The USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health co-sponsored an event concerning immigrant health in ICE detention on October 24, 2019. This very informative and important conversation was moderated by Niels Frenzen and fe...
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“Health Undocumented” Film Screening and Discussion
The USC IIGH Student Advisory Council hosted a film screening and discussion around immigration and health. Attendees were able to learn from leaders on immigration issues and meet with organizations within Los Angeles and at...
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Legal and Health Dimensions of Trump’s Immigration Policies: What is Happening and What We Can Do About It
This first session of the Spring 2018 semester of the USC Law & Global Health Collaboration—Jan. 23— focused on the impacts of the Trump Administration’s immigration policies in Los Angeles and across the globe, and...
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02/07/18 – California Bold Conference: Leading Policies and Movements for Immigrant Integration
USC Dornsife's Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration is hosting the California Bold Conference: Leading Policies and Movements for Immigrant Integration Feb. 7, 2018, at the USC Radisson. (more…)...
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Implication of the Trump Administration’s Policies on Law and Global Health: Evidence and Preliminary Reflections
Parveen Parmar, MD, MPH, Chief of the Division of International Emergency Medicine and also Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at Keck Medical Center of USC, presented on the Trump administration’s impacts o...
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08/30/17 – Immigrant Visions & Voices: A Photovoice Exploration of Health in Chile
In the last three decades, Chile has witnessed a considerable influx of immigrants, the majority from other Latin American countries. These individuals may experience a particular vulnerability and unique set of social determ...
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04/25/17 – Health Issues in Asylum Seekers
In this USC Immigrant Health Initiative seminar, Cynthia Willard, medical director for the Program for Torture Victims in Los Angeles, discussed health issues asylum seekers face. (more…)...
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04/03/17 – Smoking Selectivity among Mexican Immigrants using Binational Data
April 3, 2017
Mexican immigrants have lower smoking rates than U.S.-born Mexicans, and some scholars attribute this to health selection, the concept that individuals who migrate are healthier and have better health behavio...
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11/22/16 – Striving for Health Justice: The Reality of Syrian Refugees & Displaced Populations
November 22, 2016
With almost 4 million Syrian refugees and 60 million displaced people worldwide, the migrant crisis is "the biggest humanitarian emergency of our era," according to António Guterres, the former United Nat...
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11/08/16 – Promoting Cancer Health Equity for Chinese Immigrant Women: How Culture & Access to Care Intersect
Learn what breast cancer survivorship data says about culture, acculturation and disparities in cancer care among Chinese immigrant and white survivors in this Immigrant Health Initiative Seminar by Judy Huei-yu Wang, associ...
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