The Health of Immigrant Populations: Coverage, Access, and Outcomes
June 13, 2002

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Handouts, Resources, and Readings

• Immigrants' Health Care: Coverage and Access, The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, August 2000. http://www.kff.org/content/2000/2000802a/Pub2203.pdf

• Lillie Blanton, M. and Hudman, J. Untangling the Web: Race/Ethnicity, Immigration, and the Nation's Health. AJPH, 2001; 91; 1736-1738.

• Granados, G., Puvvula, J. Berman, N. et al. Health Care for Latino Children: Impact of Child and Parental Birthplace on Insurance Status and Access to Health Services. AJPH, 2001; 91; 1806-180

• Yu SM, Huang ZJ, Schwalberg R, Overpeck M, Kogan MD. Association of language spoken at home with health and school issues among US Asian adolescents. J School Health, 2002;72:192-198

• Singh G K, Siahpush M. All-cause and cause-specific mortality of immigrants and native born in the United States. Am J Public Health 2001; (91): 392-399.

• Singh G K, Siahpush M. Ethnic-immigrant differentials in health behaviors, morbidity, and cause-specific mortality in the United States: an analysis of two national data bases. Hum Biol 2002; (74): 83-109.

• Schmidley AD. U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, Series P23-206, Profile of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States: 2000 U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 2001.

• Capps R. Hardship among Children of Immigrants: Findings from the 1999 National Survey of America's Families. New Federalism: National Survey of America's Families, Series B, No. B-29. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute, 2001.

• Harris KM. The health status and risk behaviors of adolescents in immigrant families. In Hernandez DJ, ed. Children of Immigrants: Health, Adjustment, and Public Assistance. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2000.

• Ruiz de Velasco J, Fix M, Clewell BC. Overlooked and Underserved: Immigrant Students in U.S. Secondary Schools. Washington, DC: Urban Institute, Dec 2000.