压力经历在移民中很常见，并可能对健康产生影响。通过美国唯一具有全国代表性的移民数据集——新移民调查，我们使用了调查调整的描述性和多元回归方法来研究重新安置前的受害是否与肥胖、心血管疾病、糖尿病、关节炎、癌症和慢性肺病有关。疾病。 2003-04 年在美国获得合法永久居留权的外国出生者中，有 6.7% 的人报告在抵达美国之前曾受害。那些经历过受害的人比没有受害经历的人更容易患慢性病：他们患至少一种慢性病的可能性高出 32% (p<0.05)，特别是癌症 (4.36，p<0.05)、关节炎 (4.36，p<0.05) 1.77，p<0.01）和心血管疾病（比值比 1.32，p<0.05）。这些关系在一定程度上是由经历过受害的人和未经历过受害的人到达美国后医疗保健获取情况的差异所调节的。受害可能会对融入社会和晚年慢性疾病产生影响。

Stressful experiences are common among migrants and may have health implications. With the only US nationally representative data set on migration, the New Immigrant Survey, we used survey-adjusted descriptive and multivariate regression methods to examine whether victimization prior to resettlement was associated with obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, arthritis, cancer, and chronic lung disease. Among foreign-born people who obtained lawful permanent residence in the US in 2003-04, 6.7 per cent reported victimization before arriving in the US. Those who had experienced victimization more often suffered from chronic conditions than people without such experiences: they were 32 per cent more likely to suffer from at least one chronic condition (p < 0.05), especially cancer (4.36, p < 0.05), arthritis (1.77, p < 0.01), and cardiovascular disease (odds ratio 1.32, p < 0.05). These relationships were in part mediated by differences in healthcare access after arriving in the US between those who had experienced victimization and those who had not. Victimization may have consequences for integration and later-life chronic disease.