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Juliene Lipson
In the 1990s explosion of women's health research, some populations have still received limited attention, specifically, immigrant women. There is insufficient data on immigrant women's health that we need for pub.1ic health services and there is almost no policy. It is difficult to learn about the magnitude of the prob1em across the U.S. because there is no national data base that documents the location and numbers of the many immigrant populations. Problems faced by immigrants are described mainly anecdotally or for selected immigrant or refugee groups, such as the Hmong in Minnesota or Mexicans in California. Until very recently, federal and state agencies have shown a lack of awareness and interest in these populations. And during the past decade we have seen legislation that actively discriminates against immigrants and immigration.
While my focus today is on immigrant women's health, much of what I will talk about applies to women who represent many kinds of diversity, in particular, ethnicity and socioeconomic status.
