Talk:Immigrant health care in the United States

message: I plan on thoroughly expanding upon the article, Immigrant health care in the United States. As it stands now, the entry lacks references and sources, and has been rated as low-importance. However, given the context of continually rising immigration in the United States today, this subject and its connection to national health inequalities are relevant to policy makers and the U.S.’s growing foreign-born population. Currently, the entry lacks any sections beyond a brief introduction; it offers an insubstantial amount of information about the extent of the issue. Therefore, elaboration on this article would benefit the Wikipedia community.
I want to add to this article by contributing more extensive background information about the scale of immigrant health care in the United States—including what kinds of providers exist and statistics about its usage and accessibility. I also want to write about the challenges and implications of this issue, e.g. how/what cultural barriers stand between immigrants and their ability to obtain adequate health care services. Finally, I would like to address the system’s overall level of effectiveness and major points of critique by examining the issue from different perspectives.
I will specifically be drawing evidence from medical and policy texts that address immigrant health care, from publications such as American Journal of Public Health and Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. I will also use government reports. However, it would be particularly helpful to receive advice on how to best organize my article. Specifically, in my anticipated section describing the overall system’s effectiveness—should I also include reform debates as a subsection? Or does this content belong under an altogether different section? Any advice or tips you have to share would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much!
JoyceChou (talk) 02:11, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Editing/Expanding Page

message: Hi all,
I am planning to add a subsection titled "Women" under the "Findings and Statistics" section. I have found some academic research that relates to the unique struggles of immigrant women in receiving proper health care in the United States. With this information I feel that this group needs to discussed individually, as is currently done for Children, Hispanics and Latinos, and Asians. 
A related but distinct contribution I will be making is under "Policy challenges and proposed solutions." Research I have found suggests the practice of narrative medicine as a significant step towards bringing fair and equitable health care to immigrants. I plan to detail the potential benefits of this approach as well as potential downfalls.
I also intend to bolster multiple areas throughout the article with updated facts and information. These will be minor changes and I do not intend to edit the work of others aside from slight changes to accommodate my additions. Any questions/concerns please feel free to reach out. Thanks!
Nickallen7 (talk) 16:50, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposed New Subsection and Other Contributions

message: Hi! I think this is a great and truly interesting article. I especially like your addition of the policy challenges section. I think it could also be interesting to include some additional content, for example: information on other immigrant groups, such as from Africa or the Middle East. Amymu123 (talk) 03:49, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggested Edits 

message: Hi again! I am interested in working on this article for a WikiEd sponsored course I am currently taking. Specifically, I would like to include discussion of immigration detention, deferred action, and more recent policy developments that impact immigrant health care. I would also like to expand the article to discuss healthcare more holistically, touching on cost and quality as well as access. I am also interested in including information on demographic groups previously omitted (such as immigrants from Africa). For more information, check out my User page and sandbox. Amymu123 (talk) 01:21, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed Edits 

message: For some of my proposed edits, I've drafted part of a new lead for the article, which will be updated as I complete other sections so that it can accurately summarize the full scope of the article. I've also drafted a rewrite of some of the content from the Overview section to focus it on health care accessibility, with some introduction to complementary and alternative medicine. Lastly, I've drafted a paragraph concerning health care conditions in immigration detention centers. For more information and the drafts themselves, feel free to visit my User page and sandbox! Amymu123 (talk) 01:03, 10 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Drafted edits 

message: your article looks great. I would focus mainly on making sure that you cite after every statement, preferably after every sentence, and make sure that you use a neutral tone throughout the article. These two things are particularly important in the “detention center” section. Consider adding some images to enhance your article’s visual appeal. I’m impressed by the extent of your contribution and interest in spreading awareness of a very important topic. Natsz72 (talk) 19:00, 24 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Article Revision

message: Amy, I think your article is excellent! You integrated new information regarding healthcare in immigration detention centers seamlessly into the existing article, and your structuring of the article makes it easily comprehensible for a first-time reader like me. I think including images might help more visual learners understand more about your topic, and including more links to non-health related topics would help readers see the connections between this health-related article and non-health related articles, enhancing the interdisciplinary approach we've talked about a lot in class. I think the most important thing you could do to improve would be to focus on the content of your article—in particular, in section 3.1.3, and expanding on it by adding more details or citations. The other sections near it are longer—appearing to give those sections greater weight and importance, which I don't think is your intention. Overall, great job, and I'm so glad I got to learn more about this topic from your edits to this article! Thanks for all your hard work!Emilymohlin (talk) 02:09, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Peer Review of Article

message: The article looks very thorough and well discussed! I added a subsection under the public opinion on immigrant health benefits to address another historical perspective on the topic. It includes information about the Healthy Migrant theory and the way it discouraged the support for immigrant health provisions. (Am.nalula (talk) 18:49, 19 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added subsection