Experiences of victimization before resettlement and chronic disease among foreign-born people in the United States.

ABSTRACT: Stressful experiences are common among migrants and may have health implications. With the only US nationally representative data set on migration, the New Immigrant Survey, we used survey-adjusted descriptive and multivariate regression methods to examine whether victimization prior to resettlement was associated with obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, arthritis, cancer, and chronic lung disease. Among foreign-born people who obtained lawful permanent residence in the US in 2003-04, 6.7 per cent reported victimization before arriving in the US. Those who had experienced victimization more often suffered from chronic conditions than people without such experiences: they were 32 per cent more likely to suffer from at least one chronic condition (p < 0.05), especially cancer (

SUBMITTER: Cunningham SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11479837 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature