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Thursday, June 13, 2002

The Health of Immigrant Populations: Coverage, Access, and Outcomes

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The immigrant population, which in 2000 included 11 percent of people in the U.S., are disproportionately more likely than native-born citizens to lack health care coverage and to receive fewer health care services. One in five U.S. children reside in the house of a foreign-born householder. During this program, Dr. Julie Hudman of the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured will provide an overview of immigrants' health care coverage and access. In addition, Dr. Stella Yu of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau will discuss MCHB studies on the health and well being of immigrant children.


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Immigrants' Health Care: Issues Related to Coverage and Access
Julie Hudman, PhD
Associate Director
Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured

Acculturation and the Health and Well-Being of U.S. Immigrant Adolescents
Stella Yu, ScD
Office of Data and Information Management
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, HRSA

 

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Immigrants' Health Care: Issues Related to Coverage and Access
Julie Hudman, PhD
Associate Director
Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured

Acculturation and the Health and Well-Being of U.S. Immigrant Adolescents
Stella Yu, ScD
Office of Data and Information Management
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, HRSA

 

Handouts/Resources/Readings

Immigrants' Health Care: Coverage and Access, The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, August 2000. http://www.kff.org/content/2000/2000802a/Pub2203.pdf

Lillie Blanton, M. and Hudman, J. Untangling the Web: Race/Ethnicity, Immigration, and the Nation's Health. AJPH, 2001; 91; 1736-1738.

Granados, G., Puvvula, J. Berman, N. et al. Health Care for Latino Children: Impact of Child and Parental Birthplace on Insurance Status and Access to Health Services. AJPH, 2001; 91; 1806-1807.

Yu SM, Huang ZJ, Schwalberg R, Overpeck M, Kogan MD. Association of language spoken at home with health and school issues among US Asian adolescents. J School Health, 2002;72:192-198

Singh G K, Siahpush M. All-cause and cause-specific mortality of immigrants and native born in the United States. Am J Public Health 2001; (91): 392-399.

Singh G K, Siahpush M. Ethnic-immigrant differentials in health behaviors, morbidity, and cause-specific mortality in the United States: an analysis of two national data bases. Hum Biol 2002; (74): 83-109.

Schmidley AD. U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, Series P23-206, Profile of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States: 2000 U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 2001.

Capps R. Hardship among Children of Immigrants: Findings from the 1999 National Survey of America's Families. New Federalism: National Survey of America's Families, Series B, No. B-29. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute, 2001.

Harris KM. The health status and risk behaviors of adolescents in immigrant families. In Hernandez DJ, ed. Children of Immigrants: Health, Adjustment, and Public Assistance. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2000.

Ruiz de Velasco J, Fix M, Clewell BC. Overlooked and Underserved: Immigrant Students in U.S. Secondary Schools. Washington, DC: Urban Institute, Dec 2000.


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