In this session, we will dive more deeply into a particular topic, immigration in the US, to explore the complexities of how an understanding of social determinants of health affect patients and health care and how an equity-based approach can inform our work at the clinical, institutional, and policy levels.

Learning objectives:

• Articulate how immigration status can affect an individual patient’s health and interactions with the health care system.

• Describe ways health providers can improve health outcomes for their immigrant patients in the clinic.

• Describe how health providers can create institutional structures that better serve immigrant patients and advocate for policies that do not harm the health of immigrant patients.

Lead faculty: Laura Janneck and Lara Jirmanus