Evidence for Action (E4A) funds research evaluating the population health, wellbeing, and racial equity impacts of programs, policies, and practices. What We're Learning is a repository of media pieces, research articles, presentations, reports, and other materials highlighting E4A supported research and findings. Sort by topic or resource type.
Sanctuary policies, or limiting state/local law enforcement’s involvement in federal immigration enforcement efforts, and issuance of drivers licenses for undocumented immigrants improved preventive health outcomes among children of immigrants.
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Extending prenatal care to low-income, immigrant women, regardless of citizenship status, is a cost-effective and life-saving strategy.
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During the Bipartisan Policy briefing, Overcoming Health Care Challenges in Immigrant Communities, panelists discussed challenges to immigrant communities accessing health care and social services—including cultural, linguistic, coverage, and other barriers—and how this impacts broader population health and well-being.
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Prenatal care expansion increased gestational diabetes screenings, child vaccination rates, and prenatal visits, and reduced infant mortality and extremely low birth weights.
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Expansion of prenatal care to undocumented immigrants led to increases in adequate care among all and high-risk pregnancies, as well as increased diagnosis of gestational diabetes, pre-existing diabetes mellitus, hypertension, history of preterm birth, and poor fetal growth.
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A mother's eligibility for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was associated with an increased likelihood that her child(ren) participated in the Women, Infants, and Children Program (WIC).
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The health of citizen children born to undocumented immigrants is closely tied to local, state, and federal immigration policies.
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The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program has positive economic impacts, as well as psychological health and wellbeing. Rescinding the program could have serious population-level mental health and wellbeing repercussions.
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With approximately 1 in 15 US children born to undocumented immigrant parents, interventions expanding access to prenatal care have the potential to make a big difference to maternal and child health.
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Expanding prenatal care to unauthorized immigrant women resulted in more prenatal visits, receipt of adequate prenatal care, and increases in diabetes screenings and ultrasonograms. Children were also more likely to attend well child visits and get vaccinations.
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Unauthorized immigrants are mostly left out of the Affordable Care Act and are often unable to access or afford medical care. Expanding prenatal care to unauthorized immigrants positively impacts the health of both the mothers and their citizen children.
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