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A life-course perspective on legal status stratification and health

Year: 2016

Type: review

Abstract: Scholars have expressed growing interest in the relationship between legal status stratification and health. Nevertheless, the extant research often lacks theoretical underpinnings. We propose the life-course perspective as a theoretical lens with which to understand relationships between legal status stratification and health outcomes. In particular, the life-course perspective guides researchers׳ attention to historical contexts that have produced differential social, political, and economic outcomes for immigrants based on legal status, and to the potentially long-term and intergenerational relationships between legal status stratification and health. We review four key dimensions of the life-course perspective and make recommendations for future directions in public health research on legal status and health.

Source: SSM - Population Health

DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2016.02.011

Authors: Jacqueline M. Torres, Maria-Elena D. Young

Institutions: University of California, San Francisco, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Los Angeles

Language: English

Topic: Migration, Health and Trauma

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,930