Strengthening effective preventive services for refugee populations: toward communities of solution
The health care system has an unequal distribution of the effectiveness of service delivery mechanisms. One problematic sector is refugee health, which includes various barriers for immigrants to service delivery. It is connected with the bureaucracy and does not follow well-developed principles of health care for refugees. The first article is related to the development of the effectiveness of preventive measures in terms of health care for social groups of immigrants. Thus, refugees have unequal access to primary health care and face barriers in terms of preventive and screening services (Griswold et al., 2018). Among the major problems causing barriers to health services are race, low income, and the language barrier. Moreover, the problem is formulated by the fact that the representatives of each country have their own ideas about health care. In this regard, inconsistencies may arise that contribute to the aggravation of barriers, complementing the above reasons.
However, the authors suggest a number of possible interventions to mitigate this issue. Thus, a possible solution would be to use a mechanism to improve the logistics part, namely the use of translators (Griswold et al., 2018). Moreover, closer communication between public health authorities is necessary to develop methodologies for the improvement of health services based on evidence-based strategies. Refugees should have access to universal health insurance systems and evaluation of treatment processes in order to improve them.
Further, it also applies to mental health services for immigrants. The principles based on equal, unhindered and effective access to the treatment of mental illnesses should be applied (Griswold et al., 2018). It will lead to an improvement in mental health among the refugees, which is currently unsatisfactory. All population groups should have equal access to mental health medicines.
Critical reflections, challenges, and solutions for migrant and refugee health: 2nd M8 Alliance Expert Meeting
Recently, the scale and pace of migration have been increasing, and the number of migrants has been growing. It is related to several reasons, which include political, social, and natural. Among the main causes are conflicts, climate change, and political instability. As a result of conflicts, people are forced to look for safe places, and climate change leads to floods and droughts and makes land uninhabitable. It overload the healthcare systems throughout the world and in the United States.
The major issue associated with increased migration is the insufficient resources of health systems to provide equal services. Among the popular problem areas, the most acute are tuberculosis, infectious diseases, and mental health care (Bempong et al., 2019). Moreover, today there is an issue associated with misperceptions of migrants and labeling and stereotyping, due to which people do not receive equal treatment and services (Bempong et al., 2019). The reason for this is the spread of information that migrants behave inappropriately, due to which a negative opinion has taken root. It also results in migrants facing barriers to receiving health services, such as inappropriate attitudes, substandard services, or denial of services due to lack of documentation.
A possible solution to the problem is focusing on close cooperation based on the assistance of various organizations. It is necessary to reinforce evidence-based practices that relate to physical and mental health. In addition, one must establish a framework for cooperation and development both at the international and national levels. One should remember that PTSD (post-traumatic syndrome) is one of the most common diseases among refugees, which leads to the need to develop mechanisms for the effective relief of this disorder.
One Health approaches to improve refugee health
The third article, similarly to the previous ones, is related to the problem of the increase in displaced persons. The authors point out that in connection with new conflicts and the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, an increase in refugees is expected (Sutradhar & Zaman, 2021). Accordingly, the problem of providing medical services for refugees would increase due to xenophobia and lack of resources. It also applies to infectious diseases, which constitute the main danger and the interruption of the treatment of chronic diseases.
Existing preventive measures, such as vaccinations, are aimed only at the current state of the person. However, the authors indicated that broader and more extensive measures need to be taken (Sutradhar & Zaman, 2021). There is a necessity to focus on the provision of preventive services for diseases in livestock as this is the main coping mechanism in some regions. Likewise, one must develop existing systematic approaches to improve the health of refugees.
At the initial level, animal vaccination and wastewater management need to be established to provide safety resources for displaced persons. Larger interventions are formulated by studies on improving epidemic surveillance, bioinformatics, and information related to the dynamics of epidemic diseases (Sutradhar & Zaman, 2021). In addition, all interventions should be built on evidence-based practice in order to provide the most accurate and effective methodologies. Thereby, one would have the opportunity to improve existing situation related to the healthcare of immigrants, by developing each stage of the medical system.
References
Bempong, N. E., Sheath, D., Seybold, J., Flahault, A., Depoux, A., & Saso, L. (2019). Critical reflections, challenges and solutions for migrant and refugee health: 2nd M8 Alliance Expert Meeting. Public Health Reviews, 40(3). Web.
Griswold, K. S., Pottie, K., Kim, I., Kim, W., & Lin L. (2018). Strengthening effective preventive services for refugee populations: Toward communities of solution. Public Health Reviews, 39(3). Web.
Sutradhar, I., & Zaman, M. (2021). One health approaches to improve refugee health. Elsevier.