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Health Issues Among Mexican Immigrants

By immigrationprof

Here’s an interesting looking presentation on health issues among Mexican immigrants in the United States at a UC San Diego event:

Socioeconomic Status Gradients among Mexicans in the U.S. and in Mexico: A New Twist to the Hispanic Paradox on Health Outcomes

Alberto Palloni
Board of Trustees Professor in Sociology; Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University

Wednesday, March 12, 3:30 PM
Institute of the Americas Complex
Deutz Conference Room
Reception to follow

Dr. Alberto Palloni received his Ph.D in Sociology from the University of Washington. He is currently the Board of Trustees Professor in Sociology and is a Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University. He is co-principal investigator of two large research projects collecting information on elderly persons in Mexico (MHAS) and Puerto Rico (PREHCO). He has been a Guggenheim Fellow and a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in Stanford, California. His current research interests investigate the relationship between early health status and social stratification and inequality and poverty in the United States, determinants of health and mortality disparities among ethnic groups in the United States, families and households in Africa and Latin America, aging and mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean, and the application of mathematical and statistical models to the study of health and mortality determinants, fertility, social stratification, and the spread of  isease, in particular for HIV/AIDS.

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There is no cost of admission. Event is open to the public. For driving directions, please visit the Center’s website at http://www.usmex.ucsd.edu. For additional information, call Mr. Greg Mallinger at (858)822-1696 or by e-mail at gmallinger@ucsd.edu.

Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
9500 Gilman Drive
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA 92093-0548

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