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  • Health disparities in the Latino population
    In this review, the authors provide an approach to the study of health disparities in the US Latino population and evaluate the evidence, using mortality rates for discrete medical conditions and the total US population as a standard for comparison. They examine the demographic structure of the Latino population and how nativity, age, income, and education are related to observed patterns of…
    August 2009
    Co-Morbidities, Xenophobia
  • Resilience and vulnerability among refugee children of traumatized and non-traumatized parents
    Background The aim of the study was to explore resilience among refugee children whose parents had been traumatized and were suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Methods The study comprised 80 refugee children (40 boys and 40 girls, age range 6–17 yrs), divided into two groups. The test group consisted of 40 refugee children whose parents had been tortured in Iraq before coming…
    March 2008
    Illness/Disease/Injury/Wellbeing
  • Immigrants and health care: Sources of vulnerability
    Immigrants have been identified as a vulnerable population, but there is heterogeneity in the degree to which they are vulnerable to inadequate health care. Here we examine the factors that affect immigrants’ vulnerability, including socioeconomic background; immigration status; limited English proficiency; federal, state, and local policies on access to publicly funded health care; residential…
    October 2007
    Health Reform, Racism
  • The “Lost Boys of Sudan:” Functional and behavioral health of unaccompanied refugee minors resettled in the United States
    In this study we examined the functional and behavioral health status of this group of young Sudanese refugees approximately 1 year after their arrival in the United States. Our focus was directed at the extent to which their experiences of psychologically traumatic events, refugee resettlement, and demographics were associated with clinical symptoms, psychosocial functioning, and general health…
    June 2005
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