Index

Immigration and Health

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ISSN: 1057-6290

Publication date: 7 January 2019

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(2019), "Index", Immigration and Health (Advances in Medical Sociology, Vol. 19), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 297-307. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1057-629020190000019014

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INDEX

Accelerometer data
, 79

Acculturation
, 72–73, 75–76, 78, 125, 127–128, 180–182

ethnic/nativity disparities in weight gain
, 87–89

hypothesis
, 99

problematizing
, 5–7

risk regulators
, 86–87

stress
, 183–184

Acculturation Rating Scale II (ARSMA-II)
, 186

Acculturation’s influence on BMI

analytical procedures
, 128–129

Asian American ethnic subgroups
, 128

body weight disparities
, 140

characteristics of foreign-born Asian Americans
, 129, 132–139

control variables
, 128

dependent variable
, 127

descriptive statistics categorized by foreign-born Asian American
, 130–131

independent variables
, 127–128

measurements
, 127

obesity-related problems
, 140

results
, 129

study population
, 126–127

Acculturative stress
, 180–182

Affordable Care Act (ACA)
, 11, 230, 235, 239

AME of citizenship
, 240–241

analytic approach
, 237–239

citizenship inequities for Latinos and non-Latinos
, 233–235

data and methods
, 235

healthcare policy change
, 241–242

immigrant restriction in
, 231–232

Latino and non-Latino noncitizens
, 242–243

limitations
, 243–244

noncitizen restriction from welfare and social services
, 232–233

population health of legal and institutional determinants
, 244–246

variables
, 236–237

Age at migration
, 20, 22–23

interaction between cross-border ties and
, 32

main effect associations
, 28

measures
, 26

Age/gender standardized SFA measure
, 100

Aggression
, 207

Agriculture
, 253, 257–260

foreign-born workers in
, 266–267

Alcohol
, 19

Alcohol per capita consumption (APC)
, 38

Alcohol use
, 22–23, 182

measures
, 25–26

odds ratios and confidence intervals for
, 30–31

predicted probabilities
, 33

Allostatic load
, 79

American ethnic subgroups
, 140

Anger
, 207

Anti-immigration policies
, 245

Antiretroviral therapy (ART)
, 51

Anxiety
, 35, 180, 182, 207, 218, 220–221

Asian American ethnic subgroups

BMI
, 128, 136, 139

body size disparities
, 141

disparities in acculturation in
, 140–141

obesity rates
, 125–126, 132, 140

OLS
, 136, 139–140

social determinants of health among
, 124

Asian Americans
, 124

discrimination among
, 182–183

foreign-born
, 125, 129–139

health disadvantage
, 164

health profile
, 149

immigrants
, 151

Assimilation
, 21–22, 180

Asthma
, 280, 281, 283

Attitudes
, 125

Average marginal effects (AME)
, 237, 240

of citizenship
, 240–241

Basal metabolic rate (BMR)
, 89, 92

Behavioral changes
, 125

Beliefs
, 125

Binomial logistic regression model
, 56, 59

Biomarkers
, 77, 290

data
, 281

Birth-weight
, 100

Birth/prenatal conditions
, 283

Bivariate analyses
, 111

results
, 112–114

Black immigrants
, 151

Body mass index (BMI) (see also Acculturation’s influence on BMI)
, 78, 124, 127, 136–138, 280–281, 283

Body weight disparities
, 139–140

Breast cancer
, 182

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
, 256, 257

C-reactive protein (CRP)
, 276

California Health Interview Study (CHIS)
, 10, 126, 128

California Health Interview Survey (see California Health Interview Study (CHIS))

Caloric intake
, 75, 79

Cardiovascular disease
, 124

Cardiovascular mortality
, 257

Cardiovascular risk factors
, 127

Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI)
, 270

Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP)
, 79

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
, 149

Central Asian migrants in Russian cities
, 49

Child race/ethnicity in NHANES
, 283

Chronic stress
, 75, 79

Chronic stress exposure
, 278

Citizenship
, 230

granting to immigrants
, 175

inequities for Latinos and non-Latinos
, 233–235

status
, 128

status
, 235, 236

Civic inequality
, 209

Community organizations
, 109

Community-based organization (CBO)
, 213

Computer assisted personal interview (CAPI)
, 185

Conceptual model
, 73–74

estimating
, 77

prior research supporting
, 75–77

Concomitant socioeconomic disadvantage
, 151–152

Control variables
, 80, 128, 283

Coronary heart disease (CHD)
, 256

Country-level APC
, 38

Covariates
, 27–28, 54, 100, 112, 128, 133, 136, 139, 158

Cross-border contact
, 24, 26

Cross-border relationships
, 21

Cross-border separation
, 21

Cross-border ties
, 18, 20–23, 38

age at migration and alcohol use
, 22–23

assimilation and transnationalism frameworks
, 21–22

expected heterogeneity by country of origin and gender
, 23–24

hypotheses
, 25

interaction between age at migration and
, 32

limitations
, 36–37

main effect associations
, 28

measures
, 25–28

methods
, 25

recommendations for future work
, 37

results
, 28–34

transnational framework emergence in immigrant health behavior research
, 19–21

Cross-national perspectives
, 4–5

Cross-national research
, 48

Cultural factors
, 4

Culture
, 128, 255

American culture
, 125, 141, 207, 277

conceptualization and operationalization
, 5–6

decontextualizing
, 6

Mexican culture
, 91

Cumulative disadvantage, impact of
, 7

Current Population Survey (CPS)
, 262

Data Access Center (DAC)
, 126

“Decontextualizing” culture
, 6

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
, 1, 176, 213, 225, 231

Dental health
, 106

Dependent variable
, 110, 127, 153, 284

Depression
, 180, 182, 207, 218

Descriptive analysis
, 28

descriptive results
, 82–85

Diabetes case

analysis
, 154–155

analytic sample
, 152–153

data and methods
, 152

demographic, socioeconomic, and health-related characteristics
, 156–157

health disparities
, 166

hispanics adults
, 165

immigrant health in context of racial/ethnic disparities
, 151–152

key variables
, 153–154

longevity and disability
, 167

nativity differential in health
, 150–151

odds ratios of diabetes
, 159–163

predicted probabilities of diabetes
, 164

racial/ethnic disparities in health
, 148–150

raw prevalence of diabetes
, 158

results
, 155

Diet quality
, 75, 79

Discrimination (see also Perceived discrimination)
, 50, 180, 182–184, 209–210

Distress of Mexican illegality stigma
, 209–211

Dual frame of reference
, 255

Eateries
, 52–53

Eating behavior
, 75

Edentulism
, 106

Education
, 181, 187

Effect decomposition
, 191–192

Egocentric networks and oral health outcomes

analyses
, 111

bivariate results
, 112, 113–114

dependent variables
, 110

ego oral health variables
, 110

ego sociodemographic variables
, 110

immigrant paradox scenario
, 117

methods
, 109

multivariate results for ego and oral health characteristics
, 112, 115–118

multivariate results for social network characteristics
, 115–117

network characteristics
, 110–111

OHM
, 118

results
, 111

social resources or social capital mechanism
, 119

traditional individual-level factors
, 120

Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición (ENSANUT)
, 5

see also Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey

English as a second language (ESL)
, 216

English proficiency or length of residence
, 140

Epidemiologic paradox
, 254

Essential health information
, 126

Ethnic identity
, 128

Ethnic minority/national origin group
, 118–119

Ethnicity
, 74, 78, 181, 236

Ethnicity/nativity effects
, 82

Ethnoracial inequality
, 233–234

Expert interviews
, 59–63

Face-to-face questionnaire
, 53

Farmworkers
, 259

Fear
, 207

Federal welfare funds
, 232

Filipino Americans

acculturation
, 140–141

BMI
, 129

obesity rates
, 124, 129, 132, 139

OLS
, 139

Filipino Americans
, 139

First-generation immigrants
, 186, 188, 191

“Flips the script” pattern
, 2

Food similarity index (FSI)
, 78

Foreign-born adults
, 148, 152, 154–155, 165

Foreign-born Americans
, 148, 150

Foreign-born Asian Americans
, 129

body weight
, 125

characteristics
, 129, 132

descriptive statistics
, 130–131

obesity by length of residence and English proficiency
, 132

OLS regressions of BMI on acculturation
, 128, 133–138

Foreign-born Hispanic adults
, 162

Foreign-born Latino

migrants
, 252

mortality
, 254

Full information maximum-likelihood structural equation models (FIML SEM)
, 78

Fundamental cause theory
, 7, 8

Gender differences
, 50

“Hard-line” restrictionist
, 2

Health (see also Immigrant and refugee health)
, 2, 20–21, 181, 185, 277–278

disparities
, 166

insurance
, 231, 235

nativity differential in
, 150–151

patterns
, 148

racial/ethnic disparities in
, 148–150

services
, 107

Health care
, 261–262

providers
, 108

Healthy migrant theory
, 254

“Healthy migrant” hypothesis
, 98

Heat related illnesses
, 259

Heterogeneity
, 255

Hispanic Paradox
, 269

Hispanic(s)

adults
, 165

agricultural workers
, 260, 262

ethnicity
, 153

foods
, 78

immigrants
, 164–165

mortality analysis
, 6

HIV
, 48

HIV/AIDS epidemic in Russian Federation
, 48

Household respondents
, 284

HyperResearch
, 214

Hypertension
, 182

Illegality
, 208–209

Illegality stigma (see also Mexican illegality stigma)
, 10–11, 206, 210–211

Immigrant America
, 2

Immigrant and refugee health
, 178

acculturation and acculturative stress
, 180–182

discrimination
, 182–183

factors shaping
, 180

mental health
, 179–180

physical health
, 178–179

social stress/stressors
, 183–184

social support
, 184

study aim and hypotheses
, 184

Immigrant health
, 244–246

advantage
, 106

in context of racial/ethnic disparities
, 151–152

scholars
, 18

transnational framework emergence in immigrant health behavior research
, 19–21

Immigrant health paradox (see also Inflammation among children)
, 119, 178, 180

Immigrant Paradox
, 269

Immigrant(s)
, 107, 148, 150, 174, 176–177

acculturation
, 125

children
, 278

Latino
, 107, 243, 277

populations
, 125

restriction in ACA
, 231–232

social networks
, 108

social status
, 278–280

Immigration
, 277–278

policies
, 7, 22

scholars
, 233

“Immigration and Health”
, 1, 8–12

cross-national perspectives
, 4–5

patterns of immigrant health
, 2–4

problematizing acculturation
, 5–7

structural influences
, 7–8

In-depth interviews
, 59–63, 214

Incidence rate ratios (IRRs)
, 111

Independent variables
, 111, 127–128

Individual risk factors
, 150

Individual-level behavioral risk factors
, 4

failure of
, 10

Individual-level factors
, 154

Inflammation among children

associations between parent status and logged CRP
, 286–287

data and sample
, 281

immigrant social status
, 278–280

immigration, stress, and health
, 277–278

measures
, 282–284

results
, 285–288

statistical analysis
, 284

study contribution
, 280–281

weighted descriptive statistics
, 282

Institutional Development Award (IDeA)
, 142

Institutional Review Board (IRB)
, 126

Integrated Health Interview Survey (IHIS)
, 235–237

Integrated Public-use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
, 258, 262–263

Integration of Immigrants into American Society, The
, 2

International Labour Organization (ILO)
, 252

International migration
, 4

Kessler 6 (K6)
, 214, 215

Korean Americans
, 129

obesity rates
, 124

Kyrgyz (migrant group)
, 52

Labor

market
, 252–253

migrants
, 50–51, 252

practices
, 7

Language preference
, 186

Latino Threat: Constructing Immigrants, Citizens, and the Nation, The (Chavez)
, 207

Latinos

citizenship inequities for
, 233–235

explanations for Latino health paradox
, 98–99

immigrants
, 22, 107, 243, 277

migrant workers
, 257

subgroups
, 106

Linear regression models
, 100

Logistic regression

models
, 154

of prescribed painkiller or antibiotic
, 117

of sore or bleedings gums
, 116

Longevity advantage
, 151

Los Angeles children with foreign-born primary caregivers
, 278

Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey (L. A. FANS)
, 289

Low-grade inflammation

in childhood
, 276–277

disparities in
, 11

Macro-level processes
, 8

Marginalization
, 50

Medical diagnosis
, 281

Mental component summary 12 (MC12)
, 185

Mental health
, 179–180, 185

Metabolic equivalent of task (MET)
, 92

Methodological improvements
, 77

Metropolitan statistical area (MS)
, 187

Mexican American children
, 288

Mexican American immigrant disadvantage
, 289

Mexican Americans (MAs)
, 72, 106

acculturation and socioeconomic status risk regulators
, 86–87

analysis
, 80–82

data and sample
, 77–78

descriptive results
, 82–85

estimating conceptual model
, 77

ethnic/nativity disparities in weight gain
, 87–88

findings from supplementary models
, 88–89

group differences in BMI, weight gain, and key predictors
, 82

indirect, direct, and total effects of SES and acculturation
, 84

limitations
, 91–92

measures
, 78–80

prior research supporting conceptual model
, 75–77

significant structural paths for women and men
, 83

structural equation model results
, 85–86

theoretical orientation and conceptual model
, 73–74

total, indirect, and direct effects of ethnicity/nativity
, 84

unweighted sample descriptives
, 80–81

Mexican illegality stigma
, 206, 207–209, 223

analysis
, 214–215

case study
, 218–222

data and methods
, 212

empirical evidence on psychological well-being
, 211–212

experiencing
, 215–217

measurements
, 213–214

and psychological well-being
, 218

recruitment
, 212–213

sample characteristics
, 213

stigma
, 207–208

stress
, 217–218

stressors, stress, and distress of
, 209–211

undocumented immigrants
, 206–207

undocumented Mexicans
, 207

Mexican immigrants
, 5, 75

Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey
, 5

Mexican nationals in Mexico
, 5

Mexican-origin adults in US
, 72

Migrant women in Russia

background and conceptualization
, 49–52

context
, 48–49

data
, 52–53

distribution of outcome variables
, 55

in-depth and expert interviews
, 59–63

method
, 53–54

predictors and covariates
, 54

results
, 55–63

sexual partners
, 57

trust in and relationship with permanent partner
, 58

worries about contracting HIV and HIV testing
, 60–61

Migrants
, 49, 253–257

Migration

process
, 151–152

scholars
, 242

status-related barriers to health care
, 50

Mobile labs
, 281

Modern-day immigrant groups
, 279

Mortality
, 253–257

Moscow, survey respondents in
, 53

Mother-to-child transmission, prevention of
, 51

Multiple Cause of Death (MCD)
, 253, 262

Multiplicative interaction terms
, 28

Multivariate models test
, 56

Multivariate results for ego and oral health characteristics
, 112, 115

logistic regression of prescribed painkiller or antibiotic
, 117

logistic regression of sore or bleedings gums
, 116

Poisson regression of lifetime tooth loss
, 118

Multivariate results for social network characteristics
, 115–117

National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
, 235, 253

MCD
, 253, 262

National Death Index (NDI)
, 6

National Epidemiologic Survey of Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC)
, 185

National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions
, 10

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
, 5, 73, 281

NHANES III
, 98

NHANES Youth sample
, 99

National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
, 6, 124–125, 152, 230, 236

National HIV statistics
, 48

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
, 256, 260

National Latino and Asian American Study (NLAAS)
, 8, 25

descriptive statistics
, 29

National Latino and Asian American Survey (see National Latino and Asian American Study (NLAAS))

National Traumatic Occupational Fatality Surveillance (NTOF)
, 270

Native-born Americans, negative behavioral profiles of
, 6

Nativity
, 153

differential in health
, 150–151

Nativity
, 74, 78

Naturalized citizens
, 236

Negative acculturation
, 252

impacts of
, 6

Negative emotions
, 212

Neighborhood characteristics
, 7

Network

characteristics
, 110–111

forces
, 107

NHIS-linked Mortality File (NHIS-LMF)
, 6

nlcom (Stata’s post-estimation command)
, 81

Non-Hispanic

phrase
, 153

White counterparts
, 149

Non-institutionalized population
, 126

Non-Latino

citizenship inequities for
, 233–235

noncitizens
, 243

Non-refugee immigrants
, 180

Non-violent antisocial behavior
, 180

Novosibirsk, survey respondents in
, 53

Obesity
, 79, 182

Obesity rates

Asian American ethnic subgroups
, 125–126, 132, 140

Filipino Americans
, 124, 129, 132, 139

Korean Americans
, 124

Occupation
, 263

Odds ratios (ORs)
, 111

Oral health

behaviors
, 106

ego oral health variables
, 110

Oral health disparities (OHD)
, 106

Oral Health Matters (OHM)
, 109

Ordinary least squares (OLS)
, 100, 101, 128–129, 133–138

Parent education
, 279

Parent reports
, 281

Perceived discrimination
, 182

data
, 185

descriptive statistics for three analytic samples
, 189

effect decomposition
, 191–192

factors shaping immigrant and refugee health
, 180–184

first-generation immigrants
, 188

immigrant and refugee health
, 178–180

language-related discrimination
, 183

measures
, 185–187

procedure of analysis
, 187–188

racial-ethnic discrimination
, 185–186

racial/ethnic minority immigrants
, 175

refugees
, 188–190

selected estimates of unstandardized effects
, 190

US immigrant and refugee populations
, 176–178

Periodontal health
, 106

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA)
, 232, 234, 242

Physical activity
, 75, 79

Physical component summary 12 (PCS12)
, 185

Physical health
, 178–179, 185

“Place, Migration, and Health”
, 4

Poisson regression of lifetime tooth loss
, 118

Population health research
, 244–246

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
, 180

Poverty income ratio (PIR)
, 236–237

Power
, 208

Premigration parent education level
, 280

Psychological distress
, 182, 218

Psychological well-being

Mexican illegality stigma and
, 218

of undocumented immigrants
, 211–212

Psychosocial stress
, 108

Psychosocial stressors
, 276

Public health insurance coverage
, 236

Qualitative research
, 21

Race and Hispanic ethnicity
, 153

Race-conscious society in US
, 166

Race/ethnic(ity)
, 148, 153

minority status
, 279

orientation
, 186

origin
, 186

race/ethnicity-specific findings
, 290

social preference
, 186

Racial discrimination
, 255

Racial/ethnic disparities

in health
, 148–150

immigrant health in context
, 151–152

Racial/ethnic minority

immigrants
, 175

status
, 279

Racialization
, 7, 209

Redistributive policies
, 234

Refugees
, 177–178, 188–190, 192

Regression models
, 127

Retail
, 52–53

“Root causes” of immigrant health
, 7

Russia’s Compulsory Medical Insurance
, 51

Russian Federation
, 51

HIV/AIDS epidemic in
, 48

HIV/STI vulnerabilities
, 48

vulnerabilities of migrant women in
, 51, 52, 56, 59, 64

“Salmon-bias” theory
, 254, 267

Sample Adult Questionnaire (SAQ)
, 152–153

Sampling procedure, three-stage
, 52

Self-identity
, 125

Self-reported health
, 182

Self-reported physical activity
, 79

Sensitivity analyses
, 32, 34, 284

Sequential logistic regressions
, 155–156

SES variables
, 253

Sexual and reproductive health (SRH)
, 48

Sexually transmitted infection (STI)
, 48

SF-12 assessment
, 178

Smoking
, 182

Social

capital
, 107–108, 119

class position
, 279

conditions
, 72

contexts and behaviors
, 148

epidemiological research
, 179

modeling and learning
, 107

networks
, 107, 115–117

noncitizen restriction from social services
, 232–233

norms theory
, 21

processes
, 72

psychological factors
, 180

relationships
, 108

resources
, 119

scientists
, 19, 22

stress scholars
, 210

stress/stressors
, 183–184

support
, 184, 187

Sociodemographic characteristics
, 112, 128

Sociodemographic variables
, 187

ego
, 110

Socioeconomic factors
, 187

Socioeconomic status
, 73, 76–79, 181

ethnic/nativity disparities in weight gain
, 87–88

risk regulators
, 86–87

Sociological research
, 151–152

Spanish-language utilization, protective effect of

explanations for Latino health paradox
, 98–99

methods
, 99–100

results
, 100–102

Stata 14’s SEM package
, 81

Stata’s margins dydx command
, 237

Statistical analyses
, 27–28, 55–59, 284

Statistical tests
, 55

Stature for age (SFA)
, 99

Stigma (see Mexican illegality stigma)
, 206–208

Stigmatization of illegality
, 209

“Straight-line” assimilationist orientation
, 19–20

Street corner labor markets
, 260

Stress
, 183–184, 207, 277–278

of Mexican illegality stigma
, 209–211, 217–218

process model
, 207, 210

stressful life events
, 187

Stressors
, 174–175

of Mexican illegality stigma
, 209–211

Structural equation models (SEMs)
, 77, 176

results
, 85–86

Substance use
, 182

Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
, 232

Tajik (migrant group)
, 52

TalaSurvey Study
, 109

Temporal dynamics
, 77

Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)
, 232–233

Theoretical model
, 74

Time-location approach
, 52

Tobit regression
, 284

Tradition
, 128

Transnational framework

adoption of
, 19

emergence in immigrant health behavior research
, 19–21

Transnationalism
, 20–22

Tribal affiliation stigma
, 208

Trump administration
, 1, 2, 225

Type 2 diabetes
, 124

U-visa
, 213, 225

U.S. Census Bureau (2012)
, 124

Undocumented immigrants
, 206–208, 211

empirical evidence on psychological well-being of
, 211–212

Undocumented young adults
, 213, 216

Unemployment
, 236

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
, 126

US Federal government Certificate of Confidentiality
, 109

US immigrant and refugee populations
, 176–178

US labor market
, 252, 257

US racial hierarchy
, 255

US-born Latinos
, 11

US-oriented assimilation of health behaviors
, 20

US–Mexico border
, 22

Uzbek (migrant group)
, 52

Values, customs
, 125

Variables

dependent
, 110, 127, 153, 284

ego oral health
, 110

ego sociodemographic
, 110

independent
, 111, 127–128

SES
, 253

sociodemographic
, 187

Variance inflation factors
, 111

Vietnamese Americans, BMI of
, 129

Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
, 225

visa
, 213

Violent antisocial behavior
, 180

Weight gain
, 78, 81

Weight-related behaviors
, 125–128

Weight-related chronic illnesses
, 124

Welfare, noncitizen restriction from
, 232–233

Welfare reform (1996)
, 232

Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney test
, 111

Work role in migrant health and longevity
, 256, 257

agriculture
, 257–260

construction
, 260–261

data and methods
, 262–263

health care
, 261–262

ILO
, 252

migrant health and mortality
, 253–257

results
, 263–269

Work status
, 187

Working-age
, 253

Workplace
, 52

World Health Organization Expert Consultation (2004)
, 124

World Health Organization’s Composite International Diagnostic Interview (WHO CIDI)
, 214

World Health Organization’s European region
, 48