Dr. Natalie Quion’s interest in immigration health stems from her family’s experience as migrants from the Philippines. As a child, she experienced what so many of her patients are going through themselves. “Knowing the challenges that my family had in trying to get healthcare, I wanted to work to address that and became a part of the healthcare workforce,” she says. Ever since then, she has been focused in immigrant communities throughout the US, from Houston, TX, to western Massachusetts, to Arlington, VA and now here in DC. Here in the US, especially in light of recent political events, immigration health is an increasingly important area of healthcare. At the clinic in Adams Morgan, Dr. Quion estimates that “about 85-90% are immigrants…they could be first generation, they could be third generation,” adding that it is “frustrating…that the challenges (they face) don’t seem to improve with each generation.” This is indicative of a systemic problem, one which improved healthcare access for this population could help to mitigate. A large part of immigration healthcare is border health. Dr. Quion travelled to the US border in Texas in April, prior to when the child-separation policy was enacted.
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