Open AccessEthnicity and Postmigration Health Trajectory in New Immigrants to Canada
Author(s) -
Il Ho Kim,
Christine Carrasco,
Carles Muntaner,
Kwame McKenzie,
Samuel Noh
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2012.301185
Subject(s) - immigration , ethnic group , medicine , demography , cohort study , cohort , settlement (finance) , gerontology , prospective cohort study , geography , political science , sociology , archaeology , pathology , world wide web , computer science , law , payment , surgery
In this prospective cohort study, we examined the trajectory of general health during the first 4 years after new immigrants' arrival in Canada. We focused on the change in self-rated health trajectories and their gender and ethnic disparities.