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Mexican and Central American Immigrants in the United States: Health Care Access (2006) CONAPO Press; Migration and Health: Mexican Immigrant Women in the U.S. (2010) CONAPO Press [5] Migration and Health: Young Mexican Immigrants in the US (2012) CONAPO Press [6] English-Spanish Dictionary of Health Related Terms 4th Edition.
Many undocumented immigrants delay or do not get necessary health care, which is related to their barriers to health insurance coverage. [7]According to study conducted using data from the 2003 California Health Interview Survey, of the Mexicans and other Latinos surveyed, undocumented immigrants had the lowest rates of health insurance and healthcare usage and were the youngest in age overall ...
Immigrant health care is considered distinct from citizen health care, due to intersecting socioeconomic factors and health policies associated with immigration status. Disparities in health care usage, coverage, and quality are also observed, not only between immigrants and citizens but also among immigrant groups as well. [2]
More than 700,000 immigrants living illegally in California will gain access to free health care starting Monday under one of the state's most ambitious coverage expansions in a decade ...
Hispanic immigrants living in the United States have been found to have higher levels of exposure to trauma and lower mental health service utilization than the general population. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Those who met the criteria for asylum and experience trauma before migrating are vulnerable to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. [ 2 ]
The Hispanic paradox refers to the medical research indicating that Latino immigrants enter the United States with better health, on average, than the average American citizen, but lose this health benefit the longer they reside in the United States. It is important to note that this health paradox affects both male and female populations of ...
California’s economy particularly benefits from the undocumented workforce. The population paid an estimated $8.5 billion in state and local taxes in 2022, according to this latest report.
The community health center (CHC) in the United States is the dominant model for providing integrated primary care and public health services for the low-income and uninsured, and represents one use of federal grant funding as part of the country's health care safety net. The health care safety net can be defined as a group of health centers ...