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Title: Social Determinants of Immigrants' Health in New York City: A Study of Six Neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens
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Publication Year: 2022
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Abstract: More than 3.1 million immigrants reside in New York City, comprising more than a third of the city’s total population. The boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens are home to nearly 940,000 and more than 1 million immigrants, respectively. According to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s (DOHMH) Community Health Survey (CHS), foreign-born New Yorkers have poorer health and less access to healthcare than their US-born counterparts. For this study, the Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS) focused on six neighborhoods in these two boroughs whose immigrant residents were identified by a previous CMS study, Virgin and Warren (2021), as most at risk of poor health outcomes: Brooklyn • Bay Ridge/Dyker Heights • Bushwick • Sunset Park/Windsor Terrace Queens • Elmhurst/South Corona • Flushing/Whitestone/Murray Hill • Jackson Heights/North Corona Immigrants comprise between 31 to 63 percent and undocumented immigrants comprise between 5 to 18 percent of the total populations in these neighborhoods. Though many of New York City’s health and social service programs are open to all residents, immigrants – especially the undocumented – remain at greater risk of poor health outcomes than US-born residents due to other barriers to access to healthcare. The CMS research team conducted a survey of 492 immigrants across these six neighborhoods and convened one focus group to collect data on immigrants’ health and well-being. CMS also surveyed 24 service providers including community health clinics, health focused community based organizations (CBOs), and hospitals that work with immigrants in the studied neighborhoods. Analysis of these data, together with the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) and the DOHMH's CHS, provides insight into the factors that affect immigrants’ health and wellbeing across these neighborhoods. This study highlights several social determinants of health that likely contribute to the native-immigrant health gap. Finally, the study describes steps that can be taken to close this gap.
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Authors: Pavilon, Jacquelyn; Virgin, Vicky
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Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Health, Housing and Segregation, Migration and Immigration
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