The Relationship Between States' Immigrant-Related Policies and Access to Health Care Among Children of Immigrants.

Autor: Koball H; National Center for Children in Poverty, Bank Street Graduate School of Education, 610 West 112th St, New York, NY, 10025, USA. koball@nccp.org., Kirby J; Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C., USA., Hartig S; National Center for Children in Poverty, Bank Street Graduate School of Education, 610 West 112th St, New York, NY, 10025, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of immigrant and minority health [J Immigr Minor Health] 2022 Aug; Vol. 24 (4), pp. 834-841. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Sep 28.
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-021-01282-9
Abstrakt: States vary in their participation in federal immigration enforcement, leading to differing state-level policy contexts that profoundly shape the lives of immigrants. This paper examines the effects of sanctuary policies and driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants on immigrants' children's access to preventative healthcare. The 2008-2016 Medical Panel Expenditure Survey merged with state-level policy data were analyzed using a difference-in-difference OLS regression. Outcome variables included whether the child had a usual source of care, any unmet medical needs, or a well child check-up. State driver's license and sanctuary policies were associated with having a usual source of care and fewer unmet medical needs among children of immigrants. The recent pandemic highlights the importance of access to preventative health care. State policies that limit federal immigration enforcement involvement are associated with improved access to preventative health services among immigrants' children, most of whom are U.S. citizens.
(© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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