Impact of Forced Migration on Physical and Mental Health
Description
Join the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health for this facilitated conversation that will focus on the mental and physical health risk to migrants worldwide, from pre-migration to post-migration.
At the end of 2020, the U.N. Refugee Agency estimated that there were 82.4 million people displaced worldwide as a result of persecution, political instability, impacts of climate change, or economic insecurity. Migration can influence a population's mental and physical health and the manner in which an individual moves can impact the severity of stressors, including potential refugee or asylum status or other forms of humanitarian parole, potential human rights violations during or as a result of migration, and access to as-need or continuous care during movement.
Panelists will discuss the data surrounding the immigrant health paradox, acculturation, and the medical and legal advocacy work that is being done in the U.S. to address the health of this vulnerable population.
Who can attend?
- General public
- Faculty
- Staff
- Students
