Migrant Health and Resilience: Transnational Competence in Conflict and Climate Displacement Situations

In an era of escalating conflict-induced and climate-induced migration and cross-border interaction, transnational-competence (TC) preparation for displaced persons, members of their host communities, humanitarian responders, and health-care professionals is increasingly critical. This cutting-edge volume provides practical guidelines for preparing stakeholders for effective short-term and long-term responses to challenges arising in the wake of population dislocation generated by armed conflict, persecution, and climate change. It features comprehensive TC-teaching and learning strategies coupled with tailored on-site and remote approaches and methods.

Format: Hardback
Length: 236 pages
Publication date: 31 July 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

In the face of growing migration and cross-border interactions driven by conflict and climate change, the preparation of transnational competence (TC) for displaced individuals, members of their host communities, humanitarian responders, and healthcare professionals has become increasingly crucial. Drawing from insights gained from those involved in humanitarian crises and global justice contexts, as well as multidisciplinary research findings, this cutting-edge volume offers practical guidelines for preparing stakeholders to effectively respond to challenges arising from population dislocation caused by armed conflict, persecution, and climate change.

The book aims to equip humanitarian care-givers and care-receivers with valuable skills for working together across barriers and boundaries, fostering resilience, promoting belonging, and enhancing well-being, justice, and sustainable development. It provides comprehensive TC-teaching and learning strategies, coupled with tailored on-site and remote approaches and methods, to enhance and evaluate the quality and sustainability of humanitarian efforts.

Migrant Health and Resilience is an authoritative and insightful resource for professionals working in NGOs, international organizations, national and local governments, and professional bodies engaged in development and humanitarian-crisis contexts. It will also be valuable for students, higher-education instructors, scholars, and evaluators interested in understanding the complexities of migration and its impact on health and resilience.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032214931