Immigration as a social determinant of health : proceedings of a workshop

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...

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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:
Medical care > Needs assessment > United States.
Right to health > United States.
United States > Emigration and immigration > History.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009622031206719
Table of Contents:
  • The past and present of U.S. immigration policy
  • Immigration and the social determinants of health
  • The voices of immigrants
  • Reflections on the workshop.

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