Can migration health assessments become a mechanism for global public health good?

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 9954-9963

  Wickramage, Kolitha ^a   Mosca, Davide ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Health assessment; Migrant health; Migrant rights; Tuberculosis screening

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN RIGHTS; MIGRANT WORKER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SERVICE PROVISION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CITIZENSHIP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRATION; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREEMPLOYMENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QATAR; SAUDI ARABIA; SCREENING TEST; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; HEALTH SERVICE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIGRANT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DATA COLLECTION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84908345743     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph111009954     Document Type: Article

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