{"title":"Health Services Considerations Amongst Immigrant Populations","authors":"I. Montoya","doi":"10.1300/J191v03n03_02","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The foreign-born population comprised 11.5% of the U.S. population in 2002. Immigration to the U.S. has grown substantially and continues to grow. A close examination of the immigration data shows that immigrant community in the U.S. is not homogeneous and in fact is very diverse both within itself and from the native-born population. U.S. Census Bureau data reveal that these differences create pockets of divergent populations within the country. How these populations assimilate into the U.S. healthcare system is not clearly understood. Cultural values, beliefs, and practices often juxtapose the immigrant to the healthcare system. Religious differences coupled with educational and income disparities add to the challenge of developing and implementing healthcare programs. This paper concludes with suggestions for more research in healthcare to immigrants.","PeriodicalId":235181,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2005-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Services","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J191v03n03_02","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract The foreign-born population comprised 11.5% of the U.S. population in 2002. Immigration to the U.S. has grown substantially and continues to grow. A close examination of the immigration data shows that immigrant community in the U.S. is not homogeneous and in fact is very diverse both within itself and from the native-born population. U.S. Census Bureau data reveal that these differences create pockets of divergent populations within the country. How these populations assimilate into the U.S. healthcare system is not clearly understood. Cultural values, beliefs, and practices often juxtapose the immigrant to the healthcare system. Religious differences coupled with educational and income disparities add to the challenge of developing and implementing healthcare programs. This paper concludes with suggestions for more research in healthcare to immigrants.
2002年,外国出生人口占美国总人口的11.5%。美国的移民人数大幅增长,并将继续增长。对移民数据的仔细研究表明,美国的移民社区并不是同质的,事实上,无论是内部还是与本地出生的人口相比,移民社区都非常多样化。美国人口普查局(U.S. Census Bureau)的数据显示,这些差异在美国国内形成了不同的人口群体。这些人群是如何融入美国医疗体系的还不清楚。文化价值观、信仰和实践常常将移民与医疗保健系统并列。宗教差异加上教育和收入差距增加了制定和实施医疗保健计划的挑战。最后,对移民医疗保健的研究提出了建议。