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Recent Publications

  • Sudhinaraset, M., Khan, A., Choi, H. Y., & Ling, I. (2026). Centering undocumented immigrants: A cross-sectional study of sexual and reproductive health of undocumented Asian and Latinx immigrants in California. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-026-01919-7

  • Woofter, R., Khan, A., & Sudhinaraset, M. (2026). Fertility intentions among undocumented immigrants: Exploratory results from a mixed-methods survey in California. Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare, 48, 101209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srhc.2026.101209

  • Sudhinaraset, M., Kim, H., Song, K., Ronquillo, R. J., Kim, J., & Raymond, H. F. (2025). Implementation of starfish sampling for invisibilised populations: A methods protocol of the BRAVE multi-site cross-sectional community-based participatory study. BMJ Open, 15(12), e108572. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-108572

Social Determinants of Health and Access to Health

Woofter, R., Sudhinaraset, M. (2022). Differences in Barriers to Healthcare and Discrimination in Healthcare Settings Among Undocumented Immigrants by Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Status. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10903-022-01346-4#Sec2

Sudhinaraset, M., Ling, I., Gao, L., Chavarin, J., & Gee, G. C. (2020). The association between Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, health access, and mental health: the role of discrimination, medical mistrust, and stigma. Ethnicity & Health, 1-13.

Sudhinaraset, M., To, T. M., Ling, I., Melo, J., & Chavarin, J. (2017). The influence of deferred action for childhood arrivals on undocumented Asian and Pacific Islander young adults: through a social determinants of health lens. Journal of Adolescent Health, 60(6), 741-746.

Sudhinaraset, M., Ling, I., To, T. M., Melo, J., & Quach, T. (2017). Dreams deferred: Contextualizing the health and psychosocial needs of undocumented Asian and Pacific Islander young adults in Northern California. Social Science & Medicine, 184, 144-152.

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Sexual and Reproductive Health

Sudhinaraset, M., Khan, A., Choi, H. Y., & Ling, I. (2026). Centering undocumented immigrants: A cross-sectional study of sexual and reproductive health of undocumented Asian and Latinx immigrants in California.Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-026-01919-7

Woofter, R., Khan, A., & Sudhinaraset, M. (2026). Fertility intentions among undocumented immigrants: Exploratory results from a mixed-methods survey in California. Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare, 48, 101209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srhc.2026.101209

Woofter, R., & Sudhinaraset, M. (2025). Access to and quality of contraceptive healthcare for undocumented immigrant women in California. SSM – Qualitative Research in Health, 8, 100655. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2025.100655

Bribiesca Leon, Y., Soun, B., & Sudhinaraset, M. (2025). Structural racism and sexual and reproductive healthcare experiences: A qualitative study among undocumented Asian and Latina women. Social Science & Medicine, 382, 118374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118374

Sudhinaraset, M., Woofter, R., & Huang, P. (2025). Stratified reproduction and threats to reproductive justice for immigrants: Decision-making for fertility using an ecological model. Social Science & Medicine, 382, 118334. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118334

Sudhinaraset, M., Choi, H. Y., Nakphong, M. K., Woofter, R., & Brindis, C. D. (2022). Contraceptive use and consistency and the role of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: A cross-sectional survey of undocumented young adults. Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare, 32, 100725. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srhc.2022.100725

COVID-19

Ling, I., Choi, H.Y., Sudhinaraset, M. (2024) Navigating a climate of administrative burden: the perspectives of young adult undocumented immigrants in applying for COVID-19 disaster relief assistance for immigrants in California. Frontiers in Public Health, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1304704

Sudhinaraset, M., Choi, H.Y., Nwankwo, E., De Trinidad Young, ME. (2022) Association between immigration enforcement encounters and COVID-19 testing and delays in care: a cross-sectional study of undocumented young adult immigrants in California. BMC Public Health, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13994-

Sudhinaraset, M., Nwankwo, E., Choi, H.Y. (2022) Immigration enforcement exposures and COVID-19 vaccine intentions among undocumented immigrants in California. Preventive Medicine Reports, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.101808

Choi, H.Y., Sudhinaraset, M. (2021). Analysis of Attitudes About COVID-19 Contact Tracing and Public Health Guidelines Among Undocumented Immigrants in the US. JAMA Network Open, doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.37719

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Mental Health

Nwankwo, E., Choi, H. Y., Li, S., & Sudhinaraset, M. (2024). Everyday violence: Immigration enforcement, COVID-19, and depression among undocumented young adults in California. Ethnicity & Disease, 34(2), 84–92. https://doi.org/10.18865/ed.34.2.84

Manalo-Pedro, E., Sudhinaraset, M. (2022). Deferred depression? Mediation analysis of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and immigration enforcement among Undocumented Asian and Pacific Islander students. Social Science & Medicine - Population Health, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.101008

Sudhinaraset, M., Landrian A., Choi, H. Y., Ling, I. (2021). Redefining communities: The association between deferred action, online and offline social capital and depressive symptoms among undocumented young adults. Preventive Medicine Reports, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101563.

Ro, A., Nakphong, M. K., Choi, H. Y., Nguyen, A., & Sudhinaraset, M. (2021). The association between social ties and depression among Asian and Pacific Islander undocumented young adults. BMC public health, 21(1), 1-10.

Sudhinaraset, M., Ling, I., Gao, L., Chavarin, J., & Gee, G. C. (2020). The association between Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, health access, and mental health: the role of discrimination, medical mistrust, and stigma. Ethnicity & Health, 1-13.

Sudhinaraset, M., Ling, I., To, T. M., Melo, J., & Quach, T. (2017). Dreams deferred: Contextualizing the health and psychosocial needs of undocumented Asian and Pacific Islander young adults in Northern California. Social Science & Medicine, 184, 144-152.

Research Methods & Measurement

Sudhinaraset, M., Kim, H., Song, K., Ronquillo, R. J., Kim, J., & Raymond, H. F. (2025). Implementation of starfish sampling for invisibilised populations: A methods protocol of the BRAVE multi-site cross-sectional community-based participatory study. BMJ Open, 15(12), e108572. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-108572