides and Protocols for Clinicians
https://phr.org/issues/asylum-and-persecution/asylum-network-resources-linked/
Chilling Effects: US immigration Enforcement and Healthcare Seeking Among Hispanic Adults (2021)
https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.02356
Borders, Immigrants and Health (2021)
https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.00689
Health Policy Challenges Posed By Shifting Demographics and Health Trends Among Immigrants to the US (2021)
https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.00037
Content Analysis of US Sanctuary Immigration Policies: Implications for Research in Social Determinants of Health (2021)
https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.00097
TEDMED 2018: No Longer Afraid: an Undocumented Immigrant’s experience in American Health Care
https://www.tedmed.com/talks/show?id=730486
Understanding US immigration Detention: Reaffirming Rights and Addressing Social-Structural Determinants of Health (2020)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7348446/pdf/hhr-22-01-187.pdf
The Hastings Center: Undocumented Immigrants and Healthcare Access in the United States
https://undocumented.thehastingscenter.org
Social Determinants of Health and Health Disparities Among Immigrants and their children (2019)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30595524/
Immigration Status as a health care barrier in the USA during COVID-19 (2021)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666623521000039?via%3Dihub
Noncitizen children face higher health harms compared with their siblings who have US citizen status (2021)
https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/abs/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.00065
California’s Health4All Kids Expansion and health insurance coverage among low-income noncitizen children (2021)
https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.00096
Restoring an inclusionary safety net for children in immigrant families: a review of three social policies (2021)
https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.00206
Life expectancy at the US-Mexico border: Evidence of Disparities by place, race, and ethnicity (2021)
https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.00139
COVID-19 Vulnerability by Immigration Status (2021)
Supporting Health Equity and Affordable Health Coverage for Immigrant Populations (2021)
Good Sanctuary Doctoring for Undocumented Patients (2019)
Immigrant Sanctuary or Danger
https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/migration-and-society/4/1/arms040107.xml
Doctors for immigrants
https://doctorsforimmigrants.com/ourwork/#ourtoolkit
Resources for Teaching and Learning About Immigrant Health Care in Health Professions Education
SDoH
https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/social-determinants-health
Public charge rule
https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/public-charge