Guiding Principles for Writing About Immigrants and Immigrant Health
Shifting our strategies and terminology used for communicating about immigrants and immigrant health is necessary for building trust and mitigating stigma.
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Latina Immigrants’ Social Isolation
Latina immigrants in Houston and Phoenix experienced increased social isolation resulting from local government involvement in Secure Communities, a program that involves local and state officials in immigration enforcement.
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Immigrants and Private Insurance: Pay More, Use Less
New research in Health Affairs upends the belief that immigrants are a drain on the US health care system.
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Insuring Immigrants
Many lawfully present immigrants remain uninsured due to fear, confusion about eligibility policies, and difficulty navigating the enrollment process.
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Covid-19 and ICE Raid Immigrants
In order to survive, we must follow public health recommendations by stopping ICE raids, detentions, and deportations.
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The Immigrant Paradox and School Success
Long-spell poverty is associated with lower academic performance, but research by Han et al. also found that children of immigrants were doing as well as, if not better than, children with native-born parents in certain areas like math.
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Covid-19 Vaccines for Refugees and Immigrants
Ensuring equitable access to vaccines for all who migrate to the US, regardless of legal status, would reduce the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on refugee, migrant, and immigrant communities.
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Outlawing Immigrants and Alienating Health
Researchers assessed how state-based immigration criminalization policies influenced how Latinx and Asian Pacific Islander citizens and noncitizens rated their health.
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Caring for Immigrant Caregivers
Without immigrants to fill a substantial portion of the direct care workforce, direct care shortages may be worse than previously estimated.
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Integration Walls
Researchers examined state and local laws throughout the U.S. and determined where these laws are more or less supportive of immigrants.
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