The Healthiest Californians Are the Ones Who Are Healthy Together
Immigrants Live Longer and Better Than the Native Born Because Community Heals in Ways Medicine Does Not
Immigrants bring cultural practices that could improve our health systems and the health of all Californians—if we do more to understand and deploy the advantages of cultural diversity, said a panel of experts on health and immigration at a Zócalo/The California Wellness Foundation event. Those panelists—including top researchers and journalists—offered multiple examples of ideas that originated in immigrant communities that have made us healthier—from diet to exercise to an emphasis on family and social relationships. But they all pointed to one overarching conclusion: Immigrants often approach health together, with the …
