Public Health Perspectives With Immigrants and Refugees

This chapter offers some insights into the collective health of immigrant communities in the United States. First, the chapter reviews the epidemiology of major public health conditions, life expectancy and mortality rates for immigrant groups. Second, the chapter focuses on public health policy issues related to immigration ranging from admissions to the United States, health insurance coverage, and access to primary care. The chapter ends with a discussion of using a health equity framework for developing an immigrant public health agenda rooted in principles of social work theory and practice.