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Call for Papers: Special Issue "Patterns, Determinants, and Community-based Interventions of Migrant and Refugee Health"

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health". Call for Papers: "Patterns, Determinants, and Community-based Interventions of Migrant and Refugee Health" Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2020.
Special Issue "Patterns, Determinants, and Community-based Interventions of Migrant and Refugee Health"

Manuscripts on the following topics are especially welcome (although all relevant papers will be considered): improving healthcare services, trauma and mental health, immigration and labor laws, the protection of migrant workers, occupational health, poverty and inequities, reduction of public resentment/discrimination, gender-based violence, sex work, migrants as brides, resettlement, and reintegration of migrants who return home.

The deadline for the receipt of manuscripts is 30 November 2020, with anticipated publication in late 2021. We hope you will contribute your work to this Special Edition.

Dr. Mellissa Withers
Dr. Brian Hall
Dr. Tharani Loganathan
Dr. Hsin-Chieh Chang
Guest Editors

For more information, go to: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph/special_issues/MRH#info


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