Advocating for Equitable Healthcare for the Undocumented Immigrant : Journal of Christian Nursing

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Advocating for Equitable Healthcare for the Undocumented Immigrant

Knight, Natalie

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Journal of Christian Nursing 39(4):p 214-220, October/December 2022. | DOI: 10.1097/CNJ.0000000000000996

Abstract

Despite the healthcare community's increased efforts to reduce health disparities in the United States, undocumented immigrants (UIs) remain one of the highest at-risk populations. Health and public policies, societal and healthcare worker bias, and fear of deportation are among barriers to healthcare access, resulting in increasingly poor health and health outcomes. Christian nurses, guided by biblical principles and the American Nurses Association's Code of Ethics for Nurses, can advocate for UIs' healthcare needs by supporting and promoting more inclusive institutional and government policies.

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship

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