More than culture: Structural racism, intersectionality theory, and immigrant health

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2099-2106

  Viruell Fuentes, Edna A ^a   Miranda, Patricia Y ^b   Abdulrahim, Sawsan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Discrimination; Immigrant health; Immigration policies; Intersectionality theory; Racialization processes; Racism; USA

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACISM;

CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL VALUE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACISM; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; CULTURE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RACISM; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869491423     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.12.037     Document Type: Review

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