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An informal discussion group comprising of public health graduate students, doctors, and community leaders meet monthly to work together and try to eliminate health disparities within the communities.
Today's discussion was about a possible bed bug epidemic in a neighboring city. Meetings are being planned to discuss protocol and immediate action. Focusing on the immigrant population as well as migrants are key to understanding the problem. Cultural differences within the population and among health care providers, seem to spring a lax attitude about the situation and influences how efficiently the problem will be treated.
In addition to unusual medical outbreaks in American cities, specifically in NYC, the populations are increasing as a result of immigration and migration. One can no longer just focus on populations defined by intersections such as sex, race, age, etc. With the changing times, one must rethink the way health professionals deal with patients from different countries.
Another alarming issue discussed was the closing down of healthcare facilities. Clinics and some hospital have been shut down. Patient accessibility has been greatly affected. People have to travel longer distances, spend more money for transportation, and wait long grueling hours for care because of overcrowding.
Other interests include health consumer power, environmental/occupational protection, community health planning and green jobs. With an expert team working to make them healthier, Brooklyn has a bright future ahead of them.
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