Open AccessPrimary health care of marginalized and refugee populations
Author(s) -
Jovana Momic,
Ruchi Sharan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
uwomj/medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2560-8274
pISSN - 0042-0336
DOI - 10.5206/uwomj.v88i1.6236
Subject(s) - refugee , disadvantaged , privilege (computing) , health care , passion , gender studies , medicine , sociology , family medicine , gerontology , political science , psychology , law , psychotherapist
Dr. Allison Henderson is a local family physician with a passion for refugee healthcare and treating London’s most marginalized populations. After completing her medical training and pursuing additional studies at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the UK, she spent over four years working as a physician in rural communities in subSaharan Africa. Since returning to London in 2016, she has been working at the London Intercommunity Health Center (LIHC) and Cross Cultural Learner Center (CCLC), where she treats newly arrived Syrian and Yazidi refugees and some of London’s most disadvantaged populations. We had the privilege of meeting Dr. Henderson at the LIHC to discuss her work with refugee populations who have experienced severe trauma and ways that her team is helping them cope and start to heal.