Immigration as a social determinant of health proceedings of a workshop

"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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Immigration as a Social Determinant of Health (Workshop) (-), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity, issuing body (issuing body), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Health and Medicine Division
Other Authors: Olsen, Steven, rapporteur (rapporteur), Anderson, Karen M., rapporteur
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, DC : The National Academies Press [2018]
Subjects:
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009622031206719
Description
Summary:"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"--Publisher's description.
Physical Description:1 online resource (64 pages) : illustrations
ISBN:9780309482202
9780309482189