North Carolina medical journal
Volume 80, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 94-100

Community Engagement and Equitable Policy: Promoting Resilience and Stability for Children in Immigrant Families in North Carolina (Article) (Open Access)

Mohammed M. , Simha S. , Clarke-Pearson K. , Pereda L. , Hurtado R. , Esmaili E. , Tayloe D.T., Jr , Linton J.M.
  • a Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
  • b pediatrician, Tim and Carolynn Rice Center for Child & Adolescent Health, Cone Health Medical Group, Greensboro, North Carolina; adjunct faculty, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
  • c board of directors, NC Child, Raleigh, North Carolina; pediatric representative, AAP Committee on Federal Government Affairs, Washington, DC
  • d pediatrician and owner, Kidz Pediatrics, Angier, North Carolina; board of directors, North Carolina Pediatric Society, Raleigh, North Carolina
  • e cofounder, LatinxEd, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; executive director, Scholars' Latino Initiative, Center for Global Initiatives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
  • f Global Health Pathway fellow, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; pediatrician, Lincoln Community Health Center, Durham, North Carolina
  • g retired pediatrician, Goldsboro Pediatrics, P.A., Goldsboro, North Carolina; former president, American Academy of Pediatrics, Itasca, Illinois
  • h associate professor of pediatrics, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina; pediatrician, Prisma Health Children's Hospital-Upstate, Columbia, South Carolina; adjunct assistant professor of pediatrics, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Abstract

Immigrant families in North Carolina, despite multidimensional challenges in the context of national, state, and local policies, enrich our communities. Over the last 18 months, a small group of North Carolina Pediatric Society (NCPS) physicians with concerns about the health and emotional well-being of children in immigrant families have come together to address the challenges facing this vulnerable population. Our goal, as the newly formed NCPS Committee on Immigration, is to advance policy to support immigrant families in obtaining equitable health, educational, and economic opportunities in our state. We are in the process of building a task force to bring together those who work closely with the North Carolina immigrant population to promote resilience and stability through legislative and policy advocacy. ©2019 by the North Carolina Institute of Medicine and The Duke Endowment. All rights reserved.

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Index Keywords

North Carolina medical society Emigrants and Immigrants Societies, Medical statistics and numerical data Health Policy health promotion community participation health care policy Resilience, Psychological health equity organization and management psychological resilience human Humans migrant psychology Child
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DOI: 10.18043/ncm.80.2.94
ISSN: 00292559
Original Language: English