OBJECTIVE Differences in health, lifestyles, and use of health care between groups of varying ethnic origin can have important implications for preventive and curative health care. This paper studies whether socioeconomic factors explain ethnic differences in these outcomes. DESIGN Data on health status, lifestyles, and use of health care were obtained from interviews with 3296 people aged 16...

BACKGROUND Immigrants tend to have better health than the Canadian-born. However, the "healthy immigrant" effect diminishes over time and varies by source country. This study examines whether lower hospitalization rates persist from the first (G1) to the second generation (G2) of immigrants, compared with other Canadians (G3+). All-cause and circulatory disease-related hospitalization rates wer...

Using 1990 Census microdata, we explore ethnic, racial and immigrant differences in private school attendance. We find high rates of private school attendance among white natives, white immigrants, and Asian natives. In contrast, we find low private school rates among black and Hispanic natives and immigrants, Asian immigrants, and other natives. Variations in income per capita and especially p...

OBJECTIVE Reports suggest that immigrants are under-served by the mental health service system. The aim of this study is to examine the rates of mental health visits and hospitalization of Chinese immigrants in British Columbia using historic administrative databases. METHOD A total of more than 150,000 Chinese immigrants who landed in BC between 1985 and 2000 were identified from an immigrat...

BACKGROUND Previous findings of increased rates of psychotic disorders among immigrants to Sweden are primarily based on hospital samples. The aim of the current study was to compare the risks of first contact for psychotic and schizophrenic disorders among first- and second-generation immigrants to the risks in native 'Swedes'. METHOD During a 3-year period, diagnostic information was collec...

BACKGROUND There has been an increasing number of immigrants to Chile in the last years, especially from South American countries. The phenomenon of immigration and its consequences has been studied by international literature, and different health care needs have been reported for this group as compared with local population. In Chile this phenomenon is poorly studied and HIV prevention campai...

OBJECTIVES To identify the impact of immigration on health services by comparing hospital discharges, case-mix, and economic effects between immigrants and the native population. METHODS We performed a retrospective longitudinal study of acute-care hospital admissions in Murcia (Spain) registered in the Minimum Data Set from 2004-2005. The groups to be compared, established on the basis of co...

INTRODUCTION Blood pressure is significantly improved with weight loss. Behavioral interventions for weight loss seem to be less successful in African immigrants. Our main aims were to assess the effect of a dietary and lifestyle intervention on weight among hypertensive Portuguese natives and immigrants and to identify success factors for weight loss, and also to evaluate changes in knowledge ...

The continued concentration of immigrants into a select number of port-of-entry states has focused both the benefits and burdens of immigration on their residents and local governments. The fact that immigrants concentrate in these areas at the same time as domestic migrants are relocating elsewhere suggests that conventional labour market forces playa lesser role than ethnic ties in affecting ...

background: foreign immigrants form the part of the population of each country. among the foreign immigrant population in iran, the share of immigrants and nationals from afghanistan is very noticeable. one of the factors that affect this people's physical and mental health is social support. this study aimed to investigate the status of social support and its effective factors on afghan immigr...