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- Title
Mental Health Care for Latino Immigrants in the U.S.A. and the Quest for Global Health Equities.
- Authors
García, Jorge I. Ramírez
- Abstract
Currently, approximately 190 million immigrants word-wide live in host societies located in countries that have higher economic resources and political power than the countries of origin of immigrants. In this paper I use ecological and system theories (eco-systems) to frame the relationship between Latino immigrants and the host society in the U.S.A. The eco-system perspective highlights that policies and initiatives to address the mental health care of Latino immigrants must weigh dilemmas such as: (a) containing the costs of care while providing high quality (efficacious) care, and (b) the power inequity between immigrants and their host society. I posit that Social Justice/Public Health frameworks are needed to address these dilemmas because they are mindful of the receiving community needs, inclusive of immigrants, as well as of other marginalized populations. The framework is consistent with the proposed focus on Health Equity in public health in the U.S. (Braveman et al., 2011) and is relevant for the global phenomenon of immigration.
- Subjects
UNITED States; SOCIAL conditions of Hispanic Americans; MENTAL health services; EQUALITY &; society; SOCIAL conditions of immigrants; IMMIGRANTS; PUBLIC health; SOCIAL justice
- Publication
Psychosocial Intervention, 2012, Vol 21, Issue 3, p305
- ISSN
1132-0559
- Publication type
Article