Ra Ximhai (Jan 2014)

HEALTH AND ILLNESS IN INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS MEXICO-UNITED STATES

  • Alejandra Ceja Fernández,
  • Jennifer Lira Mandujano,
  • Eduardo Fernández Guzmán

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 291 – 306

Abstract

Read online

The purpose of the present work is to identify the health problems that occurs in the migrant population Mexico-United States, those who migrate on a seasonal basis or permanently and the involved staying in the community of origin, in each of the stages of the process, during the transfer and on arrival, the risks through which they passa, the causes and the main diseases. With the intention of providing an overview about the needs experienced by migrants and to design strategies to reduce the problems of health, the development of intervention programs that promote health.

Keywords