Anthropological Approaches to Migration and Health
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2022
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119718963.ch13
Abstract
The impact of migration on health is a growing concern worldwide and is increasingly recognized as a global public health priority. Global patterns of inequality produce migration and also impact the experiences of migrants in "host" countries. For medical anthropologists, the study of im/migrant health illuminates a number of key concerns that are central to our discipline. Immigration status affects health though mechanisms including fear, stress, experiences of prejudice and violence, and family separation. In the United States, immigration status has long been a central focus of debates over health care coverage. Health practitioners may be unable to sufficiently to meet the needs of migrant patients in an effective and appropriate manner, and often within a limited funding environment. One area of migrant health that has traditionally received a great deal of attention – often for the wrong reasons – concerns communicable diseases.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Anthropological Approaches to Migration and Health, in M. Singer, P. I. Erickson & C. E. Abadia-Barrero (Eds.), A Companion to Medical Anthropology 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Scholar Commons Citation
Castaneda, Heide, "Anthropological Approaches to Migration and Health" (2022). Anthropology Faculty Publications. 103.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ant_facpub/103
