Immigration
2018
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