Thursday, April 11 / 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Lone Star F (Level 3)

Session 55
Migration, Community Context, and Health

Chair: Noli Brazil, University of California, Davis
Discussant: Molly Dondero, American University

1. The Role of Gentrification in Predicting BMI and Self-reported Health Among Survivors of Hurricane KatrinaAlina Schnake-Mahl , Harvard University; Benjamin D. Sommers, Harvard University and Brigham and Women's Hospital; S. V. Subramanian, Harvard School of Public Health; Mary Waters, Harvard University; Mariana Arcaya, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

2. The Effects of Neighborhood Deprivation on Cardiovascular Disease Among Refugees: Results From a Natural Experiment in DenmarkRita Hamad , University of California, San Francisco; Buket Öztürk, Aarhus University; Lars Pedersen, Aarhus University; Henrik Sørensen, Aarhus University; Justin S. White, University of California, Berkeley.

3. Father’s Migration and Child Illness in India: How Does the Effect Vary by Community Socioeconomic Development and Community Gender Context?Lei Lei ; Sonalde B. Desai, India Human Development Survey; Feinian Chen, University of Maryland.

4. Does Destination Matter? Geographic Patterns of Immigrant Health in the United StatesLeafia Ye , University of Wisconsin-Madison; Michal Engelman, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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