2nd Edition: Patterns, Determinants, and Community-Based Interventions of Migrant and Refugee Health
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (5 July 2023) | Viewed by 3170
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Interests: global health; gender-based violence; women’s empowerment
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Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is the second edition of the Special Issue “Patterns, Determinants, and Community-based Interventions of Migrant and Refugee Health” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph/special_issues/MRH).
Globally, one in seven of the world’s population is a migrant, translating into an estimated 1 billion migrants, including 258 million international migrants and 763 million internal migrants. The rise in global mobility and its positive and negative impacts on individuals, families, communities, and nations have led to increased attention toward the needs and challenges of migrants. Moreover, the scale and significance of migration worldwide make it a critical topic for health research and intervention.
Migrants encompass a broad range of vulnerable populations, including migrant workers, human trafficking victims, refugees, migrant children, internally displaced persons, and many more. Migration is considered an important social determinant of health. To ensure that “no one is left behind”, we need to understand which interventions are effective in protecting and improving the health of migrants and under what conditions. For this Special Issue, we invite articles that offer new insights and evidence to contribute to the global knowledge base regarding migrant health. In 2019, at the World Health Assembly, the WHO approved a five-year Global Action Plan promoting the health of refugees and migrants. The Action Plan recommends six priorities and options for action by the WHO and others, including promoting the health of refugees and migrants through short-term and long-term public health interventions.
Researchers, practitioners, and educators are invited to submit manuscripts related to any area of migrant health, focusing on community-based interventions and/or policy. We will consider original quantitative and qualitative research articles, as well as review articles and articles about pilot studies (reviews should have a length of at least 4000 words, excluding references and tables). We also invite critical reflections and commentaries regarding the methodological and ethical challenges of conducting research and implementing interventions among this population.
Manuscripts on the following topics are especially welcome (although all relevant papers will be considered): improving healthcare services, trauma and mental health, immigration and labor laws, the protection of migrant workers, occupational health, poverty and inequities, reduction of public resentment/discrimination, gender-based violence, sex work, migrants as brides, resettlement, and the reintegration of migrants who return home.
We hope you will contribute your work to this Special Issue.
Dr. Mellissa Withers
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- migrant
- immigration
- refugee
- health
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