PMID- 15015925
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20040610
LR  - 20041117
IS  - 0163-7525 (Print)
IS  - 0163-7525 (Linking)
VI  - 25
DP  - 2004
TI  - Assuring the health of immigrants: what the leading health indicators tell us.
PG  - 357-76
AB  - Over the past 20 years, the United States has experienced one of the largest 
      waves of immigration in its history. Understanding the health status and needs of 
      immigrants is important because of their growing numbers and their contribution 
      to the health of the nation, but it is challenging because of gaps in national 
      databases, the heterogeneity of immigrant populations, and uncertainty about how 
      migration affects health. Healthy People 2010 outlines the nation's public health 
      objectives for the current decade. It includes ten leading health indicators 
      (LHIs) chosen because of their importance as public health issues, their ability 
      to motivate action, and the availability of data to measure their progress. In 
      this paper, we discuss the health of immigrants from the perspective of these 
      LHIs, as they provide a framework for anticipating some of the future health 
      needs of immigrants and help define priority areas for research and action.
FAU - Kandula, Namratha R
AU  - Kandula NR
AD  - University of Chicago, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Chicago, 
      Illinois 60637, USA. nkandula@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
FAU - Kersey, Margaret
AU  - Kersey M
FAU - Lurie, Nicole
AU  - Lurie N
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - United States
TA  - Annu Rev Public Health
JT  - Annual review of public health
JID - 8006431
SB  - IM
MH  - *Emigration and Immigration
MH  - *Health Priorities
MH  - *Health Services Needs and Demand
MH  - *Health Status Indicators
MH  - Humans
MH  - Public Policy
MH  - Social Justice
MH  - *Transients and Migrants
MH  - United States
MH  - *Vulnerable Populations
RF  - 129
EDAT- 2004/03/16 05:00
MHDA- 2004/06/21 10:00
CRDT- 2004/03/16 05:00
PHST- 2004/03/16 05:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2004/06/21 10:00 [medline]
PHST- 2004/03/16 05:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.25.101802.123107 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Annu Rev Public Health. 2004;25:357-76. doi: 
      10.1146/annurev.publhealth.25.101802.123107.