John Weeks

San Diego State University

Professor, Department of Geography

San Diego, CA 92182-0763

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

5

DOWNLOADS

968

TOTAL CITATIONS

5

Scholarly Papers (5)

1.

Unraveling a Public Health Enigma: Why Do Immigrants Experience Superior Perinatal Health Outcomes?

Research in the Sociology of Health Care, Vol. 13, pp. 335-388, 1996
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 17 Jul 2011
Rubén G. Rumbaut and John Weeks
University of California, Irvine - Department of Sociology and San Diego State University
Downloads 662 (81,790)
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Epidemiological Paradox, Perinatal Outcomes, Maternal Risk Factors, Immigrants, Refugees, Natives, Birth Weight, Acculturation, Biomedical and Psychosocial Factors, Health Policy, Comprehensive Perinatal Program

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Infant Health Among Indochinese Refugees: Patterns of Infant Mortality, Birthweight and Prenatal Care in Comparative Perspective.

Research in the Sociology of Health Care, Vol. 8, pp. 137-196,1989
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 08 Jul 2011
Rubén G. Rumbaut and John Weeks
University of California, Irvine - Department of Sociology and San Diego State University
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Infant health, early neonatal and post-early neonatal mortality, low-birthweight births, prenatal care, refugees from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, immigration, adaptation, IHARP study, San Diego County, public health policy

3.

Fertility and Adaptation: Indochinese Refugees in the United States

International Migration Review, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 428-466, Summer 1986
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 09 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 27 Jul 2012
Rubén G. Rumbaut and John Weeks
University of California, Irvine - Department of Sociology and San Diego State University
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Fertility, Immigration, Adaptation, Indochinese Refugees, Vietnamese, Cambodians, Laotians, Hmong, Welfare Dependency, Maternal and Child Health, Economic Self-Sufficiency

4.

Infant Mortality Among Ethnic Immigrant Groups

Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 327-334, 1991
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 09 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2011
John Weeks and Rubén G. Rumbaut
San Diego State University and University of California, Irvine - Department of Sociology
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infant mortality, fertility, prenatal care, immigrants, Indochinese refugees, racial-ethnic groups, neonatal mortality, linked birth and infant death records

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Reproductive Outcomes Among Mexican-Origin Women in San Diego and Tijuana: Testing the Migration Selectivity Hypothesis

Journal of Immigrant Health, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 77-90, 1999
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 08 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2012
John Weeks, Rubén G. Rumbaut and Norma Ojeda
San Diego State University, University of California, Irvine - Department of Sociology and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Pregnancy outcomes, low birthweight, prenatal visits, immigration, US-born versus Mexico-born Latinas, immigrant selectivity, acculturation, epidemiological paradox