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httpsdoi.org10.11770022146517715671Journal of Health
https://doi.org/10.1177/0022146517715671
Journal of Health and Social Behavior
2017, Vol. 58(3) 291 –306
© American Sociological Association 2017
DOI: 10.1177/0022146517715671
jhsb.sagepub.com
Original Article
Health behaviors have clear practical and policy
importance as a topic of study because they contrib-
ute so importantly to health and mortality risk in
the United States. Understanding population health
and personal well-being requires understanding of
health behaviors. Epidemiologic calculations to
translate actual causes of death (e.g., heart disease,
cancer) into behavioral causes illustrate this point.
In 2000, the leading behavioral cause of death was
tobacco use (18.1% of total U.S. deaths), followed
by poor diet and physical activity (16.6%), and alco-
hol consumption (3.5%; Mokdad et al. 2004). These
percentages translate into hundreds of thousands of
deaths every year.
Unhealthy behaviors tend to be most concen-
trated among lower socioeconomic groups. A mas-
sive literature has described the disadvantaged
health and longevity of low-socioeconomic groups.
Similar disadvantages apply to health behaviors:
higher socioeconomic groups have healthier behav-
iors across a number of domains, including not
smoking, more physical activity, better nutrition,
healthier alcohol consumption patterns, and greater
levels of seatbelt use, preventive healthcare, and
use of smoke detectors (Cutler and Lleras-Muney
2010; Pampel, Krueger, and Denney 2010). Given
the strong effect of health behaviors on health,
socioeconomic disparities in health behaviors con-
tribute to socioeconomic disparities in health and
mortality (Brunello et al. 2016; Ho and Fenelon
2015; Mehta, House, and Elliot 2015). Of the com-
ponents of socioeconomic status (SES), education
is particularly important because it has the strongest
715671HSBXXX10.1177/0022146517715671Journal of Health and Social BehaviorLawrence
research-article2017
1University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel
Hill, NC, USA
Corresponding Author:
Elizabeth M. Lawrence, University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, 206 W. Franklin Street, Rm. 271 Chapel
Hill, NC 27516, USA.
E-mail: [email protected]
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Behave More Healthfully Than
Those Who Are Less Educated?
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Literature Review
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Part A: Annotated Bibliography
Article 1: Immigration as a Social Determinant of Health
Castañeda, H., Holmes, S. M., Madrigal, D. S., Young, M.-E. D., Beyeler, N., & Quesada, J.
(2015). Immigration as a Social Determinant of Health. Annual Review of Public
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Abstract
Although immigration and immigrant populations have become increasingly important foci in
public health research and practice, a social determinants of health approach has seldom been
applied in this area. Global patterns of morbidity and mortality follow inequities rooted in
societal, political, and economic conditions produced and reproduced by social structures,
policies, and institutions. The lack of dialogue between these two profoundly related
phenomena—social determinants of health and immigration—has resulted in missed
opportunities for public health research, practice, and policy work. In this article, we discuss
primary frameworks used in recent public health literature on the health of immigrant
populations, note gaps in this literature, and argue for a broader examination of immigration as
both socially determined and a social determinant of health. We discuss priorities for future
research and policy to understand more fully and respond appropriately to the health of the
populations affected by this global phenomenon.
Annotated Bibliography
The article reports on the importance of identifying social determinants and the effects of
socially determined structures among immigrant populations in the United States. The study
identifies ways in which immigrants health outcomes are based on biases due to using
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information based on group behaviors instead of on an induvial case. The impact of migrant and
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