Overcoming barriers to improving the health of immigrant women. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Approximately half a million women migrate to the United States annually; more than two-thirds of them of childbearing age. Early entry into the health care system may be the most effective way to ensure positive health at lower costs and to enable ever-shrinking health care resources to be used most effectively. Immigrant women, however, face economic, legal, linguistic, and cultural barriers to health care. Successful programs have been developed to systematically address immigrant women's health care issues, targeting preventive health services and education to diverse communities.

publication date

  • January 1, 1996

Research

keywords

  • Emigration and Immigration
  • Health Services Needs and Demand
  • Women's Health Services

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0030208070

PubMed ID

  • 8840732

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 51

issue

  • 4