Abstract
Introduction: 47 million immigrants are living in the United States and they constitute 14.4 percent of the total population in the United States. As the immigrant population grows rapidly, their health care needs require ongoing and additional attention from social workers and health care practitioners. Methods: This study systematically reviewed content on immigrants and healthcare in social work literature and discussed implications for social services for immigrant populations. Systematic review and content analysis were employed. Research methods, topics, and samples of included studies were screened and coded. Results: 47 studies met eligibility for inclusion in this review. The majority of included studies were cross-sectional analysis (60%), focusing on mental health care issues (51%), health care utilization (51%) and adult immigrant samples (49%). Discussion: Encouraging diversity of social work research can directly promote social work services and health care practices for the underrepresented populations. Our findings suggest that more input from the social work profession on evidence-based practice for diverse immigrants are required. Social workers and health care practitioners must continually be reminded of the health care needs of immigrants.
Highlights
As the immigrant population grows rapidly, health care needs of immigrants require additional attention from social workers. 47 million immigrants are living in the U.S, 14.4 percent of the total population of the United States
The majority of the articles focused on Latin American immigrants (n = 21, 45%) or Asian (n = 19, 40%), while 3 studies focused on African immigrants and 1 focused on Middle Eastern immigrants
The present study reviewed prior studies on immigrants’ health care which were published in the peer-reviewed journals in the United States
Summary
As the immigrant population grows rapidly, health care needs of immigrants require additional attention from social workers. 47 million immigrants are living in the U.S, 14.4 percent of the total population of the United States. As the immigrant population grows rapidly, health care needs of immigrants require additional attention from social workers. 47 million immigrants are living in the U.S, 14.4 percent of the total population of the United States. While many immigrants arrive in the U.S with good health, their health conditions deteriorate when they stay longer in the U.S [3]. This might be due in part to the negative consequences of acculturation on health behaviors, such as unhealthy dietary habits [3]. As the immigrant population grows rapidly, their health care needs require ongoing and additional attention from social workers and health care practitioners
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