Family and Community Health
Volume 16, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 32-38

Family nurse practitioner faculty clinical practice with undocumented migrants (Article)

Pickwell S.M. , Warnock F.
  • a UCSF/UCSD Intercampus Graduate Studies, Department of Community and Family Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
  • b UCSF/UCSD Intercampus Graduate Studies, Department of Community and Family Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States

Abstract

Undocumented migrants, largely from Mexico and Latin America, are crossing into the United States in unprecedented numbers. This article describes a family nurse practitioner (FNP) faculty clinic in a residential facility for illegal aliens. It documents, for the first time, the physical problems detected in newly arrived illegal migrants, defines the areas most in need of enhanced health compliance (dental care, family planning, safe sexual behavior, nutrition counseling, and stress reduction techniques), and offers a model for effective, low-cost health screening. The information contributes to our general knowledge of the health-illness status of illegal entrants © 1994 Aspen Publishers, Inc.

Author Keywords

Asylum seekers illegal migrants Migrant health Undocumented

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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-1542562562&doi=10.1097%2f00003727-199401000-00006&partnerID=40&md5=b73edc2c3e5ef9808f1041ebc9f881d0
DOI: 10.1097/00003727-199401000-00006
ISSN: 01606379
Cited by: 3
Original Language: English