US Policies Increase Vulnerability of Immigrant Communities to the COVID-19 Pandemic

The adverse policy environment in the United States (US) has made immigrant communities particularly vulnerable to uncontrolled community spread of COVID-19. Past and recent federal and state policy actions may exacerbate undetected community spread in immigrant communities and commensurate economic...

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Autores principales: Wilson, Fernando A., Stimpson, Jim P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Ubiquity Press 2020
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Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7292131/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32566486
http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/aogh.2897
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description The adverse policy environment in the United States (US) has made immigrant communities particularly vulnerable to uncontrolled community spread of COVID-19. Past and recent federal and state policy actions may exacerbate undetected community spread in immigrant communities and commensurate economic impact. Given the importance of immigrants to the US economy and society, and the human toll this pandemic is having on migrants worldwide, federal and state policies should pivot to find ways to improve access to healthcare for immigrants.
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spelling pubmed-72921312020-06-18 US Policies Increase Vulnerability of Immigrant Communities to the COVID-19 Pandemic Wilson, Fernando A. Stimpson, Jim P. Ann Glob Health Letter to the Editor The adverse policy environment in the United States (US) has made immigrant communities particularly vulnerable to uncontrolled community spread of COVID-19. Past and recent federal and state policy actions may exacerbate undetected community spread in immigrant communities and commensurate economic impact. Given the importance of immigrants to the US economy and society, and the human toll this pandemic is having on migrants worldwide, federal and state policies should pivot to find ways to improve access to healthcare for immigrants. Ubiquity Press 2020-06-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7292131/ /pubmed/32566486 http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/aogh.2897 Text en Copyright: © 2020 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7292131/
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