Public Health Issues of Immigration

Catalog description

This course will prepare administrators, health educators, school nurses, social workers, teachers and other providers to detect, identify, evaluate and determine possible interventions for this vulnerable population. The first part of this course will introduce issues in international population movement to provide a context for discussion of U.S. immigration policy. The impact of the immigrant's status, i.e. legal, undocumented, or refugee on ability or willingness to interact with educational of medical institutions will be discussed. Differences in causes of morbidity and mortality in different parts of the world and public health issues and concerns will be addressed. The role of culture and beliefs will be a strong theme that underlies all aspects of the course and the work of developmental theorists and theories as they relate to social and cultural constructs of public health will be utilized.