9th, 10th, and 11th Summer Institute on Migration and Global Health

描述(由申请人提供)：每年，数以千计的移民来到美国，必须适应一种外国文化，一种新的语言，并学习如何驾驭一个新的医疗体系。此外，移徙往往对身心健康构成风险，需要在美国卫生系统的范围内加以解决。尽管移徙与健康专题在过去十年中越来越引起人们的兴趣，但在可用于适当评估和管理移民流动和移徙者复杂的健康问题，包括与获得和利用保健服务有关的问题方面，现有证据的数量和质量存在严重限制。在移徙的基本性质、缺乏高质量数据以及对移徙人口和流动人口的定义和描述方面存在分歧。自2006年以来，作为加州大学伯克利分校公共卫生学院内的一个组织，美洲健康倡议与加州大学移民与健康专门知识中心等协作机构一道，每年举办一次为期四天的会议：移徙与全球健康夏季研究所。这次会议为研究人员、教师、研究生、社区组织和卫生专业人员提供了一个与世界各地的移民社区合作的机会，探讨流动人口独特的健康问题，了解用于这一特定人口的有效方法，并建立合作伙伴关系。来自不同组织的专家从公共卫生、公共政策和社会科学的角度介绍了移徙与全球卫生之间的关系。为期四天的会议的结构包括由移民和卫生领域的知名国际专家讲授的讲座和研讨会，以及现场访问，以提供对美国向移民提供的服务的第一手观点。SIMGH的具体目标是：1)在研究人员、初级教师、学生、卫生专业人员和其他利益攸关方之间建立伙伴关系，致力于移民和卫生问题。2)分享现有方法并扩展新方法，以应对流动人口研究和公共卫生实践方面的机遇和挑战。3)对初级研究人员进行与移徙和全球卫生有关的培训和实践教育。为此，SIMGH专门举办了一次会议，初级研究人员有机会展示他们正在进行的研究，并接受不同专家和同行的反馈。最后的论文被收集起来并发表在同行评议的期刊上。在过去的八年里，SIMGH从所有参与者和参与者那里收到了积极的反馈，包括被邀请的演讲者。SIMGH促进在移民健康研究和服务提供方面的国家和国际合作，并通过这些努力努力改善移民人口的健康和福祉。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Each year, thousands of immigrants coming to the United States have to adjust to a foreign culture, a new language, and learn to navigate a new health system. In addition, migration often presents risks to physical and mental health that need to be addressed within the context of the U.S. health system. While the topic of migration and health has gained increasing interest in the past decade, there are serious limitations in terms of the amount and quality of evidence available to properly assess and manage migration flows and migrants' complex health issues, including problems related to access and utilization of health services. There is disagreement about the fundamental nature of migration, lack of high quality data, and differences in definitions and descriptions of the migrant and mobile populations. Since 2006, the Health Initiative of the Americas (HIA), an organization within the School of Public Health at the University of California at Berkeley, along with collaborating institutions such as the University of California, Center of Expertise on Migration and Health, has held an annual four-day conference: the Summer Institute on Migration and Global Health (SIMGH). This conference offers researchers, faculty, graduate students, community organizations and health professionals, working with migrant communities around the world, an opportunity to explore the unique health issues of mobile populations, learn about effective methodologies to use with this specific population, and build partnerships. Experts from different organizations give presentations on the relationship between migration and global health from the perspectives of public health, public policy, and social sciences. The structure of the four-day conference is a combination of lectures and workshops taught by highly recognized international experts in the field of migration and health, as well as a site visit to provide a firsthand perspective on the services provided to migrants in the U.S. The specific aims of the SIMGH are: 1) Develop partnerships among researchers, junior faculty, students, health professionals and other stakeholders, working on migration and health issues. 2) Share existing and expand new methodologies to address opportunities and challenges on research and public health practices of mobile populations. 3) Engage in training and practical education of junior researchers on topics related to migration and global health. For this purpose, the SIMGH dedicates a session where junior researchers have the opportunity to present their ongoing research and receive feedback from different experts and peers. Final papers are collected and published in a peer reviewed journal. For the last eight years the SIMGH has received positive feedback from all participants and those involved, including the invited speakers. The SIMGH fosters national and international collaboration in migrant health research and service provision and through these efforts, strives to improve the health and wellbeing of migrant populations.