WHAT WE DO
The Leah Zallman Center’s primary research focus is immigrant health and well-being. Our mixed-methods research agenda is rooted in a set of core beliefs and a rich evidence base, leading to three main paths of inquiry and impact in service of health equity.
We partner with healthcare organizations and go beyond documenting disparities to:
- Investigate patterns and causes of disparate health outcomes for immigrants in healthcare organizations and systems
- Test promising or evidence-based practices from pilot programs and interventions designed to advance health equity
- Identify the impacts of specific place-based or organizational health equity efforts
- Research and analyze potential policy solutions or recommendations with partners
We partner with immigrant integration advocates, practitioners, and policymakers to:
- Analyze inequities in employment, education, and other social determinants of health (SDOH) that affect the health and well-being of immigrants, and identify leverage points for change
- Assess the links between degree of welcome/integration and health
- Identify mechanisms that contribute to welcoming organizations and communities
- Study and lift up the ways in which improvements in immigrant health benefit us all
We build immigrant power through our participatory research methods and partner with advocates and policymakers to:
- Understand the effects of specific public policies or programs on immigrant health
- Center immigrant voices in policymaking through participatory action research
- Analyze narratives and develop new evidence-based counter-narratives demonstrating the contributions of immigrants to the health and prosperity of our communities