Migrant Workers and Health

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Migrant Workers and Health
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WHO definition

• Well being - not just absence of disease
• Physical
• Psychological
• Social

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Outline

• Refugee/migrant EU expansion
• Adults Health
• Childrens Health
• Actions needed
• Health Sector Workers

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Refugee/Workers from expanded EU

• Language
• Culture
• Previous Health Status/Socioeconomic position
• Previous experience of Health systems
• Maltreatment
• Housing
• Work conditions
• Initial poverty
• Access to benefits

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• Accommodation
• Balanced diet
• Sleep
• Exercise
• Moderate alcohol/Stop smoking
• Safety at work
• Stress
• Social network for support

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Accomodation

• Severe overcrowding
• Bed sharing
• Limited access to kitchen/washing facilities
• Not secure
• Completely unfit accommodation
• Stables, garages, tents, lorries

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Life-style

• Very low income
• Nutrition
• Stress
• Poor sleep
• Poor opportunities for exercise
• Alcohol/smoking

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Health and Safety at work

• Significant issues

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Personal Safety

• Gang Masters
• Muggings
• Severe stress
• Insecure accommodation
• Road traffic accidents
• Karolina

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Women

• Family planning
• Obstetrics

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Mental Health

• Stress
• Prevalence of mental illness

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Children

• Adaptation
• Overcrowding
• Nutrition Free school meals ? Not entitled
• Free time
• Culture and access to free (additional) education
  in their own language.
• Children with disability
• Benefit system ??????

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Actions needed

• English Language
• Advice
• register with GP
• Who is eligible for NHS
• Health phrase book
• Advice on personal/Health at work safety
• Support for children

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Health Sector Workers

• NHS recruitment
• Dentists , Doctors/-
• Lots of highly qualified individuals
• Nurses
• Midwives
• Ambulance Paramedics
• Physiotherapists
• Disability support staff/Education
• Psychologists

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Health Sector Workers

• Language
• Bureaucracy
• Discrimination ??
• Currently work in care homes or other non-skilled
  work