scholarly journals The role of religious attendance on mental health among Mexican populations: A contribution toward the discussion of the immigrant health paradox.

2018 ◽  
Vol 88 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oswaldo Moreno ◽  
Esteban Cardemil
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Immigrant Health ◽  
Religious Attendance ◽  
Immigrant Health Paradox ◽  
Health Paradox ◽  
Mexican Populations

Does America Make You Sick? A Critical Perspective on the Black Immigrant Paradox

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-92
Author(s):  
Monique Constance-Huggins
Keyword(s):  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Immigrant Health ◽  
Minority Health ◽  
Black Population ◽  
Black Immigrants ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
Health Trajectory ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Immigrant Health Paradox ◽  
Health Paradox

The health trajectory of Black immigrants receives little attention in minority health discourse despite Black immigrants representing a notable share of the Black population. One aspect of their health that requires increased attention is the immigrant health paradox. This draws attention to the deteriorating outcomes of immigrants as they assimilate into the host country. Although a few scholars have acknowledged the role of race in this trajectory, few have examined it from a critical perspective. This article embraces critical race theory to argue that racial processes intersect with other forms of structural oppression to produce the immigrant health paradox. An understanding of this health trajectory of Black immigrants is instructive in understanding the impact of race on minority health.

Childhood Adversity and Internalizing Problems: Evidence of a Race Mental Health Paradox

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashleigh Kysar-Moon
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Internalizing Problems ◽  
Childhood Adversity ◽  
Black Children ◽  
Black Adults ◽  
White Children ◽  
Abuse And Neglect ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Health Paradox

Health disparities scholars describe the existence of a race mental health paradox—specifically, when black adults face higher levels of adversity compared with whites yet have similar or better mental health outcomes. Whether such a paradox exists among youth is unclear. Using data from the Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect, I examine black–white differences in children’s internalizing problems scores and consider the role of childhood adversities. Black children experience more adversity within family and neighborhood domains and cumulatively across ecological levels yet have comparable or better mental health at age 4 that endures over the early life course compared with white children ( p < .05). Evidence suggests that among children with the greatest adversity (at the parent level), having three supportive adults and high degrees of support at age 6 were more effective for black youth than their white peers in diminishing risk for internalizing problems later in childhood ( p < .05).

scholarly journals Relevance of the “Immigrant Health Paradox” for the Health of Arab Americans in California

2019 ◽  
Vol 109 (12) ◽  
pp. 1733-1738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadia N. Abuelezam ◽  
Abdulrahman M. El-Sayed ◽  
Sandro Galea
Keyword(s):  
Immigrant Health ◽  
Arab Americans ◽  
Immigrant Health Paradox ◽  
Health Paradox

Economic Conditions in Countries of Origin and Trajectories in Distress after Migration to Canada

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shirin Montazer ◽  
Blair Wheaton
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Gross National Product ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Initial Increase ◽  
Metropolitan Cities ◽  
Longitudinal Survey Data ◽  
Immigrant Mental Health ◽  
Level Of Economic Development ◽  
Immigrant Health Paradox ◽  
Health Paradox

This paper re-examines the study of immigrant mental health by arguing that the level of economic development of origin country alters both initial mental health status and subsequent trajectories of distress over time. Using five waves of longitudinal survey data from the National Population Health Survey of adults living in three metropolitan cities in Canada ( N = 2,887), results show an increase in distress with time, but mainly among immigrants from lower gross national product (GNP) origin countries and only for the first 5 years postarrival, followed by a decline among all immigrants, irrespective of origin-country GNP. Increases in chronic stress exposure fully explain the initial increase in distress among immigrants from less developed countries of origin. Results call into question the generalizability of the “immigrant health paradox” to all immigrant groups and point to the importance of macro-level social and economic factors, and the matching of conditions at origin and destination, in the migration process.

scholarly journals Awareness of High Blood Pressure by Nativity Among Black Men: Implications for Interpreting the Immigrant Health Paradox

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen V. S. Cole ◽  
Holly E. Reed ◽  
Candace Tannis ◽  
Chau Trinh-Shevrin ◽  
Joseph E. Ravenell
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Black Men ◽  
High Blood Pressure ◽  
Immigrant Health ◽  
Immigrant Health Paradox ◽  
Health Paradox
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