APTR Releases Policy Statement on Migrant Health

APTR is pleased to announce its Migrant Health Policy Statement. Thanks to the members of the Migrant Health Subcommittee and co-chairs: Rachel E. Fabi, PhD, Assistant Professor, Center for Bioethics and Humanities, SUNY Upstate Medical University and Shanta Rishi Dube, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, Department of Population Health Sciences,School of Public Health, Georgia State University.

The subcommittee also developed a supporting resource library that will be released in January 2021.

The Role of the Academia in Addressing the Health Needs of
Migrant Populations

"APTR calls upon post-secondary educational institutions in the United States—particularly health professions schools and their academic units that teach prevention and public health—to proactively increase knowledge about the health needs of refugees, asylum seekers, and other migrant populations (hereafter referred to as “migrants”)*; and to teach about the scientific and evidence-based perspectives on migrant health."

*Migrant populations include immigrants, refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons, and other groups that leave their homes.

Access to the complete Migrant Health Policy Statement >>