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Access to mental health care: Immigrant women's dilemma


Monday, November 2, 2015

Kamrun Mustafa, Ph. D CHES, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
Access to mental health care has been underreported for a variety of reasons including, but not limited to, social stigma, lack of knowledge and awareness, handling of the issue by the health care professionals. For immigrant women, the issue gets more complicated. The culture of the immigrant women's homeland, which is seldom taken into consideration by American healthcare providers and caregivers, further complicate the scenario. This case study conducted among Bangladeshi immigrant women revealed some of these underlying issues.

Learning Areas:

Advocacy for health and health education
Diversity and culture
Program planning
Provision of health care to the public
Public health or related public policy
Public health or related research

Learning Objectives:
Identify the underlying issues that negatively impact immigrant women's access to mental health care Design programs that would enhance immigrant women's access to mental health care

Keyword(s): Access Immigration, Mental Health

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have got my Ph. D in health education in 2010. I have been working as an assistant professor in the field of public health for the last three years. I am also a certified health education specialist (CHES)
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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