Mohammed Mariya, Simha Shruti, Clarke-Pearson Kathleen, Pereda Lourdes, Hurtado Ricky, Esmaili Emily, Tayloe David T, Linton Julie M
medical student, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
pediatrician, Tim and Carolynn Rice Center for Child & Adolescent Health, Cone Health Medical Group, Greensboro, North Carolina; adjunct faculty, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
N C Med J. 2019 Mar-Apr;80(2):94-100. doi: 10.18043/ncm.80.2.94.
Immigrant families in North Carolina, despite multidimensional challenges in the context of national, state, and local policies, enrich our communities. Over the last 18 months, a small group of North Carolina Pediatric Society (NCPS) physicians with concerns about the health and emotional well-being of children in immigrant families have come together to address the challenges facing this vulnerable population. Our goal, as the newly formed NCPS Committee on Immigration, is to advance policy to support immigrant families in obtaining equitable health, educational, and economic opportunities in our state. We are in the process of building a task force to bring together those who work closely with the North Carolina immigrant population to promote resilience and stability through legislative and policy advocacy.
北卡罗来纳州的移民家庭，尽管在国家、州和地方政策背景下面临多方面挑战，但仍丰富了我们的社区。在过去18个月里，一小群关注移民家庭儿童健康和情感福祉的北卡罗来纳州儿科学会（NCPS）医生齐聚一堂，以应对这一弱势群体面临的挑战。作为新成立的NCPS移民委员会，我们的目标是推动政策，以支持移民家庭在本州获得公平的健康、教育和经济机会。我们正在组建一个特别工作组，将那些与北卡罗来纳州移民群体密切合作的人聚集起来，通过立法和政策倡导来促进恢复力和稳定性。
