Tag Archives: Poverty

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

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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Exploring Linkages between HIV/AIDS and the Environment

By Sandi Halimuddin During 2009, UW professor of forest resources, Bolton researched the linkages between HIV/AIDS and the environment for the International Union for Conservation in Kenya. In contrast to prevalent academic health literature, which primarily focuses on prevention and … Continue reading

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