Health Interventions for Immigrant
and Migrant Populations

Speakers:
Anne Nolan
President and Chief Executive Officer
Hudson River HealthCare

Katherine Brieger
Vice President, Quality Services
Hudson River HealthCare

Immigrants and migrant workers to the United States face a variety of barriers that may make access to health care difficult.  These barriers can be linked to their economic, social, and cultural status. Health interventions for such populations circumvent barriers by being mindful of cultural and economic issues that may preclude families from receiving timely, quality health care. Such health interventions include conducting community outreach programs, providing culturally competent care, and providing education to immigrant and migrant populations. Such efforts connect families to health care and promote healthy living. Ultimately, health interventions for immigrant and migrant groups strive to alleviate health issues that are disproportionately high in such populations relative to the general population.

Learning Objectives

• Identify two cultural barriers that make access to health care difficult.
• Name two interventions that may overcome the marginal economic status of some immigrants/migrant workers.
• Explain the benefits of using a multi-disciplinary team in providing health interventions for immigrant and migrant populations.

School of Public Health, University at Albany, is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the New York State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

This activity has been assigned code 6VKSFE-PRV-06-212 and has been approved for 1.0 contact hour.

School of Public Health, University at Albany is accredited by the MSSNY to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. The School designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s).TM Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity is sponsored by the School of Public Health, University at Albany, SUNY, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for the CHES to receive 1.0 Category 1 CECH in health education.

Continuing Education Credits will be available until January 2012.

There are no conflicts of interest to report for this program.
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