Documenting legal status: a systematic review of measurement of undocumented status in health research

Young, Maria–Elena De Trinidad; Madrigal, Daniel

doi:10.1186/s40985-017-0073-4

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“…The study further reviews 12 articles on health disparities between authorised and unauthorised US immigrants. The authors find that in this line of work, rather than a health disadvantage, unauthorised immigrants are found to be at a health advantage or have no significant difference from their documented counterparts (Swartz et al, 2017;Wen & Maloney, 2014;Young & Madrigal, 2017). Specifically, among all 45 comparisons of physical health outcomes in the 12 studies reviewed, 93% show no difference or better outcomes for unauthorised immigrants.…”

Section: Documentation Status and Immigrant Health Selectionmentioning

confidence: 91%

“…These conditions are expected to compromise the health of unauthorised immigrants. However, an increasing body of research points to an epidemiologic paradox within immigrants with respect to documentation status (Hamilton, Hale, & Savinar, 2019;Swartz, Hainmueller, Lawrence, & Rodriguez, 2017;Wen & Maloney, 2014;Young & Madrigal, 2017): Undocumented immigrants often exhibit similar or even better health outcomes than documented immigrants in spite of their socio-economic disadvantages. This paradox may be partially explained by differential immigrant health selection.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Documentation status, gender, and health selection of immigrants: Evidence from Mexican–US migration

2020

Population Space and Place

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Recent research has revealed an epidemiologic paradox within immigrants: undocumented immigrants often exhibit similar or even better health outcomes than documented immigrants despite their socioeconomic disadvantages. The present study examines whether this paradox partly reflects heterogeneity in immigrant health selection by documentation status and gender. We examine the case of Mexico-US immigration using data from the Mexican Migration Project, which provides

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Section: Documentation Status and Immigrant Health Selectionmentioning

confidence: 91%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Documentation status, gender, and health selection of immigrants: Evidence from Mexican–US migration

2020

Population Space and Place

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“…Nevertheless, immigration status is rarely measured in health research and, when it is, immigration status is measured inconsistently or done through use of proxy measures (eg, lack of a valid social security number, lack of a driver's license, survey response indicating deportation fears, occupation as a day laborer, or receipt of public health insurance benefits such as Emergency Medicaid). 10 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is required by law (ie, the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993, Pub. L. 103-43) to ensure the inclusion of minorities in research.…”

Section: Which Immigrants? Methodological and Ethical Considerationsmentioning

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Ethical and Legal Considerations for the Inclusion of Underserved and Underrepresented Immigrant Populations in Precision Health and Genomic Research in the United States

Wagner

2019

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There has been growing recognition of the importance of diversity and inclusion of underrepresented minority populations, including immigrants, in genomic research and precision medicine. Achieving diversity has been difficult and has led some scholars to question whether the law is a help or a threat to the inclusion of underserved and underrepresented immigrant populations. In this commentary, I provide an overview of some of the many relevant legal issues affecting the inclusion of immigrants in genomic research and precision health initiatives, such as the All of UsSM Research Program. Development of research recruitment, retention, and data collection plans without also considering the legal and sociopolitical context within which such efforts are to be carried out is risky. Advancing health policy with a goal of eliminating health disparities (or, at a minimum, ensuring that health disparities are not exacerbated by genomic or precision health technologies) requires us to acknowledge the negative effects that immigration policy and criminal justice policy have on the involvement of immigrants in such research and on their health directly. I conclude that it is not a question of whether the law is a help or a threat but, rather, whether we collectively will prioritize authentic diversity and inclusion policies and also insist on compliance with the laws intended to ensure the human right of every individual – regardless of immigration status or national origin – to share in the advancement of science.Ethn Dis.2019;29(Suppl 3):641-650;doi:10.18865/ed.29.S3.641

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“…Citizens are then asked, "when did you become naturalized?," while noncitizens are asked, "are you a permanent resident with a green card?" Following previous peer-reviewed studies [9][10][11][15][16][17], immigrant participants who are noncitizens and do not have a green card are classified as undocumented. We use information on citizenship and documentation statuses to create the following mutually exclusive groups for Latinos: US-born (8303), naturalized (3879), green card (3369) undocumented (3053).…”

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Cardiovascular disease behavioral risk factors among Latinos by citizenship and documentation status

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Background: Studies have observed that recent Latino immigrants tend to have a physical health advantage compared to immigrants who have been in the US for many years or Latinos who are born in the United States. An explanation of this phenomenon is that recent immigrants have positive health behaviors that protect them from chronic disease risk. This study aims to determine if trends in positive cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk behaviors extend to Latino immigrants in California according to citizenship and documentation status. Methods: We examined CVD behavioral risk factors by citizenship/documentation statuses among Latinos and non-Latino US-born whites in the 2011-2015 waves of the California Health Interview Survey. Adjusted multivariable logistic regressions estimated the odds for CVD behavioral risk factors, and analyses were stratified by sex. Results: In adjusted analyses, using US-born Latinos as the reference group, undocumented Latino immigrants had the lowest odds of current smoking, binge drinking, and frequency of fast food consumption. There were no differences across the groups for fruit/vegetable intake and walking for leisure. Among those with high blood pressure, undocumented immigrants were least likely to be on medication. Undocumented immigrant women had better patterns of CVD behavioral risk factors on some measures compared with other Latino citizenship and documentation groups. Conclusions: This study observes that the healthy Latino immigrant advantage seems to apply to undocumented female immigrants, but it does not necessarily extend to undocumented male immigrants who had similar behavioral risk profiles to US-born Latinos.

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Documenting legal status: a systematic review of measurement of undocumented status in health research

Cited by 39 publications

References 42 publications

Documentation status, gender, and health selection of immigrants: Evidence from Mexican–US migration

Documentation status, gender, and health selection of immigrants: Evidence from Mexican–US migration

Ethical and Legal Considerations for the Inclusion of Underserved and Underrepresented Immigrant Populations in Precision Health and Genomic Research in the United States

Cardiovascular disease behavioral risk factors among Latinos by citizenship and documentation status

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