IMMIGRANT SELECTION SYSTEMS AND IMMIGRANT HEALTH

Immigrant and refugee health.

Each year, more than 15 million people seek political asylum or become refugees in various parts of the world. Most of these displaced persons are from developing countries where infectious diseases (e.g., tuberculosis, hepatitis, malaria, various parasitic and emerging diseases) are prevalent. These persons migrate mainly to the United States, Australia, and Canada, nations that receive inflow...

Immigrant Health—Selectivity and Acculturation

Refugee and Immigrant Health Care

Refugee/asylee: A person who, because of a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion, is forced to flee the country of his or her nationality and is unwilling or unable to seek the protection of his or her government. Refugee status is determined by Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) before...

Health status and health services utilization of Canada's immigrant and non-immigrant populations.

Ce document compare l’état de santé des immigrants et leur utilisation des services de santé à ceux de la population d’origine canadienne à l’aide de données provenant de deux cycles (1985 et 1991) de l’Enquête sociale générale (ESG). Les résultats obtenus démontrent que l’état de santé des immigrants de même que leur utilisation des services de santé ne sont pas significativement différents de...

Immigrant status and unmet health care needs.

OBJECTIVES To compare whether unmet health needs differ between immigrants and non-immigrants, and examine whether help-seeking characteristics account for any unmet needs disparities. METHODS The data are from the Canadian Community Health Survey Cycle 1.1, conducted by Statistics Canada in 2000-2001. The study sample includes 16,046 immigrants and 102,173 non-immigrants aged 18 and older fr...