Addressing sexuality and sexual health with migrants. Practice guidelines.

Sexual health is an integral part of overall health and should be discussed with all people who seek help. The Vaccination and Prevention working group of the French Infectious Diseases Society (SPILF) and the Migrant Commission of the French AIDS Society (SFLS) developed recommendations to address this issue with migrants presenting vulnerability factors. After defining sexual health and target migrants, practical recommendations were issued.

Utility of the Tétanos Quick Stick® in the vaccine catch-up of adult migrants without proof of prior vaccination.

Background: Unknowing immunity status make migrants vaccine catch-up difficult. The interest of using a rapid tetanus immunotest as the Tétanos Quick Stick® (TQS®) to assess immunity status against tetanus has been evaluated in emergency rooms and it is now commonly used. The study aim was to evaluate TQS® as a tool for migrants' vaccine catch-up.

[What recourse in the event of the identification of a precarious subject?].

What recourse in the event of the identification of a precarious subject? People in situation of deprivation have multiple and complex needs. Their healthcare management needs to be global and multidisciplinary, requiring the coordination of various medical and social workers. Identify available structures, their methods of access, is the first step for healthcare professionals who receive a vulnerable person: they can be medical, social or associative.

[Medical specific approach of persons in social deprivation].

Medical specific approach of persons in social deprivation. Many social situations interfere with medical care. This consideration is an integral part of the physician mission.