Introduction
Front Matter
Pages 1-1
Introduction to Refugees
Kelly Hebrank, Alexine Casanova
Pages 3-16
Culturally Appropriate Care
Aniyizhai Annamalai, Genji Terasaki
Pages 17-27
Domestic Health Assessment
Aniyizhai Annamalai, Paul L. Geltman
Pages 29-41
Infectious Diseases
Front Matter
Pages 43-43
Immunizations
Julia Rosenberg, Erika Schumacher, Camille Brown
Pages 45-62
Tuberculosis
Andrew T. Boyd
Pages 63-74
Parasitic Infections
Megan Shaughnessy, Anne Frosch, William Stauffer
Pages 75-96
Viral Hepatitis
Douglas J. Pryce
Pages 97-118
Malaria
Kristina Krohn, William Stauffer
Pages 119-126
HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections
Amir M. Mohareb, Emily P. Hyle
Pages 127-139
Primary Care
Front Matter
Pages 141-141
Chronic Disease Management
Bryan Brown, Astha K. Ramaiya, Peter Cronkright
Pages 143-167
Chronic Pain
Bryan Brown, Astha K. Ramaiya, Peter Cronkright
Pages 169-180
Palliative and End-of-Life Care
Alexandra Molnar, Margaret Isaac
Pages 181-192
Mental Health
Front Matter
Pages 193-193
Risk Factors and Prevalence of Mental Illness
Paula C. Zimbrean, Rabin Dahal
Pages 195-214
Mental Health Screening
Susan Heffner Rhema, Sasha Verbillis-Kolp, Amber Gray, Beth Farmer, Michael Hollifield
Pages 215-227
Treatment of Mental Illness
Andrea Mendiola Iparraguirre, Maya Prabhu, Aniyizhai Annamalai
Pages 229-240
Torture and Violence
Mara Rabin, Cynthia Willard
Pages 241-256
Special Groups
Front Matter
Pages 257-257
Women’s Health
Geetha Fink, Tara Helm, Crista E. Johnson-Agbakwu
Pages 259-284
Primary Care of Refugee Children
Sural Shah, Meera Siddharth, Katherine Yun
Pages 285-302
Medical Evaluation of Asylum Seekers
Katherine C. McKenzie
Pages 303-310

Refugee health is growing as an academic medical discipline. More and more health care providers are coming together to exchange research information, educational curricula and social policies related to refugee health. The number of practitioners attending the annual North American Refugee Healthcare Conference has doubled since 2014.
Refugees arrive in the United States from different parts of the world. Refugees undergo a medical screening soon after arrival, as recommended by the U.S. Department of State, and it is usually primary care practitioners who usually evaluate these patients at this first visit. Psychiatrists and other specialists may also evaluate them soon after arrival.Though physicians receive a variable amount of training in cross-cultural medicine, virtually none is in the area of refugee evaluations.
There are several major ways that the field has changed. U.S. refugee policies and refugee admission numbers have changed dramatically in the past four years as has the epidemiology of medical conditions because the demographics of refugees have changed. The CDC guidelines for domestic screening have also been modified significantly as some of the screening tests are no longer recommended. Protocols have also been updated for presumptive treatment received by refugees before departure to the United States of other countries. A new chapter on end of life care for refugees has been added to the book.
Now fully revised and expanded, this second edition reflects the many changes that have occurred in the field of refugee health since 2014. Refugee Health Care remains the definitive resource for primary care physicians and mental health practitioners who see and evaluate refugees. It is also relevant for medical, nursing and public health students involved with refugee health as well as resettlement agency workers and public health officials overseeing refugee care