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Impacts of English language proficiency on healthcare access, use, and outcomes among immigrants: a qualitative study

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Immigrants from culturally, ethnically, and linguistically diverse countries face many challenges during the resettlement phase, which influence their access to healthcare services and health outcomes.
Mamata Pandey   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prejudice and Discrimination Toward Immigrants.

open access: yesAnnual Review of Psychology, 2020
Prejudice and discrimination toward immigrants, and the consequences of these negative attitudes and behavior, are key determinants of the economic, sociocultural, and civic-political future of receiving societies and of the individuals who seek to make ...
Victoria M. Esses
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The (in)visible victims of disaster: Understanding the vulnerability of undocumented Latino/a and indigenous immigrants

open access: yesGeoforum; journal of physical, human, and regional geosciences, 2020
Highlights • Systemic racism and cultural norms determine who is a “worthy disaster victim.”• Undocumented immigrants are particularly vulnerable to wildfires and pandemics.• Disaster planning should give special consideration to undocumented immigrants.•
M. Méndez   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Comparing clinico-demographics and neuropsychiatric symptoms for immigrant and non-immigrant aged care residents living with dementia: a retrospective cross-sectional study from an Australian dementia-specific support service

open access: yesBMC Geriatrics, 2023
Background Neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia such as agitation and aggression are common in people living with dementia. The presentation of neuropsychiatric symptoms is influenced by the cultural background of people living with dementia.
Pelden Chejor   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Do Immigrants Assimilate More Slowly Today than in the Past?

open access: yesAmerican Economic Review: Insights, 2020
Using millions of historical census records and modern birth certificates, we document that immigrants assimilated into US society at similar rates in the past and present. We measure cultural assimilation as immigrants giving their children less foreign
Ran Abramitzky, L. Boustan, K. Eriksson
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Tuberculosis in international immigrants: Profile and vulnerability of cases residing in the municipality of São Paulo, Brazil

open access: yesJournal of Migration and Health, 2022
Objective: To analyze the profile of immigrants with tuberculosis (TB) and to identify the associated vulnerability characteristics. Methods: A cross-sectional study which used TB-WEB data from cases residing in São Paulo in 2016 (203 immigrants and 6 ...
Denise Gonçalves   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Las relaciones sociales en salud mental: Estudio sobre la percepción del impacto de las relaciones sociales en la mejora de la autonomía de las personas con diversidad mental y la relación con el trabajo social

open access: yesAlternativas, 2014
La Salud Mental en la actualidad centra el interés en la persona, prestando la misma atención a los factores sociales, psicológicos y físicos. La visión en la que se basa ésta investigación es la descripción del papel de las redes sociales como ...
Josep Cazorla Palomo
doaj   +1 more source

Gifts of the Immigrants, Woes of the Natives: Lessons from the Age of Mass Migration

open access: yesThe Review of Economic Studies, 2019
In this article, I jointly investigate the political and the economic effects of immigration, and study the causes of anti-immigrant sentiments. I exploit exogenous variation in European immigration to U.S.
M. Tabellini
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Understanding the gender gap in immigrant entrepreneurship: a multi-country study of immigrants’ embeddedness in economic, social, and institutional contexts

open access: yesSmall Business Economics, 2020
Given the rising rate of migration across the globe, immigrant entrepreneurship is more than ever a topic of high theoretical and practical relevance.
Steven A. Brieger, Michael M. Gielnik
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants Part 1

open access: yes, 2001
Part one of this paper highlights how students today think and process information fundamentally differently from their predecessors, as a result of being surrounded by new technology. The author compares these “digital natives” with the older generation
M. Prensky
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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