Mechanisms by Which Anti-Immigrant Stigma Exacerbates Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities.

• Autores: Brittany N. Morey
• Localización: American journal of public health, ISSN 0090-0036, Vol. 108, Nº. 4, 2018, págs. 460-463
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Anti-immigrant rhetoric and political actions gained prominence andpublic support before, during, and after the 2016 presidential election. This anti-immigrant political environment threatens to increase health disparities among undocumented persons, immigrant groups and people of color. I discuss the mechanisms by which anti-immigrant stigma exacerbates racial/ethnic health disparities through increasing multilevel discrimination and stress, deportation and detention, and policies that limit health resources. I argue that the anti-immigrant sociopolitical context is a social determinant of health that affects mostly communities of color, both immigrants and nonimmigrants. Public health has a moral obligation to consider how immigration policy is health policy and to be prepared to respond to worsening health disparities as a result of anti-immigrant racism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]