Author: Sana LouePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
The Assessment of Immigration Status in Health Research
Author: Sana LoueThe Assessment of Immigration Status in Health Research
Author: J. Neil RussellPublisher:
ISBN: 9780756709259
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
This is a report on survey methods used to ascertain immigration status. The report includes the following: a review of the literature on the use of immigration status survey questions; the identification of questions that can distinguish between different, relevantly defined immigrant statuses; an assessment of questionnaire field performance & reliability; & recommendations for developing question sets to address specific analytic issues.
Vital and Health Statistics, The Assessment of Immigration Status in Health Research, Series 2
Author: Immigration as a Social Determinant of Health
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309482178
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
Since 1965 the foreign-born population of the United States has swelled from 9.6 million or 5 percent of the population to 45 million or 14 percent in 2015. Today, about one-quarter of the U.S. population consists of immigrants or the children of immigrants. Given the sizable representation of immigrants in the U.S. population, their health is a major influence on the health of the population as a whole. On average, immigrants are healthier than native-born Americans. Yet, immigrants also are subject to the systematic marginalization and discrimination that often lead to the creation of health disparities. To explore the link between immigration and health disparities, the Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity held a workshop in Oakland, California, on November 28, 2017. This summary of that workshop highlights the presentations and discussions of the workshop.
Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309092116
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 753
Book Description
In their later years, Americans of different racial and ethnic backgrounds are not in equally good-or equally poor-health. There is wide variation, but on average older Whites are healthier than older Blacks and tend to outlive them. But Whites tend to be in poorer health than Hispanics and Asian Americans. This volume documents the differentials and considers possible explanations. Selection processes play a role: selective migration, for instance, or selective survival to advanced ages. Health differentials originate early in life, possibly even before birth, and are affected by events and experiences throughout the life course. Differences in socioeconomic status, risk behavior, social relations, and health care all play a role. Separate chapters consider the contribution of such factors and the biopsychosocial mechanisms that link them to health. This volume provides the empirical evidence for the research agenda provided in the separate report of the Panel on Race, Ethnicity, and Health in Later Life.
Children of Immigrants
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309065453
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 673
Book Description
Immigrant children and youth are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population, and so their prospects bear heavily on the well-being of the country. Children of Immigrants represents some of the very best and most extensive research efforts to date on the circumstances, health, and development of children in immigrant families and the delivery of health and social services to these children and their families. This book presents new, detailed analyses of more than a dozen existing datasets that constitute a large share of the national system for monitoring the health and well-being of the U.S. population. Prior to these new analyses, few of these datasets had been used to assess the circumstances of children in immigrant families. The analyses enormously expand the available knowledge about the physical and mental health status and risk behaviors, educational experiences and outcomes, and socioeconomic and demographic circumstances of first- and second-generation immigrant children, compared with children with U.S.-born parents.
Measurement Error
Author: John P. BuonaccorsiPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1420066587
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
Over the last 20 years, comprehensive strategies for treating measurement error in complex models and accounting for the use of extra data to estimate measurement error parameters have emerged. Focusing on both established and novel approaches, Measurement Error: Models, Methods, and Applications provides an overview of the main techniques and illu
Immigrant Health, Wealth, and Immigration Status
Author: Josefina Flores MoralesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Immigrants' documentation status has become an important and rampant source of inequity inthe United States. Prior studies show that lacking a lawful documentation status is correlated with negative mental health outcomes, lower socioeconomic status, and a plethora of other unfavorable social conditions. This dissertation offers three distinct, important studies that expand the knowledge base about the extent to which documentation status is associated with a variety of outcomes at different stages of the life course. My first study focuses on children. I examine the extent to which a policy that expanded healthcare access for undocumented children in California impacted the healthcare coverage and annual doctor visits of Latinx children. This chapter uses multiple cross sections of the California Health Interview Survey. I found that this policy reduced the probability of being uninsured and of having unstable healthcare among Latinx children. The second study focuses on middle and older adults and captures an oftenoverlooked aspect about immigrants' documentation status- the fact that it is a dynamic variable. I found that Latinx immigrants who recently gained their green card experienced quicker declines in their self-reported health regardless of previous exposure to an unauthorized immigration status. The last chapter focuses on the wealth of middle and older adults across their life course to investigate the extent to which immigration status composition in groups can account for racial/ethnic wealth inequality. I found that immigrants' documentation status holds different explanatory power for wealth gaps depending on the racial ethnic group at hand. I also find that among immigrants in a precarious documentation status, the relationship between age and wealth is weaker. Together, these three studies build upon existing research about immigrant incorporation, race/ethnicity, and immigrant health. I provide three examples of how depending on the independent variable of interest immigrants' documentation status can be studied from different perspectives and with distinct operationalizations. My dissertation offers an important insight: that both race/ethnicity and documentation status need to be considered in tandem in future sociological studies. Population exposures to an undocumented status whether it is previous or contemporary will leave an important imprint on the experiences of inequality among the Latinx community in the United States.
Encyclopedia of Immigrant Health
Author: Sana LouePublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 144195659X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 1553
Book Description
There is increasing interest in the scientific literature on immigrant health and its impact on disease transmission, disease prevention, health promotion, well-being on an individual and population level, health policy, and the cost of managing all these issues on an individual, institutional, national, and global level. The need for accurate and up-to-date information is particularly acute due to the increasing numbers of immigrants and refugees worldwide as the result of natural disasters, political turmoil, the growing numbers of immigrants to magnet countries, and the increasing costs of associated health care that are being felt by governments around the world. Format and Scope: The first portion of the encyclopedia contains chapters that are approximately 25 to 40 manuscript pages in length. Each overview chapter includes a list of references and suggested readings for cross referencing within the encyclopedia. The opening chapters are: Immigration in the Global Context, Immigration Processes and Health in the U.S.: A Brief History, Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Culture-Specific Diagnoses, Health Determinants, Occupational and Environmental Health, Methodological Issues in Immigrant Health Research, Ethical Issues in Research with Immigrants and Refugees, Ethical Issues in the Clinical Context. The second portion of the book consists of alphabetical entries that relate to the health of immigrants. Entries are interdisciplinary and are drawn from the following fields of study: anthropology, demographics, history, law, linguistics, medicine, population studies, psychology, religion, and sociology. Each entry is followed by a listing of suggested readings and suggested resources, and also links to related terms within the whole book. Outstanding Features The book adopts a biopsychosocial-historical approach to the topics covered in the chapters and the entries. Each entry includes suggested readings and suggested resources. The chapters and entries are written graduate level that is accessible to all academics, researchers, and professionals from diverse backgrounds. We consider the audience for the entries to be well educated, but a non expert in this area. The primary focus of the book is on the immigrant populations in and immigration to magnet countries. References are made to worldwide trends and issues arising globally. In addition to the comprehensive subject coverage the text also offers diverse perspectives. The editors themselves reflect the multidisciplinary nature of the topics, with expertise in psychiatry, law, epidemiology, anthropology, and social work. Authors similarly reflect diverse disciplines.
From Generation to Generation
Author: National Research Council and Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309065615
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
Immigrant children and youth are the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population, and so their prospects bear heavily on the well-being of the country. However, relevant public policy is shaped less by informed discussion than by politicized contention over welfare reform and immigration limits. From Generation to Generation explores what we know about the development of white, black, Hispanic, and Asian children and youth from numerous countries of origin. Describing the status of immigrant children and youth as "severely understudied," the committee both draws on and supplements existing research to characterize the current status and outlook of immigrant children. The book discusses the many factorsâ€"family size, fluency in English, parent employment, acculturation, delivery of health and social services, and public policiesâ€"that shape the outlook for the lives of these children and youth. The committee makes recommendations for improved research and data collection designed to advance knowledge about these children and, as a result, their visibility in current policy debates.