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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Olson, Steve
Corporate Authors: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.) Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity, Immigration as a Social Determinant of Health (Workshop) (2017, Oakland, Calif.)
Other Authors: Anderson, Karen M. ([rapporteur])
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC The National Academies Press 2018, [2018]©2018
Subjects:
United States
Public Policy
Emigrants And Immigrants
Health Status Disparities
Social Determinants Of Health
Healthcare Disparities
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Collection: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 45)
  • 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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