* This webinar will be provided in English with simultaneous interpretation into Spanish *
COVID-19 treatment and care may vary across populations, particularly for those from underserved, immigrant, and migrant populations. Join us for our webinar, where we will uncover how to tailor care plans to best serve these populations. We will consider pre-existing health conditions such as chronic diseases, diabetes, cancer, obesity, asthma and tobacco use, occupational hazards, and other factors which may impact the health of underserved and migrant populations. We will also delve into strategies to improve patient-provider relationships to ensure the continuum of care across all ages and stages, from childhood to adulthood. Continuing education credit (CME and CNE) is available for participants of the live webinar.
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- Identify and discuss best practices for preventative and quality care for the general population and populations across the lifespan, with an emphasis on equitable access for underserved immigrant and migrant populations.
- Provide updated guidelines and information regarding COVID-19 care, screening, and prevention, including for COVID-19 spring vaccine recommendations.
- Elaborate on the impact and relationship associated with chronic diseases (hypertension, diabetes, etc.) and COVID-19, and the importance of the continuum of care for patients from childhood through adulthood.
- Underline the need for a diverse health workforce to accommodate the needs of growing, diverse populations.
Presenters
Dr. Diaz is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center and the Internal Medicine Medical Director at the Charles Rangel Community Health Center. She grew up in Miami, Florida, where she was raised by her immigrant grandparents. She attended Williams College, received her MD/MPH from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, and completed her residency training in Primary Care and Social Internal Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Diaz’s work focuses on community-engaged approaches to address immigrant health inequities resulting from immigration enforcement policies. As a resident, Dr. Diaz joined a network of volunteer clinicians visiting immigration prisons to evaluate detained immigrants with serious medical conditions to document unmet medical needs. Bearing witness to the many harms detained immigrants experienced influenced her in pursuing research collaborations to document the health harms of immigration imprisonment and publishing several opinion pieces in the lay media on the public health hazards of immigration detention. She has collaborated with other medical and legal experts to develop best practices in the medical evaluation of individuals in immigration detention, and has trained dozens of residents and medical students. Dr. Diaz is committed to using her voice as a physician advocate to uplift human rights, health justice, and equity.
Continuing Education Credit (CEU)
Application for CME credit has been filed with the American Academy of Family Physicians. Determination of credit is pending.
Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN), is accredited as an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.