References & Sources  -  September 19, 1998

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Immigrants Go from Health to Worse

New studies and a national review conclude that immigrants enjoy physical and mental health advantages over native-born U.S. residents, but health declines with length of exposure to U.S. society.

 

References:

1998. From generation to generation: The health and well-being of children in immigrant families. National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine Report. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.

Escobar, J.I. 1998. Immigration and mental health. Archives of General Psychiatry 55(September):781.

Vega, W.A., et al. 1998. Lifetime prevalence of DSM-III-R psychiatric disorders among urban and rural Mexican Americans in California. Archives of General Psychiatry 55(September):771.

Sources:

Javier I. Escobar
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Department of Psychiatry
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Piscataway, NJ 08854-5635

William A. Vega
University of Texas, San Antonio
Metropolitan Research and Policy Institute
San Antonio Downtown Campus
501 West Durango Boulevard
San Antonio, TX 78207

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 12, September 19, 1998, p. 180.
Copyright © 1998 by Science Service.

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