ArticleEnvironmental health insights2008
Environmental and occupational exposures in immigrant health.
Article in Environmental health insights, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.
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16 citing papers in PubMed.
- Dermatologic Care and Skin Health of Migrant Populations in the US: A Scoping Review.JAMA dermatology · 2025Article
- Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Ethnicity: Lessons Learned from the Arab Population in Israel.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2024Article
- Paradox Lost? The Waning Health Advantage among the U.S. Hispanic Population.Environmental health perspectives · 2023Article
- The Intersection of Immigrant and Environmental Health: A Scoping Review of Observational Population Exposure and Epidemiologic Studies.Environmental health perspectives · 2022Article
- Invited Perspective: Call to Action-Reduce Immigrants' Disparities in Environmental Exposures and Health.Environmental health perspectives · 2022Article
- Do fine particulate air pollution (PMEnvironmental research · 2021Article
- Occupational Health Problems among Seasonal and Migrant Farmworkers in Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2021Article
- Moving Diabetes Upstream: the Social Determinants of Diabetes Management and Control Among Immigrants in the US.Current diabetes reports · 2020Review
- Disparities in exposure to surrounding greenness related to proportion of the population that were immigrants to the United States.International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2020Article
- The Health Needs of Female Labor Migrants from Central Asia in Russia.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2019Review
- A screening questionnaire for occupational and hobby exposures during pregnancy.Occupational medicine (Oxford, England) · 2019Article
- Identification and characterization of HIV positive Ethiopian elite controllers in both Africa and Israel.HIV medicine · 2019Article
- Occupational Exposures and Metabolic Syndrome Among Hispanics/Latinos: Cross-Sectional Results From the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL).Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2017Article
- Social, Occupational, and Spatial Exposures and Mental Health Disparities of Working-Class Latinas in the US.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2016Article
- Work organization and health among immigrant women: Latina manual workers in North Carolina.American journal of public health · 2014Article
- Differences in exposure to occupational health risks in Spanish and foreign-born workers in Spain (ITSAL Project).Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2013Article
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Abstract
Immigrants comprise vulnerable populations that are frequently exposed to a multitude of environmental and occupational hazards. The historical context behind state and federal legislation has helped to foster an environment that is particularly hostile toward caring for immigrant health. Current hazards include toxic exposures, air and noise pollution, motor vehicle accidents, crowded living and work environments with inadequate ventilation, poor sanitation, mechanical injury, among many others. Immigrants lack the appropriate training, materials, health care access, and other resources to reduce their exposure to preventable environmental and occupational health risks. This dilemma is exacerbated by current anti-immigrant sentiments, miscommunication between native and immigrant populations, and legislation denying immigrants access to publicly funded medical care. Given that current health policy has failed to address immigrant health appropriately and political impetus is lacking, efforts should also focus on alternative solutions, including organized labor. Labor unions that serve to educate workers, survey work environments, and defend worker rights will greatly alleviate and prevent the burden of disease incurred by immigrants. The nation's health will benefit from improved regulation of living and workplace environments to improve the health of immigrants, regardless of legal status.
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