Essays about: "Immigrant Health Advantage"

Found 2 essays containing the words Immigrant Health Advantage.

1. 1. Retirement and the Healthy Immigrant Effect Among Older People : A comparison of health outcomes using SHARE data

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Leland Turnbull; [2022]
   Keywords : Healthy Immigrant Effect; Retirement; Senior Health; Immigrant Health Advantage; Self-Rated Health; Long Term Illness;

   Abstract : While the healthy immigrant effect (HIE) has been seen throughout the western world in the adult population; research on the older population shows an inverse relationship between self-reported health and immigration status – i.e., in many instances, a health disadvantage for older immigrants. READ MORE

3. 2. Disability risk disparity among the immigrant population in the United States, 2009-2018

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Wooseong Kim; [2020]
   Keywords : Disability; Health inequality; Immigration; Immigrant health disparity; Social Sciences; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This thesis attempts to examine the relationship between immigrant generation status and disability risk in the US. The difference in disability risk, resulting from a series of chronic health conditions, is one of the major indicators of health disparities among immigrants which contribute to persistent ethnic/racial stratification of health. READ MORE