Assuring the Health of Immigrants: What the Leading Health Indicators Tell Us
Annual Review of Public HealthPublished 11 March 2004
Namratha R. Kandula, Margaret Kersey, Nicole Lurie
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The health of immigrants from the perspective of leading health indicators is discussed, as they provide a framework for anticipating some of the future health needs of immigrants and help define priority areas for research and action.
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Over the past 20 years, the United States has experienced one of the largest waves of immigration in its history. Understanding the health status and needs of immigrants is important because of their growing numbers and their contribution to the health of the nation, but it is challenging because of gaps in national databases, the heterogeneity of immigrant populations, and uncertainty about how migration affects health. Healthy People 2010 outlines the nation's public health objectives for the current decade. It includes ten leading health indicators (LHIs) chosen because of their importance as public health issues, their ability to motivate action, and the availability of data to measure their progress. In this paper, we discuss the health of immigrants from the perspective of these LHIs, as they provide a framework for anticipating some of the future health needs of immigrants and help define priority areas for research and action.
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If cancer control programs are to successfully reduce the risk of smoking-related cancers within black communities, more extensive data on demographics, knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and practices within ethnic groups are needed.
PubMedViolence and Latino youth: prevention and methodological issues.
35 Citations1995Michael Rodríguez, Claire D. Brindis
An overview of the scope of homicide and intentional injuries in Latino communities is presented, risk factors for intentional injuries are reviewed, and the implications of ethnic-specific factors for violence prevention and research efforts are discussed.
Community Mental Health JournalPTSD Among Bosnian Refugees: A Survey of Providers' Knowledge, Attitudes and Service Patterns
34 Citations2001Stevan Weine, Gene Kuc +3 more
Assessment, intervention and educational activities of providers are not consistent with literature documenting that PTSD is highly prevalent in refugee populations and new training programs, model development, and research initiatives are needed to address the needs of refugees.
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent MedicinePediatric Injury Hospitalization in Hispanic Children and Non-Hispanic White Children in Southern California
33 Citations1996Phyllis F. Agran
Hispanic children had higher injury rates than non-Hispanic white children, even when controlling for census block group, and rate differences may be related to differences in exposure to various causes of injury, injury prevention practices, parenting practices, family size, and language.
American Journal of Public HealthChildren on the move and vaccination coverage in a low-income, urban Latino population.
29 Citations1999Sally E. Findley, M Irigoyen +1 more
Foreign birth, but not childhood moves, is a barrier to vaccinations among low-income, urban Latino children in New York City.
The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & ResearchThe societal and organizational contexts of culturally sensitive mental health services: Findings from an evaluation of bilingual/Bicultural psychiatric programs
29 Citations1992Orlando Rodríguez, Johanna Lessinger +1 more
It is argued that researchers and practitioners concerned with mental health services for Hispanics and other minority groups need to pay more attention to the societal and organizational contexts that facilitate or impede the development of effective culturally sensitive psychiatric programs.
Journal of Transcultural NursingHearing Our Voices: Assessing HIV Prevention Needs among Asian and Pacific Islander Women
29 Citations1999Loretta Sweet Jemmott, Erme C. Maula +1 more
Assessment of the impact of HIV/AIDS on the Asian-Pacific Islander (API) community and changes in their behavior due to AIDS concluded that for HIV prevention interventions to be successful, they must be tailored to the cultural and specific needs of API women.
Journal of Immigrant HealthMortality Among Young Immigrants to California: Injury Compared to Disease Deaths
28 Citations1999Susan B. Sorenson, Haikang Shen
Investigation of adolescent and young adult immigrants' risk of death due to disease and injury in the United States indicates that young immigrants, at least in terms of mortality, do not constitute a burden in that they are at lower or similar risk ofdeath than U.S.-born youth.
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