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Five Basic Facts on Immigrants and Their Health Care

As discussions on national health care reform move to the forefront, some have focused on the role of immigrants in the health care system. To address questions about how immigrants use and affect the health care system, key facts about immigrants and health care are summarized below.

The HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Latin America

A study by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows the impact of HIV/AIDS in Latin America and the cultural barriers including poverty, stigma, discrimination, homophobia, gender inequalities, migration, and lack of access to education and health care that become obstacles for treatment and early detection. Find out how your country of interest ranks in the disparity list.

The Interaction of HIV, Drug Use, and the Criminal Justice System (R01) Grant

African-Americans and other racial/ethnic minorities disproportionately high rate of incarceration has affected the social environment of many minorities communities in ways that have increased HIV risks to other community members, particularly women. Because detection of HIV infection usually occurs later among ethnic/racial minority groups, who also bear a greater burden of disease, criminal justice settings (including community correctional programs) have the potential to address health disparities by providing individual and community-based prevention programming, including HIV testing. Funding for $1.5 million to be awarded.