Important for the so-called Healthy Immigrant Paradox (that isn't much of a paradox at all) #EpiSky
Daniel S. Goldberg
There's a common notion that acculturation harms immigrant health, but acculturation is multidimensional (e.g., linguistic, residential, social). My new work shows it's the *mismatch* between dimensions - not acculturation itself - that explains immigrants' health decline:
doi.org/10.1177/0022...
Immigrants have similar or higher disability levels than the U.S.-born in later life, which is puzzling given they have a health advantage upon arrival. A popul...
