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Session: Identifying Health Risks Impacting Refugees, Immigrants and Victims of Human Trafficking
3198.0: Monday, November 06, 2006: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
Identifying Health Risks Impacting Refugees, Immigrants and Victims of Human Trafficking
The papers in this session cover a wide range of topics, including the relationship between domestic violence and sex selection through abortion; the relationship between exposure to political violence and subsequent intimate partner violence; the response through community task forces to domestic and sexual violence on the U.S./Mexico border; the relationship between trafficking minors into India and HIV transmission and the health risks facing North Korean refugees and trafficking victims entering China.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) will be able to: 1. analyze the exposure of refugees, immigrants and victims of human trafficking to political and domestic violence; 2. describe the mental and physical health impacts of such violence; 3. identify challenges to effective program interventions.
Moderator(s):Scott Parsons, JD
12:30 PMSex selection technology, son preference, and reproductive coercion among south asian immigrants in the united states: Implications for the health of immigrant women and girls
Sunita Puri, MA
12:45 PMPre-migration exposure to political violence and IPV perpetration among immigrant men in Boston: Preliminary findings from a community-based study  [ Recorded presentation ]
Jhumka Gupta, MPH, Jay G. Silverman, PhD
1:00 PMEnsuring the rights of immigrant survivors of domestic/sexual violence at the US-Mexico border through advocacy and targeted training of front line responders and key service providers  [ Recorded presentation ]
Tessa Mayorga, MPH, BSN, Deborah Jean McClelland, MLS, Maia Ingram, MPH, Laura Horsley, Montserrat Caballero, Maureen Domogala
1:15 PMMigration and trafficking of North Korean women in China: Results from a survey of 101 women  [ Recorded presentation ]
W. Courtland Robinson, PhD, Heena Brahmbhatt, PhD, Jane Park
1:30 PMTrafficked minor immigrants and refugees and HIV rate increases in India  [ Recorded presentation ]
Scott Parsons, JD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health
Endorsed by:Asian Pacific Islander Caucus of APHA; Latino Caucus; Maternal and Child Health; Medical Care; Occupational Health and Safety; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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