ArticleJournal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine2017
Legal Status, Time in the USA, and the Well-Being of Latinos in Los Angeles.
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- Comparison of Use of Health Care Services and Spending for Unauthorized Immigrants vs Authorized Immigrants or US Citizens Using a Machine Learning Model.JAMA network open · 2020Trial
- Allostatic Load Patterns by U.S. Citizenship Status and Length of U.S. Residency Among Adults, 2009-2018.AJPM focus · 2025Article
- Neighborhood characteristics and psychological distress of long-term immigrants in California.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Perceived Racial/Ethnic Discrimination, Citizenship Status, and Self-Rated Health Among Immigrant Young Adults.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2024Article
- Social determinants of the healthcare needs of undocumented migrants living with non-communicable diseases: a scoping review.BMJ public health · 2024Article
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- Consequences of the 2019 Public Charge Rule Announcement and Publication on Prenatal WIC Participation Among Immigrant Families: Evidence of Spillover Effects.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2023Article
- Undocumented Latino Immigrants and the Latino Health Paradox.American journal of preventive medicine · 2023Article
- COVID-19 related distress and sleep health among trauma-exposed South Asians: Does generational status matter?Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress · 2023Article
- La vida en la frontera: protocol for a prospective study exploring stress and health resiliencies among Mexican-origin individuals living in a US-Mexico border community.BMC public health · 2022Article
- State Immigration Policy Contexts and Racialized Legal Status Disparities in Health Care Utilization Among U.S. Agricultural Workers.Demography · 2022Article
- Preliminary Analysis of COVID-19 Vaccination Factors among Native and Foreign-Born Hispanic/Latine Adults Residing in South Florida, U.S.A.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Self-rated health of both US citizens and noncitizens is associated with state-level immigrant criminalization policies.SSM - population health · 2022Article
- New Directions for Public Health Research on the Health and Health Care of Undocumented Immigrants.American journal of public health · 2021Article
- Recasting the Immigrant Health Paradox Through Intersections of Legal Status and Race.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2021Review
- Somatic, Anxiety, and Depressive (SAD) Symptoms in Young Adult Latinx Immigrants: Prevalence and Predictors.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2021Article
- Heterogeneity in the Association of Citizenship Status on Self-Rated Health Among Asians in California.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2021Article
- Implementing Hypertension Management Interventions in Immigrant Communities in the U.S.: a Narrative Review of Recent Developments and Suggestions for Programmatic Efforts.Current hypertension reports · 2021Review
- Undocumented immigrants and mental health: A systematic review of recent methodology and findings in the United States.Journal of migration and health · 2021Review
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Abstract
In the USA, undocumented Latino immigrants may have poorer health because of barriers to health care, stressors, and detrimental effects of immigration enforcement. Previous immigrant health research, however, suggests that recently arrived Latino immigrants have better health than US-born Latinos and their health deteriorates over time. Given the current environments that undocumented immigrants face, legal status is a structural factor that likely influences the patterns of immigrant health. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the extent to which physical and mental health differed by legal status and duration in the USA for the Latino population in Los Angeles County, California. We conducted analysis of Latino respondents (n = 1396) to the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey (L.A.FANS) Wave II. We examined self-reported health, depression measured by the Composite International Diagnostic Interview-Short Form, and blood pressure collected by trained interviewers. Respondents reported their legal status, time in the USA, and other sociodemographic characteristics. Regression models were used to test associations between each outcome and 1) legal status and 2) legal status by duration (≤ 15 and > 15 years) in the USA. Without taking duration into account, we found no significant differences in outcomes between undocumented, documented, or US-born Latinos. Taking duration into account, shorter duration undocumented immigrants had worse self-reported health than the US born. Undocumented immigrants, regardless of duration, had higher blood pressure than documented immigrants who had been in the USA for less time and the same level of blood pressure as the US born. In contrast, shorter duration documented immigrants had lower blood pressure compared to longer duration documented immigrants and US-born counterparts, and marginally lower blood pressure than shorter duration undocumented immigrants. The findings suggest that the "health advantage" generally presumed to exist among immigrants may not affect undocumented immigrants.
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