GLOBAL MIGRATION AND HEALTH - ECOFEMINIST PERSPECTIVES

Global migration is occurring at an unprecedented rate. The phenomenon of migration is complex and poorly understood by most people in count ries who host immigrants. People migrate for numerous reasons related to social, economic, political, cultural, and physical environmental c onditions formed by historical antecedents. Migrating people, especial ly vulnerable women and children, are exposed to numerous health hazar ds, a situation calling for a response from nursing. To respond effect ively nursing needs knowledge development of global migration and heal th that includes the precursors to migration in addition to the postmi gration experience where nurses encounter immigrants. Ecofeminist pers pectives allowing for reflection on historical determinants and interl ocking socioeconomic, political, and environmental conditions are used as a prism to examine global migration and health.