Khanzar is a student at Rice University in Houston, Texas.
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I am an undergraduate student at Rice University studying Cognitive Sciences and minoring in Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities. My interests are in global reproductive health disparities, the influence of religion on attitudes towards sex and gender, and medico-ethical decision-making, especially concerning end-of-life care. Regions of particular interest are South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the United States. I look forward to contributing to the wealth of knowledge that grows every day on Wikipedia!
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My interest in migrant health arose from the cross-section of my interests in access to reproductive health and the global displacement of people by crises in the Middle East and Africa. When I navigated to the Migrant Health article on Wikipedia, hoping to learn more about the historic and contemporary means by which governments provide healthcare to refugees, I was disappointed to find an article with myriad issues. The article is an orphan, lacking links both to and from other articles, making it difficult to find; its US-centric focus is so strong that the more appropriate title would be “Migrant Health in the US.” On the Talk page, I noticed that the article is the work of a student in another Wiki Education course. This student user has contributed a lot to the content of the article, but perhaps her most valuable contributions are on the Talk page, where she highlights work still to be done: a lot of information lacks citation, there are broken links and links to webpages which do not directly provide source information, and while up-to-date statistical and epidemiological data about migrant health exists, it makes no appearance in the article.
I also found the “European migrant crisis” article on Wikipedia. This article is frequently updated and a well-written overview of the current refugee crisis. The article mentions refugee health only two times (in the context of Austria, which provides healthcare for migrants destined for Germany, and Greece, where migrants face deteriorating health in winter conditions). Given the article’s aim to provide a general overview of the crisis, it makes sense that health is mentioned only in passing and in two specific contexts. However, the article would be an excellent one with which to link the “Migrant Health” article. Further, a more generalized summary statement about refugee health issues could be included in the “European migrant crisis” article.
Proposed Changes
My primary objectives in editing the “Migrant Health” article are:
1. to remove the US-centric focus and provide a global overview of migrant health;
2. to repair and add scholarly citations to the article; and
3. to improve article visibility.
Sources
This is a start-class article that I would like to expand. The push to eradicate polio in Pakistan raise many of the questions we have considered in class – that is, the role of NGOs versus government action, interventionism (especially following reports of CIA operatives disguised as health workers), and how cultural beliefs or lore impact and influence capabilities. As of now, the article relies heavily on editorial and news sources, which I will supplement with more scholarly sources. The article mentions “political unrest, poor health infrastructure, and government negligence” as hindrances to polio eradication, but fails to expound upon these factors.
The following are sources I will consult in improving this article: