Reconsidering the Healthy Migrant Effect: Nativity Differences in Undiagnosed Diabetes and Diabetes Awareness Among U.S. Adults
This study challenges the "healthy migrant effect" by demonstrating that foreign-born U.S. adults have a higher burden of undiagnosed diabetes compared to native-born adults, suggesting that apparent health advantages stem from lower rates of clinical detection due to barriers in healthcare access rather than a genuinely lower disease prevalence.