Pre-acculturation as a risk factor for obesity: Findings from the Health of Philippine Emigrants Study (HoPES) by Gilbert C. Gee, A.B. de Castro, Catherine Crespi, May Wang, Anna Hing, Adrian Bacong, Karen Llave

“…Immigrants to the United States may have an advantage in terms of healthier weight, but tend to gain excessive weight after arrival, and may suffer from obesity and related health conditions. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of tuberculosis evaluation and treatment of newly-arrived immigrants by Grinsdale Jennifer, Marseille Elliot, Lewis Bryan, Porco Travis C, Flood Jennifer M, Royce Sarah E

“…Our target population was legal immigrants to the United States, our time horizon is twenty years, and our perspective was that of all domestic health-care payers. …”
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Intergenerational differences in smoking among West Indian, Haitian, Latin American, and African blacks in the United States by Tod G. Hamilton, Tiffany L. Green

“…Specifically, we investigate these differences among all black immigrants and then provide separate analyses for individuals with ancestry from the English-speaking Caribbean (West Indies), Haiti, Latin America, and Africa—the primary sending regions of black immigrants to the United States. We also explore differences in smoking behavior by gender. …”
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Deaths in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention: FY2018–2020 by Sophie Terp, Sameer Ahmed, Elizabeth Burner, Madeline Ross, Molly Grassini, Briah Fischer, Parveen Parmar

“…Additionally, death rates per person-year and per 100,000 admissions were calculated for FY2018, 2019, and 2020 using methods from prior work evaluating deaths among detained immigrants in the United States. Results: Since April 2018, 35 individuals have died in ICE detention. …”
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Health Literacy, Health Care Utilization, and Direct Cost of Care Among Linguistically Diverse Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Gerardine Doyle, Sarah Gibney, Judy Quan, Ulrik Martensen, Dean Schillinger

“…Low functional HL and limited English language proficiency both independently predict poor glycemic control among Latino and Chinese immigrants in the United States, and is more common among patients with diabetes with limited HL. …”
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Sensor-Based Passive Remote Monitoring and Discordant Values: Qualitative Study of the Experiences of Low-Income Immigrant Elders in the United States by Berridge, Clara, Chan, Keith T, Choi, Youngjun

“…Interviews were conducted in English and Korean with these participants who collectively had immigrated to the United States from 10 countries. …”
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The Association between Stress Measured by Allostatic Load Score and Physiologic Dysregulation in African Immigrants: The Africans in America Study by Brianna A Bingham, Michelle T Duong, Madia Ricks, Lilian S Mabundo, Rafeal L Baker, Jean N Utumatwishima, Margaret Udahogora, David Berrigan, Anne E Sumner

“…As immigration is stressful, ALS could be affected.Objective: Associations of age of immigration, reason for immigration and unhealthy assimilation behavior with ALS were determined in 238 African immigrants to the United States (US) (age 40±10, mean±SD, range 21-64y). …”
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Interbirth Intervals of Immigrant and Refugee Women in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Study by Comfort Z. Olorunsaiye, Larissa R. Brunner Huber, Samira P. Ouedraogo

“…Results: Approximately 37.4% of study participants had a short interbirth interval.Women who immigrated to the United States for educational (aOR = 4.57; 95% CI, 1.57–9.58) or employment opportunities (aOR = 2.27; 95% CI, 1.07–5.31) had higher odds of reporting a longer interbirth interval (19–35 or ≥36 months) than women born in the United States. …”
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Online Health Information Seeking and Preventative Health Actions: Cross-Generational Online Survey Study by Jayati Sinha, Nuket Serin

“…MethodsA preregistered online survey was conducted on the Prolific online data collection platform using stratified sampling of 2 generations (digital natives and digital immigrants) from the United States in November 2023. Overall, 3 types of OHIS were collected: health wellness information search, health guidance information search, and health management information search. …”
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WeChat-Based Intervention for Chinese Immigrants With Hypertension: Development and Evaluation Study by Wen-Wen Li, Prisca Toh

“… BackgroundDespite Chinese immigrants having a higher or comparable proportion of hypertension (HTN) compared to non-Hispanic White and Hispanic individuals, there are no effective technology-based intervention studies that target HTN management in Chinese immigrants in the United States. ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to develop and pilot-test the efficacy of a culturally and linguistically sensitive social media–based intervention (WeChat) for Chinese immigrants to improve blood pressure (BP) control, antihypertensive medication adherence, and self-efficacy. …”
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Barriers to malaria prevention among immigrant travelers in the United States who visit friends and relatives in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-sectional, multi-setting survey of know... by Hannah R Volkman, Emily J Walz, Danushka Wanduragala, Elizabeth Schiffman, Anne Frosch, Jonathan D Alpern, Patricia F Walker, Kristina M Angelo, Christina Coyle, Mimi A Mohamud, Esther Mwangi, Joseline Haizel-Cobbina, Comfort Nchanji, Rebecca S Johnson, Baninla Ladze, Stephen J Dunlop, William M Stauffer

“…BACKGROUND:Despite achievements in the reduction of malaria globally, imported malaria cases to the United States by returning international travelers continue to increase. Immigrants to the United States from sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) who then travel back to their homelands to visit friends and relatives (VFRs) experience a disproportionate burden of malaria illness. …”
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LIETUVIŠKŲ SAKINIŲ SINTAKSINĖ TVARKA IR JŲ PRISIMINIMAS by Algis Norvilas, Jurgita Ačienė

“…The participants in the study were 72 native Lithuanian speakers who had recently immigrated to the United States. They were told that they would be asked to read a list of sentences and afterwards try to remember as many of them as possible. …”
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2047 Mental illness public stigma, culture, and acculturation among Vietnamese Americans by Mai Do, Jennifer McCleary, Diem Nguyen, Keith Winfrey

“…Stratification was used to ensure representation in the following age/immigration pattern categories: (1) individuals age 56–75 who were born and grew up in Vietnam and immigrated to the United States after age 35; (2) individuals age 36–55 who were born in Vietnam but spent a significant part of their youth in the United States; and (3) individuals age 18–35 who were born and grew up in the United States. …”
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