Firearms and traumatic experiences throughout migration
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Please join us for this Migration, Ethnicity, Racism, and Health Group
(MERHG) Seminar!
Laura Vargas, PhD, LMSW, MPA, is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at
the University of Colorado. She is funded by the National Institute for
Minority Health and Health Disparities and is researching exposure to trauma
and mental health of recent Latinx immigrants in the United States.
This presentation will provide background information on the trafficking of
firearms from the U.S. to Latin America and how those weapons shape the lives,
migration decisions, and health of children and families. She will present
findings on trauma exposure, migration characteristics and mental health from
my research with 321 Latinx immigrant adults arriving to the U.S. southern
border. This presentation will illustrate some of the ways in which this
vulnerable population faces systemic inequities and how they shape the future
outlook of families in both, countries of origin and in the U.S.
Zoom link
Contact Information
merhg@drexel.edu