A5007387515- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
University of California, Los Angeles
2020-2022
Increases in the enforcement of immigration policies, deportations, and rhetoric critical during after 2016 US presidential election have been associated with a decrease health-seeking behaviors an increase adverse health outcomes among immigrants. Efforts to address care needs immigrants centered on individual-level patient-practitioner strategies or federal- state-level policy changes. However, these approaches not captured role systems range facilities encompassed within them.To...
Background: Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) are implementing innovative interventions to address heightened anxieties of immigrant patients amid changing immigration policies. Purpose: To describe the integration "Know Your Rights" legal rights education in clinic waiting rooms an FQHC Los Angeles, California. Methods: This is a qualitative study using key informant interviews, direct field observations, and document review. Results: Collaboration with community workers local...