CCIC Provider Education: Immunization and Related Health Issues in Refugee and Immigrant Children
This provider education presentation addressed pediatric immigrant and refugee health, including key health concerns, screening and immunization protocol upon entry into the US, and resources and recommendations to overcome immunization barriers faced by these populations to ensure a healthy transition from abroad.
Topics:
- The demographics of immigrant, refugee and internationally-adopted children in Colorado and the US
- Defining a child's status as refugee, asylee, special immigrant visa holder, victim of trafficking, etc.
- Arrival and screening process and where immunizations fit in
- Key health concerns and methods in identifying medical issues in immigrant and refugee children
- Resources and recommendations for addressing immigrant and refugee barriers to receiving immunizations
About the presenter:
Janine Young, MD, is a board-certified general pediatrician at Denver Health and Hospitals and an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She was an undergraduate at Columbia University, received her medical training at Harvard Medical School, and pediatric residency training at the Boston Combined Program and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland.
Her career focus has been in providing care for new immigrants and refugees and she has presented talks nationally regarding the development of standard care medical screening guidelines for these populations, including for unaccompanied minors from Central America and Mexico. She is the lead author of the newly-released American Academy of Pediatrics Immigrant and Refugee ToolKit screening guidelines and has consulted for the Office of Refugee Resettlement.
Dr. Young is currently the Medical Director of the Denver Health Refugee Clinic.
