Essays about: "Immigrant Health Advantage"
Found 2 essays containing the words Immigrant Health Advantage.
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1. Retirement and the Healthy Immigrant Effect Among Older People : A comparison of health outcomes using SHARE data
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionenAbstract : 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
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2. Disability risk disparity among the immigrant population in the United States, 2009-2018
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : 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