University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, Prisma Health Upstate Children's Hospital, 20 Medical Ridge Drive, Greenville, SC 29605, USA; Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights, 6020 South University Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Pediatr Clin North Am. 2019 Jun;66(3):619-640. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2019.02.009.
Immigration laws and policies, as well as related media and public discourse, have a direct and significant effect on the health and well-being of children and families. The purpose of this article is to identify the impact of family immigration status and immigration laws on children's health, to understand the legal system that immigrant children face, and to describe opportunities for health care professionals to engage in advocacy at the systems level, from the local community to Capitol Hill.
移民法律和政策,以及相关的媒体和公众话语,对儿童和家庭的健康和福祉有着直接而重大的影响。本文的目的是确定家庭移民身份和移民法对儿童健康的影响,了解移民儿童所面临的法律体系,并描述医疗保健专业人员在从地方社区到国会山的系统层面进行宣传倡导的机会。