Global Health PRN Focus Session — The Pharmacist’s Role in Care for Refugees and Migrants: Ensuring Equity in Access for All
Tuesday, November 14, 2023 from 1:15 PM to 2:45 PM CST at Lone Star Ballroom A3
Available for 1.50 hours of CPE credit
Activity Number: 0217-0000-23-137-L99-P
Activity Type: A Knowledge-Based Activity
An estimated 90 million individuals across the globe this year have been forcibly displaced by colliding geo-political, socioeconomic, and environmental pressures. The numbers triple when including all migrants globally. Across the globe, including in the United States, refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants have unique health needs that pharmacists are positioned to support. Pharmacists are in a unique position to contribute to the development of improved health systems and ensure equitable and just access to health care for all people. This special session will focus on understanding the structural factors underlying health inequities for refugees and migrants globally and will provide examples of effective pharmacist involvement in improving access and quality of care for refugees and migrants in the US and abroad.
Faculty
 | Moderator: Veena Venugopalan, Pharm.D., BCIDP
Title: Global Health PRN Focus Session — The Pharmacist’s Role in Care for Refugees and Migrants: Ensuring Equity in Access for All
Institution: University of Florida
City/State: Gainesville, FL
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Learning Objectives
1. Summarize the differences between the terms refugee, asylum seeker, and migrant.
2. Review explanatory frameworks for understanding the root causes of health inequities for refugees and migrants.
3. Identify contextual and structural factors that influence health status among refugees, and migrants.
4. Describe pharmacist-supported interventions that engage and address health inequities for refugees and migrants.
5. Discuss outcomes of pharmacist-supported interventions developed to meet the needs of refugees and migrants.
6. Discuss the role of the pharmacist in supporting humanitarian missions for refugees and migrants.
Opportunities and Challenges in Achieving Health Equity for Refugees and Migrants Across the Globe1:15 PM to 1:45 PM  | Speaker: Martha Ndung'u, Pharm.D.
Title: Opportunities and Challenges in Achieving Health Equity for Refugees and Migrants Across the Globe
Institution: University of Pittsburgh Global Health PGY2
City/State: Pittsburgh, PA
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Developing Pharmacy Supported Services for Refugees and Asylum Seekers With Humanitarian Agencies1:45 PM to 2:15 PM  | Speaker: Marisa Sochacki
Title: Developing Pharmacy Supported Services for Refugees and Asylum Seekers With Humanitarian Agencies
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City/State: ,
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Engaging Refugee and Migrant Communities to Address Health Equity2:15 PM to 2:45 PM  | Speaker: Van T. Hellerslia, Pharm.D., BCPS
Title: Engaging Refugee and Migrant Communities to Address Health Equity
Institution: Temple University School of Pharmacy
City/State: Abington, PA
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