Kittens in the Oven: Race Relations, Traumatic Memory, and the Search for Identity in Julia Alvarez’s How the García Girls Lost Their Accents by Natalie Carter

“…The search for an ever-elusive home is a thread that runs throughout much literature by authorswho have immigrated to the United States. Dominican authors are particularly susceptible to thissearch for a home because “for many Dominicans, home is synonymous with political and/oreconomic repression and is all too often a point of departure on a journey of survival” (Bonilla200). …”
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Familiarity, Preference, and Utilization of Ethnic Items Among Asian Americans by Gwi-Ryung Son Hong, RN, PhD

“…The purpose was to determine whether Asian Americans are still seeking familiar and preferred ethnic items and whether they are using them in daily life after they have immigrated to the United States. Methods: A descriptive exploratory study design was used. …”
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A multistate life table approach to understanding return and reentry migration between Mexico and the United States during later life by Alma Vega, Noli Brazil

“…However, far less research examines this phenomenon among Mexican immigrants in the United States. The literature that does address this topic treats international migration as a singular occurrence and does not examine the possibility of return and subsequent reentry between countries. …”
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Factors associated with seeking preventive dental care: an integrative model exploration of behaviors in Mexican immigrants in Midwest America by Jonathan T. Macy, Elizabeth A. S. Moser, Adam T. Hirsh, Patrick O. Monahan, George J. Eckert, Gerardo Maupomé

“…Abstract Background Mexican immigrants in the United States suffer from poor oral health. …”
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Pelvic and central nervous system tuberculosis complicated by a paradoxical response manifesting as a spinal tuberculoma: a case report by Arya Zandvakili, Takaaki Kobayashi, Quanhathai Kaewpoowat, Meredith G. Parsons, Bradley Ford, Jason H. Barker, Melinda Johnson

“…Case presentation A healthy 26-year-old female with a history of recent miscarriage presented to the emergency department with non-specific symptoms of headache, abdominal pain, and sub-acute fevers. She had immigrated to the United States from the Marshall Islands 9 years prior. …”
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Mexican immigrant health advantage in metabolic syndrome? Examining the contributions of demographic, socioeconomic, and health behavior characteristics by Maria Carabello, Julia A. Wolfson

“…Although Mexican immigrants to the United States (US) have historically held health and mortality advantages over US-born groups, evolving population dynamics in Mexico paired with shifts in Mexico-US immigration patterns and policy regimes have raised new concerns about the metabolic health of recent cohorts of Mexican immigrants. …”
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The association between anti-immigrant policies and perceived discrimination among Latinos in the US: A multilevel analysis by Joanna Almeida, Katie B. Biello, Francisco Pedraza, Suzanne Wintner, Edna Viruell-Fuentes

“…Keywords: Anti-immigrant policies, Perceived discrimination, Latinos, Immigrants, Multilevel analysis, United States…”
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Use of multiplex allele-specific polymerase chain reaction (MAS-PCR) to detect multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Panama. by Bing-Shao Chia, Fedora Lanzas, Dalin Rifat, Aubrey Herrera, Elizabeth Y Kim, Christine Sailer, Edith Torres-Chavolla, Purvaja Narayanaswamy, Viktor Einarsson, Jaime Bravo, Juan M Pascale, Thomas R Ioerger, James C Sacchettini, Petros C Karakousis

“…The frequency of individual genetic mutations conferring drug resistance (DR) to Mycobacterium tuberculosis has not been studied previously in Central America, the place of origin of many immigrants to the United States. The current gold standard for detecting multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is phenotypic drug susceptibility testing (DST), which is resource-intensive and slow, leading to increased MDR-TB transmission in the community. …”
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Acculturation and dietary intake pattern among Jamaican immigrants in the US by Carol R. Oladele, Elizabeth B. Pathak, Jimin Yang, Wendy N. Nembhard, Sangita Sharma, David Himmelgreen, Getachew Dagne, Thomas Mason

“…Information on dietary intakes of Jamaican immigrants in the United States is sparse. Understanding factors that influence diet is important since diet is associated with chronic diseases. …”
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The adverse health effects of punitive immigrant policies in the United States: A systematic review. by Nicholas A Vernice, Nicola M Pereira, Anson Wang, Michelle Demetres, Lisa V Adams

“…<h4>Background</h4>Immigrants in the United States (US) today are facing a dynamic policy landscape. …”
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Reworking the city of workers : a new housing paradigm for the immigrant city by Butler, Britta Erika, 1974-

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Need for Culturally Competent and Responsive Cancer Education for African Immigrant Families and Youth Living in the United States by Olufunmilola Abraham, Adeola Agoke, Kazeem Sanuth, Abimbola Fapohunda, Motolani Ogunsanya, Megan Piper, Amy Trentham-Dietz

“…For instance, African immigrants constitute a meaningful proportion of the foreign-born Black immigrants in the United States (42%), but the prevalence of cancer in the African immigrant community itself is unknown. …”
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Pre-travel Health Care Utilization Among Travelers Who Visit Friends and Relatives by Eugene Tan, Jane Njeru, Debra Jacobson, Patrick Wilson, Chun Fan, Jasmine Marcelin, Donna Springer, Mark Wieland, Irene Sia

“…<strong>Introduction:</strong> Immigrants to the United States who return home to visit friends and relatives (VFRs) have high rates of travel-related infections. …”
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Development of Ss-NIE-1 recombinant antigen based assays for immunodiagnosis of strongyloidiasis. by Lisa N Rascoe, Courtney Price, Sun Hee Shin, Isabel McAuliffe, Jeffrey W Priest, Sukwan Handali

“…In conclusion, these newly developed Ss-NIE-1 based immunoassays can be readily adopted by public health and commercial reference laboratories for routine screening and clinical diagnosis of S. stercoralis infection in refugees and immigrants in the United States.…”
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Islam in a More Conservative Western World by Ali A. Mazrui

“…The third paradox concerns the two Islams in the United States: indigenou and immigrant. In the United States, western secularism has protected minority religious groups by insisting on the separation of church and state. …”
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Convenient Liaisons: Brazilian Immigration/Emigration and the Spatial-relationships of Religious Networks by Alan P. Marcus

“…Respondents’ inter-relationships with religious practices provide important glimpses and insights into their idealizations, expectations and conflicts among and between Brazilian immigrants in the United States and returnees in Brazil. I conducted fieldwork research in four locations in two receiving communities: (1) Framingham, Massachusetts (an older destination), and, (2) Marietta, Georgia, (a more recent destination) both in the United States, and; (3) Governador Valadares, in the state of Minas Gerais and (4) Piracanjuba, in the state of Goiás - two sending communities in Brazil. …”
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Firearm Possession Rates in Home Countries and Firearm Suicide Rates Among US- and Foreign-Born Suicide Decedents in the United States: Analysis of Combined Data from the National... by In Han Song, Jin Hyuk Lee, Jee Soo Shin

“…However, little research has been conducted on the relationship between cultural backgrounds and suicide by firearms, specifically in those born and raised in the United States compared to those who have immigrated to the United States. ObjectiveTo better understand the relationship between cultural backgrounds and suicide, this study aimed to examine firearm suicide rates among US- and foreign-born suicide decedents based on the firearm possession rate in the decedent’s home country. …”
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Disparities in Awareness of Myocardial Infarction and Stroke Symptoms and Response Among United States– and Foreign‐Born Adults in the National Health Interview Survey by Ivy Mannoh, Ruth‐Alma Turkson‐Ocran, Jasmine Mensah, Danielle Mensah, Stella S. Yi, Erin D. Michos, Yvonne Commodore‐Mensah

“…Conclusions These findings suggest a disparity in MI and stroke symptom awareness and response among immigrants in the United States. Culturally tailored public health education and health literacy initiatives are needed to help reduce these disparities in awareness.…”
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Reducing pediatric caries and obesity risk in South Asian immigrants: randomized controlled trial of common health/risk factor approach by Alison Karasz, Karen Bonuck

“…Abstract Background This paper describes the design and methods of a multi-phase study to reduce early childhood caries and obesity in vulnerable South Asian (SA) immigrants in the United States. Early childhood caries and obesity are the most common diseases of early childhood. …”
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Three empirical essays on investment in physical and human capital by Bleakley, C. Hoyt (Crawford Hoyt), 1972-

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