Tag Archives: Immigrant health

New terrain adds different stressors to the lives of refugees in the United States

Posted on April 28, 2012 by newstudent

By: Alisa Reznick When immigrants gain legal refugee status in the United States, one might consider the next few steps to be significantly easier than whatever situation the refugees have escaped. However, as the Marginalized Populations panel made clear, gaining refugee status … Continue reading →

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For Somali women, health program eases the pain of war, exile

Posted on April 18, 2011 by h.i.staff

By Andrew Doughman The Harborview Medical Center nurse faced a conundrum. Several doctors had told Bria Chakofsky-Lewy that a group of Somali women patients had aches and pains they could not treat successfully. Chakofsky-Lewy, who supervises a program for immigrants … Continue reading →

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