Health profiles of newly arrived refugee children in the United States, 2006-2012

K. Yun, J. Matheson, C. Payton, K.C. Scott, B.L. Stone, L. Song, W.M. Stauffer, K. Urban, J. Young and B. Mamo

American Journal of Public Health, 2016, vol. 106, issue 1, 128-135

Abstract: Objectives. We conducted a large-scale study of newly arrived refugee children in the United States with data from 2006 to 2012 domestic medical examinations in 4 sites: Colorado; Minnesota; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Washington State. Methods. Blood lead level, anemia, hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, tuberculosis infection or disease, and Strongyloides seropositivity data were available for 8148 refugee children (aged

Keywords: adolescent; Africa south of the Sahara; Asia; child; ethnology; female; health status; human; infant; male; mass screening; newborn; practice guideline; preschool child; procedures; public health service; refugee; retrospective study; standards; statistics and numerical data; United States, Adolescent; Africa South of the Sahara; Asia; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.); Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Guidelines as Topic; Health Status; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Male; Mass Screening; Refugees; Retrospective Studies; United States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302873

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