International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care: Volume 6 Issue 1

Editorial: Migration, Health and Social Networks

Charles Watters

Migrant Social Networks and Health Care: Exploring the Relationship between Women's Social Networks and Migrant Health Care Access in the United States

Hollie Hendrikson

The challenges facing today's Mexican migrant population, almost a third of the US migrant population, are formidable. Such high representation offers not only challenges, but…

Refugees from Myanmar and their Health Care Needs in the US: A Qualitative Study at a Refugee Resettlement Agency

Hlaing Swe, Michael Ross

In response to the recent rapid influx of refugees from Myanmar, Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston (IM), a refugee resettlement agency, started to support them in June…

The Intercultural Challenges of General Practitioners in Norway with Migrant Patients

Ursula Goth, John Berg, Haci Akman

Migrants to Norway disproportionately use emergency medical services while under‐using primary care, obviating the medical and cost advantages of the Regular General Practitioner…

Applying Socio‐Cultural Lenses to Childhood Obesity Prevention among African Migrants to High‐Income Western Countries: The Role of Acculturation, Parenting and Family Functioning

Andre Renzaho, David Mellor

Migration from third‐world and low‐income countries to high‐income Western countries presents significant challenges for individuals and families, and for health service providers…