title: Health care needs of Central American refugees.
abstract: Public health nurses working with undocumented refugees from Central America encounter afflictions ranging from parasitic infection, emotional trauma, and homelessness. Helping this population requires the skills of a diplomat, advocate, and public health professional--as the experience of one Los Angeles public health nurse demonstrates.
authors.affiliation: Los Angeles County Department of Health Services.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Magar
mesh_terms: D002489:Central America / Q000208:ethnology; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D005190:Family; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006302:Health Services Research; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D015141:Los Angeles; D008403:Mass Screening; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D011203:Poverty; D011637:Public Health Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D012036:Refugees; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000208:ethnology / Q000451:nursing; D014857:Warfare