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Foreword Michael V. Drake, MD SECTION ONE. Introductory Materials Section Editor: Marc B. Schenker 1. Introduction Marc B. Schenker (UC Davis, US) 2. Studying Migrant Populations: General Considerations and Approaches Alfonso Rodriguez-Lainz (CDC, US) Xochitl Castaneda (UC Berkeley, US) 3. Life Course Epidemiology: A Conceptual Model for the Study of Migration and Health Jacob Spallek (Bielefeld University, Germany) Hajo Zeeb (University of Bremen, Germany) Oliver Razum (Bielefeld University, Germany) SECTION TWO. Quantitative Methodological Approaches Section Editor: Alfonso Rodriguez-Lainz 4. Use of Existing Health Information Systems in Europe to Study Migrant Health Katia Levecque (University of Ghent, Belgium) Elena Ronda-Perez (University of Alicante, Spain) Emily Felt (Pompeu Fabra University, Spain) Fernando G. Benavides (Pompeu Fabra University, Spain) 5. Use of National Data Systems to Study Immigrant Health in the United States Gopal K. Singh (DHHS, US) 6. The Community-Based Migrant Household Probability Sample Survey Enrico A. Marcelli (San Diego State University, US) 7. Respondent-Driven Sampling for Migrant Populations Lisa Johnston (UC San Francisco, US) Mohsen Malekinejad (UC San Francisco, US) 8. Time-Space Sampling of Migrant Populations Salaam Semaan (CDC, US) Elizabeth DiNenno (CDC, US) 9. Prior Enumeration: A Method for Enhanced Sampling with Migrant Surveys Richard Mines (Agricultural Economics Consultant, US) Coburn C. Ward (University of the Pacific, US) Marc B. Schenker (UC Davis, US) 10. Telephone-Based Surveys David Grant (UCLA, US) Royce J. Park (UCLA, US) Lin Yu-chieh (University of Michigan, US) 11. Case-Control Studies Clelia Pezzi (CDC, US) Philip H. Kass (UC Davis, US) 12. Longitudinal Studies Guillermina Jasso (New York University, US) SECTION THREE. Qualitative Methodological Approaches Section Editor: Xochitl Castaneda 13. Ethnographic Research in Migration and Health Seth M. Holmes (UC Berkeley, US) Heide Castaneda (University of South Florida, US) 14. Participant Observation and Key Informant Interviews Rosa Maria Aguilera (Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatria Ramon de la Fuente Muniz, Mexico) Ana Amuchastegui (Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana--Xochimilco, Mexico) 15. Focus Groups/Group Qualitative Interviews Patricia Zavella (UC Santa Cruz, US) 16. Full Circle: The Method of Collaborative Anthropology for Regional and Transnational Research Bonnie Bade (California State University, San Marcos, US) Konane Martinez (California State University, San Marcos, US) 17. Photovoice as Methodology Regina Day Langhout (UC Santa Cruz, US) SECTION FOUR. Crosscutting Issues Section Editors: Marc B. Schenker, Alfonso Rodriguez-Lainz, and Xochitl Castaneda 18. Ethical Issues across the Spectrum of Migration and Health Research Kevin Pottie (University of Ottawa, Canada) Patricia Gabriel (University of British Columbia, Canada) 19. Community-Based Participatory Research: A Promising Approach for Studying and Addressing Immigrant Health Meredith Minkler (UC Berkeley, US) Charlotte Chang (UC Berkeley, US) 20. Occupational Health Research with Immigrant Workers Michael A. Flynn (CDC, US) Donald E. Eggerth (CDC, US) 21. Methodological Recommendations for Broadening the Investigation of Refugees and Other Forced Migrants Andrew Rasmussen (Fordham University, US) 22. Working Internationally Carol Camlin (UC San Francisco, US) David Kyle (UC Davis, US) 23. Binational Collaborative Research Sylvia Guendelman (UC Berkeley, US) 24. Ensuring Access to Research for Nondominant Language Speakers Francesca Gany (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, US) Lisa Diamond (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, US) Rachel Meislin (New York University, US) Javier Gonzalez (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, US) 25. Extended Case Study: A Mixed-Methods Approach to Understanding Internal Migrant Access to Health Care and the Health System's Response in India Bontha V. Babu (Indian Council of Medical Research, India) Anjali B. Borhade (Indian Institute of Public Health, India) Yadlapalli S. Kusuma (All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India) Contributors Index

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Marc B. Schenker, MD, MPH Marc Schenker is Associate Vice Provost for Outreach and Engagement in the office of University Outreach and International Programs (since July 2012) and Professor of Public Health Sciences and Medicine, UC Davis. He is founding director of the Migration and Health Research Center, Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety, and program director for Public Health Sciences at the Center for Occupational and Environmental Health. He is codirector of the Migration and Health Center of Expertise, University of California Global Health Institute. Dr. Schenker served as Department Chair of Public Health Sciences from 1995 to 2007. He provides leadership for UC Davis outreach and engagement efforts at the local, state and international level. He received his B.S. from UC Berkeley, his M.D. at UC San Francisco, and his M.P.H. from Harvard University. Dr. Schenker is Board Certified in Internal Medicine (Pulmonary Disease) and Preventive Medicine (Occupational Medicine). Before coming to UC Davis in 1983, Associate Vice Provost Schenker was Instructor of Medicine at Harvard from 1980 to 1983. Xochitl Castaneda, PhD Xochitl Castaneda has been the Director of Health Initiative of the Americas at the School of Public Health, University of California Berkeley, since 2001. A medical anthropologist by training, she was educated in Guatemala and Mexico. She did a postdoctoral fellowship in reproductive health at the University of California, San Francisco. She also received postdoctoral training in social science and medicine at Harvard University and at Amsterdam University. For over seven years, she was a Professor of Public Health Sciences and a P.I. Researcher at Mexico's National Institute of Public Health, where she directed the Department of Reproductive Health. In 1999 she received the National Research Award on Social Science and Medicine. In 2010 the California Latino Legislative Caucus honored her with the National Spirit Award for her leadership in initiatives to improve the quality of life for Latino immigrants in the US. Castaneda has published over 120 manuscripts and has served as a consultant for more than 30 national and international institutions. Her vision and commitment have led to the creation of binational health programs. Under her direction HIA has coordinated for ten consecutive years the Binational Health Week, one of the largest mobilization efforts in the Americas to improve the well-being of Latin American immigrants. Through these strategies, hundreds of thousands of Latinos have received medical attention and been referred to public and private agencies to obtain services. She has been twice elected an advisor to the Institute for Mexicans Abroad (IME), for which she has served as the National Coordinator of the Health Commission in the U.S. Alfonso Rodriguez-Lainz, PhD, DVM, MPVM Alfonso Rodriguez-Lainz is a senior fellow at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Global Migration and Quarantine. Dr. Rodriguez's main responsibilities include acting as a liaison, coordinator, planner, and project lead for domestic migrant health activities for the Division, across the CDC and in collaboration with national and international partners. In that role he has designed, implemented, and analyzed multiple health studies targeting migrant populations in the U.S and Mexico. Prior to joining the CDC, Dr. Rodriguez was the senior epidemiologist for the California Office of Binational Border Health, California Department of Public Health. He has extensive experience in coordinating cross-border surveillance and public health projects between California, Mexico, and Latin America. Dr. Rodriguez received his Ph.D. in Epidemiology and Master's in Preventive Veterinary Medicine from the University of California at Davis, and his DVM from the School of Veterinary Medicine in Cordoba, Spain. He has coauthored many peer-reviewed publications and several border and migrant health reports. He also teaches courses on migrant health, global surveillance, and international epidemiology at San Diego State University Graduate School for Public Health.

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