Understanding immigration as a social determinant of health: Cardiovascular disease in Hispanics/Latinos and South Asians in the United States

One in seven people living in the US are immigrants, and this number has tripled since 1970. In this narrative review we focus on immigrants to the US, a particularly vulnerable population in which many adverse social determinants of health (SDOH) often cluster. Following The Lancet Commission on Migration and Health, we define immigrants as any person who has moved away from his/her habitual place of residence into a different country. This process encompasses several challenges which may impact the health status of migrant populations. However, the wide heterogeneity of this population and the lack of detailed data on country of origin and/or migration status among many of the sources used to ascertain population health status, complicates the understanding of the health consequences of migration. (author introduction) #HES4A