692 - How Migration Affects Human Health

Public Health On Call - A podcast by The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Our individual health is shaped by the environments we live in. So what does that mean for the more than 280 million people worldwide who have moved across country borders from the place of their birth? Johns Hopkins Health Policy and Management assistant professor Catherine Ettman, who recently edited the book Migration and Health, talks with Stephanie Desmon about the many factors that impact the health of migrants, including whether they’ve moved by choice or to escape conflict or natural disaster.

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