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Direct linkRead, Jen'nan Ghazal; Emerson, Michael O. – Social Forces, 2005
The United States' black/white health gap is an important consequence of racial inequality. The gap is large, shows little signs of declining, and explanations have been limited by lack of theory and data. A new direction that offers potential for theoretical development is a focus on black immigrants, a group that shares the same racial status as…
Descriptors: African Americans, Foreign Countries, Well Being, Immigrants
