Immigration and immigrant policies, health, and health equity in the United States

AMW Lebrón, IR Torres, N Kline… - The Milbank …, 2023 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Policy Points: r There is growing attention to the role of immigration and immigrant policies in
shaping the health and well-being of immigrants of color. r The early 21st century in the …

Factors associated with access, utilization, and living experiences of labor and delivery care among Black women in the US: a scoping review

FN YADA, CZ Olorunsaiye, CS Brown… - Current Obstetrics and …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This scoping review aims to explore the factors associated with
the access, utilization, and experiences of labor and delivery (L&D) care services among …

Stratified citizenship, stratified health: Examining latinx legal status in the US healthcare safety net

M Van Natta, NJ Burke, IH Yen, MD Fleming… - Social Science & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Our paper explores how legal status stratification shapes the health and health care of low-
income patients with chronic illnesses in the US healthcare safety net. Drawing on data from …

“They are clipping our wings”: Health implications of restrictive immigrant policies for Mexican-origin women in a northern border community

AMW LeBrón, AJ Schulz, C Gamboa, A Reyes… - Race and Social …, 2018 - Springer
We examine racialization processes experienced by women of Mexican origin in a northern
border community during a protracted period of restrictive immigrant policies that have …

Health care, immigrants, and minorities: lessons from the affordable care act in the US

TD Joseph, HB Marrow - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Tiffany D. Joseph a and Helen B. Marrow b aDepartment of Sociology, Stony Brook
University, Stony Brook, NY, USA; bDepartment of Sociology, Latin American Studies, Tufts …

Nativity and citizenship status affect Latinos' health insurance coverage under the ACA

GR Sanchez, ED Vargas, MD Juarez… - Journal of Ethnic and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) aimed to increase
health insurance access for the over 47 million uninsured people in the USA, among whom …

Challenging federal exclusion: Immigrant safety, health, and healthcare access in sanctuary cities

AR Houston, T Da Fonseca, TD Joseph, AK Lincoln - Health & Place, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract As the United States (US) continues to prioritize federal immigration enforcement,
subnational localities increasingly enact their own immigration policies. Cities limiting …

Variations in access to care after the Affordable Care Act among different immigrant groups

MZ Sharif, G Samari, HE Alcalá - Journal of Community Health, 2020 - Springer
To assess how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) impacted changes in access and utilization of
health care between groups by examining differences across groups of immigrants and by …

Health without papers: immigrants, citizenship, and health in the 21st century

B Tuohy - Social Forces, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Over the past several decades, citizenship status has become more important in immigrant
lives and communities in the United States. Undocumented adults who arrived as children …

Immigrant access in the Affordable Care Act: legacies of the Confederacy

D Light, M Terrasse - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
During its first five years, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) built upon previous categorical
distinctions among immigrants to solidify some inequalities and partially redress others. To …