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On November 28, 2017, the the National Academies Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity held a one-day workshop in Oakland, California, on Immigration as a Social Determinant of Health. This public workshop featured invited speaker presentations and discussions on the history of immigration laws and policies and how these laws and policies affect not only immigrant health, but population health more broadly. Workshop materials such as agenda, speaker biosketches, speaker presentations, and relevant resources are available on the right side of the webpage.
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Workshop
·2018
Since 1965 the foreign-born population of the United States has swelled from 9.6 million or 5 percent of the population to 45 million or 14 percent in 2015. Today, about one-quarter of the U.S. population consists of immigrants or the children of immigrants. Given the sizable representation of immig...
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Description
An ad hoc committee will plan a one day, interactive public workshop exploring issues related to the role of immigration as a social determinant of health. The public workshop will feature invited presentations and discussions that will consider the history of immigration laws and policies and how these laws and policies affect not only immigrant health, but population health more broadly. The committee will plan and organize the workshop, select and invite speakers and discussants, and moderate the discussions. A proceedings of the presentations and discussions at the workshop will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.
Collaborators
Sponsors
Department of Health and Human Services
Other, Federal
Private: Non Profit
Staff
Karen Anderson
Lead
Anna W. Martin
Major units and sub-units
Health and Medicine Division
Lead
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice
Lead