REDUCING HEALTH INEQUITIES IN IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS A Chronic Disease Perspective
Faculty/Presenter Disclosure
Faculty: Nicole Nitti
Relationships with financial sponsors:
None
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Disclosure of Financial Support
This program has received financial support from no organization
This program has received in-kind support from no organization
Potential for conflict(s) of interest:
No conflict of interest
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Context
Chronic disease rates increasing globally Over represented in immigrant populations
Low income, ethnicity, poor access to health care
Much of morbidity is preventable through healthy living and effective self management
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What do we ask people to do to?
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Prevention Primary prevention
Reducing the risk of developing disease
Promoting healthy living
Healthy eating and weight management Smoking cessation Fitness Moderate alcohol use Stress management
Secondary prevention
Reducing the risk of complications of disease
Healthy living
Self management
Best practice health care
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Specific challenges
Socioeconomic factors
Non health care related expenses Precarious employment Stress and capacity
Healthy literacy and understanding of disease Understanding of the health care system
Mental health and illness
Language barriers
Health care services, education materials, health promotion programming
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Strategies:
Tailoring disease prevention and health promotion
Screening
Ethnic considerations for onset and frequency of screening protocols
Language Mental health Culturally adapted programs and materials
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Strategies:
Culturally competent primary health care
Teams to address education, SDOH, mental health Professional interpretation QI approach
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Strategies:
Peer led programming
Language specific Lived experience training
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Strategies: 
Systems navigation and health coaching
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Building partnerships
Know your people Know the resources Make the connections
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Measure the value
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