5 other than the emergency room . They report , “ Nearly one in four ( 24 %) Hispanic adults overall report no usual source of care other than an emergency room , higher than the share of White adults ( 12 %) and similar to the share of Black adults ( 28 %). Among Hispanic adults , roughly three in ten potentially undocumented ( 32 %) and lawful permanent resident ( 29 %) adults say they have no usual source of care other than the emergency room , compared to about one in five ( 19 %) U . S . - born adults ” ( Artiga et al ., 2021 ).
In an interview with Ana Penman-Aguilar , Chief Science Officer and Associate Director for Science at the CDC ’ s Office of Minority Health and Health Equity , she explains how environment impacts the health of Hispanic communities , “ Latino communities are hard hit by neighborhood conditions that contribute to obesity and type 2 diabetes . Income , education , unemployment , housing conditions , and neighborhood environment profoundly affect whether individuals will consume nutritious food and have options for physical activity ” ( Commonwealth , 2018 ).
IMMIGRATION POLICY AND ENFORCEMENT : In an article written for The Commonwealth Fund , authors Hostetter and Klein suggest that immigration policy and enforcement impact the health of Hispanic immigrants , “ Evidence indicates that immigration policy and enforcement have an effect on the health of Hispanic immigrants by increasing stress and
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