Immigration and Health

Reanne Frank is Associate Professor of Sociology at the Ohio State University, USA and faculty affiliate of the Institute for Population Research (IPR). Her active research agenda centers on the sociology of immigration and race/ethnic inequality with a focus on demographic and health outcomes.

• Introduction: Advancing the Field of Immigration and Health; Reanne Frank, Erick Axxe, Coralia Balasca, Melissa Rodriguez Part 1: Cross-National Perspectives 1. Reconsidering the Relationship between Age at Migration and Health Behavior among US Immigrants: The Modifying Role of Continued Contact with Countries of Origin; Jacqueline Torres, Annie Ro, May Sudhinaraset2. Structure, Culture, and HIV/STI Vulnerabilities among Migrant Women in Russia; Victor Agadijanian and Natalia Zotova Part 2: Problematizing Acculturation 3. Socioeconomic Status and Acculturation: Why Mexican-Americans are Heavier than Mexican Immigrants and Whites; Michelle Frisco, Molly Martin, Jennifer Van Hook 4. Intergenerational Health Transmission among Mexican-Americans: Further Evidence of the Protective Effect of Spanish-Language Utilization; Brian K. Finch 5. Talking about Teeth: Egocentric Networks and Oral Health Outcomes in a Mexican-American Immigrant Community; Erin Pullen, Brea Perry Gerardo Maupome 6. The Influence of Acculturation and Weight-Related Behaviors on Body Mass Index among Asian American Ethnic Subgroups; Chih-Chien Huang Part 3: Structural Approach 7. The Immigrant Health Differential in the Context of Racial and Ethnic Disparities: The Case of Diabetes; Michal Engelman and Leafia Zi Ye 8. The Effects of Perceived Discrimination on Immigrant and Refugee Physical and Mental Health; Magdalena Szaflarski and Shawn Bauldry 9. 'They See Us Like Trash': How Mexican Illegality Stigma Affects the Phychological Well-Being of Undocumented and U.S.-born Young Adults of Mexican Descent; Deisy Del Real10. Immigrant Exclusion and Inclusion: The Importance of Citizenship for Insurance Coverage Before and After the Affordable Care Act; Erin Ice 11. Precarious Incorporation: The Role of Work in Migrant Health and Longevity; Nathan Dollar 12. Inflammation among Children: Evidence of an Immigrant Advantage?; Kammi Schmeer

Believing that health and illness provide a window into how a social structure operates, sociologists offer evidence-based perspectives on the health of immigrants and their descendants. In sections on cross-national perspectives, problemitizing acculturation, and a structural approach, they address such topics as reconsidering the relationship between age at migration and health behaviors among US immigrants: the modifying role of continued cross-border ties, intergenerational health transmission among Mexican Americans: further evidence of the protective effect of Spanish-language utilization, the influence of acculturation and weight-related behaviors on body mass index among Asian American ethnic subgroups, the immigrant health differential in the context of racial and ethnic disparities: the case of diabetes, and immigrant exclusion and inclusion: the importance of citizenship for insurance coverage before and after the Affordable Care Act.