Background Approximately 25 million people in the USA are limited English proficient (LEP).
When LEP patients receive care from physicians who are truly language concordant, some …

Inadequate access and poor quality care for immigrants could have serious consequences
for their health and that of the overall US population. The authors conducted a systematic …

Cancer is one of the major non-communicable diseases posing a threat to world health.
Unfortunately, improvements in socioeconomic conditions are usually associated with …

This paper identifies the overarching patterns of immigrant health in the US. Most studies
indicate that foreign-born individuals are in better health than native-born Americans …

Background Minority racial/ethnic groups have low colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates.
Objective To evaluate a culturally tailored intervention to increase CRC screening, primarily …

This study sought to examine the influence of length of stay and language proficiency on
immigrants' access to and utilization of care in Canada and the United States (US). Data …

Asian immigrants in the US are far less likely to have health insurance or use health care
services than both US-born Asians and non-Hispanic Whites. Furthermore, Asian …

PURPOSE: Aggregation of Asian Americans (AAs) with Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific
Islanders (NHPIs) masks significant health disparities. We evaluated overall survival (OS) …

Background There exist racial and ethnic disparities in the prevalence of chronic medical
illnesses. However, it is unclear if the disparities arise from patients' self-reported estimates …

Significant disparities in cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates among minority
groups have been documented in the United States, despite an overall decline in these …