Immigrant Health, An Issue of Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice

Description

Guest edited by Drs Fern R. Hauck and Carina Brown, this issue of Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice will cover several key areas of interest related to Immigrant Health. This issue is one of four selected each year by our series Consulting Editor, Dr. Joel J. Heidelbaugh. Articles in this issue include but are not limited to: Caring for the Forcibly Displaced, Refugee Medical Screening, Effective Communication with Refugees and Immigrants, Cultural Considerations in Caring for Refugees and Immigrants, Common infectious diseases, Impact of COVID-19 on Resettled Refugees, Common hematologic, nutritional, asthma/allergic conditions and lead screening/management, Preventive care and management of chronic diseases in immigrant adults, Preventive care in children and adolescents, Women’s Health and Gender-Specific Considerations, Mental Health and Illness, Special Issues in Immigrant Medicine, Models of Care, and more.

Author Information

Edited by Fern R. Hauck, Spencer P. Bass, MD Twenty-First Century Professor of Family Medicine Professor of Public Health Sciences Director, International Family Medicine Clinic University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA and Carina Brown, Cone Health Greensboro, NC