Changes in use of county public health services following implementation of Alabama’s immigration law

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1844-1852

  White, Kari ^a   Blackburn, Justin ^a   Manzella, Bryn ^b   Welty, Elisabeth ^b   Menachemi, Nir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Jefferson County Department of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Hispanic Latino; Immigrants; Immigration policy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALABAMA; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MIGRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALABAMA; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911378734     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2014.0194     Document Type: Article

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