Question

What health promotion activities could Nurse Steven encourage for this group of migrant farmworkers?

Answer 1

As a part of health promotion activities of migrant workers, the nurse Steven can do several things, that include

* Examination of the extent that general migrant policies account for the health needs of the labour migrants

* Establishment of a proper framework for evaluating the effectiveness of policies related to labour migrants.

* Improving communication opportunities through support in language learning, information provision in migrants native language and diversity .sensitivity training of health professionals and social workers.

* Providing health care close to the workplace or home for better accessibility

* Using social networks to disseminate information among labour migrants about specific areas of interest ( e.g. sexually transmitted infections) and about ways to access the health-care system.

* Identify labour migrants in a way that will help policy-makers understand better understand the heterogeneity of the population.

* Recognize infectious disease prevention as an important endeavour needing national and international cooperation and resource allocation.

* Provide treatment programmes for sexually transmitted diseases using NGOs, outreach programmes, safe sex education and adjustment of existing sexual and reproductive health services to migrant-friendly systems.

* Provide information about the health_care system and how to navigate it, including coverage options, contact details and free services.

* Develop policies that guarantee free access to primary, maternity and child health care, provide health insurance cards to cover a basic package of health services and subsidize labour migrants health expenditure if needed.

* Disseminate information among labour migrants at the workplace, through social networks and in different languages.

* Provide translation service, counselling and education on health matters to labour migrants and their familis.