ABSTRACT
Primary health care, together with public health and other specialties, can help provide a clinically effective and supportive (medical) home for newly arriving migrants. Equipped with cultural communication skills, evidence-based prevention and disease guidelines, and equity and social justice values, primary care practitioners can play an active role against racism and inequities. Evidence-based guidelines and solidarity and can lead to the development of primary care migrant networks, provide a foundation for advocacy, and identify areas in need of further research. Evidence-based migrant guidelines may increase the skills and comfort of primary health practitioners in identifying and managing mental health problems. Migrants with limited health literacy and language barriers initially seek care from community members or retired physicians who share the same culture and language. Community health workers assist in increasing the capacity of mental health services available to patients in participating clinics.
