Sherin U Devaskar, Coleen K Cunningham, Robin H Steinhorn, Cynthia Haq, Johnese Spisso, William Dunne, Juan Raul Gutierrez, Coleen Kivlahan, Michelle Bholat, Suzanne Barakat, Mary Lou de Leon Siantz, Stephanie Romero, Chad T Lefteris, Samantha Gaffney, Jaime Deville, Carlos Lerner, Jasen Liu, Cynthia L Kuelbs, Sudeep Kukreja, Charles Golden, Zoanne Nelson, Kristie Elton, Carrie L Byington
University of California Health (UCH) provided a system-wide, rapid response to the humanitarian crisis of unaccompanied children crossing the southern U.S. border in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. In collaboration with multiple federal, state, and local agencies, UCH mobilized a multidisciplinary team to deliver acute general and specialty pediatric care to unaccompanied children at 2 Californian emergency intake sites (EISs). The response, which did not disrupt normal UCH operations, mobilized the capacities of the system and resulted in a safe and developmentally appropriate environment that supported the physical and mental health of migrant children during this traumatic period...
November 15, 2022: Academic Medicine