Open AccessMigration and indigenous health during COVID-19
Author(s) -
Jan Gresil Kahambing
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdab290
Subject(s) - indigenous , pandemic , covid-19 , political science , public health , sociology , economic growth , geography , medicine , virology , nursing , infectious disease (medical specialty) , biology , disease , ecology , pathology , outbreak , economics
Indigenous communities during the pandemic are a precarious group. While they rely on the epistemological formation of their own knowledge systems, an integrated concept of indigenous health must include cooperation with other institutions and organizations. Drawing from grounded insights, this article highlights the crucial applicability of this idea to migrant indigenous groups during the pandemic.