Another Brick in the Wall: Healthcare Access Difficulties and Their Implications for Undocumented Latino/a Immigrants.
Health disparities
Healthcare reform
Latino/a
Undocumented
Journal
Journal of immigrant and minority health
ISSN: 1557-1920
Titre abrégé: J Immigr Minor Health
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101256527
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2021
Oct 2021
Historique:
accepted:
10
03
2021
pubmed:
24
3
2021
medline:
8
9
2021
entrez:
23
3
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The mounting evidence highlighting the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in ethnic minority communities underscores the need to understand how distress and healthcare access impacts the well-being of undocumented Latino/a immigrants (ULIs), one of the most marginalized and vulnerable ethnic minority communities in the U.S. We used existing data from a cross sectional study (Proyecto Voces) of 252 ULIs to conduct path analyses that explored the relations among distress due to immigration legal status, healthcare access difficulties, and the health of ULIs. Results demonstrated that distress due to immigration legal status is related to the physical and mental health of ULIs, and that difficulties in accessing healthcare explained these relations. These data support the importance of immediate, targeted efforts for increasing access to healthcare among undocumented immigrants and highlight the long-term importance of a much-needed healthcare reform for improving access to marginalized populations.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33755839
doi: 10.1007/s10903-021-01187-7
pii: 10.1007/s10903-021-01187-7
pmc: PMC7985739
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
885-894Subventions
Organisme : NHLBI NIH HHS
ID : K01 HL150247
Pays : United States
Organisme : NHLBI NIH HHS
ID : K01HL150247
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
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