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COVID Chronicles | Refugee & Immigrant Health Care During a Pandemic
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Refugees, immigrants, and migrants face many challenges while integrating into a new society, often including having to learn a new language. In this episode, host Summayah El Azzioui speaks with three guests to examine how language barriers affect this population’s access to healthcare and their experiences during the COVID pandemic.
Featured guests include:
- Dr. Shailey Prasad is co-principal investigator on the CDC-funded National Resource Center for Refugees, Immigrants, and Migrants Project, also referred to as NRC-RIM.
- Dr. Mary Helen O’Connor is co-investigator on a CDC-funded project focused on vaccine uptake in Clarkston, Georgia.
- Trupti Patel is a Clinical Coordinator at the Clarkston Community Health Center, where she has more than two years of translation experience.
Student Highlight: Summayah El Azzioui is a sophomore at Emory University, double majoring in Human Health and Linguistics. She is planning to pursue a career in medicine and public health with a focus in combating health disparities.
About COVID Chronicles
The COVID Chronicles covers a variety of public health topics intertwined with the pandemic, as reported by the students in the HLTH 385: Health & Science Podcasting class during the Fall 2020 and Fall 2021 semesters. Sponsored by Emory University’s Center for the Study of Human Health, the series includes interviews with experts in epidemiology, mental health, maternal health, and more.
About Emory University's Center for the Study of Human Health:
The Emory Center for the Study of Human Health was developed to expand health knowledge and translate this knowledge to all aspects of life – for the individual and populations as a whole. The Center assembles the extraordinary faculty, researchers and thought leaders from across disciplines, departments, schools and institutions to bring this knowledge to Emory University students and inspire them to become leaders for the next generation in meeting challenges facing human health.
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