ABSTRACT
Chronic disease prevention and management is as vital to the health of migrants as it is to the native-born population. This chapter demonstrates that the importance of addressing chronic diseases and their risk factors in migrant populations, and identifies best practices in chronic disease management that relate to migrant populations. It explains unique challenges faced by migrants and special considerations for their care. Traditionally, migrant health guidelines have emphasized infectious disease, malnutrition, and mental health, which are common, often highly symptomatic, and create imminent risk to the individual and the people around them. A language barrier creates major obstacles for migrants trying to manage a chronic disease. For patients with chronic disease arriving from tuberculosis (TB)-endemic countries, screening for latent TB is especially important as they are at higher risk of reactivation due to both recent migration and the presence of chronic disease.
