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While immigrants in the US suffer poor access to healthcare in general, access within immigrant populations varies notably by legal status and employment. Intersections between immigration, employment, and healthcare policy have shaped immigrants' access or exclusion from healthcare; however, little research has examined how immigrants experience and navigate these intersections. Drawing on social exclusion theory and the theory of bounded agency, we aimed to investigate Mexican and Chinese immigrants' experiences of exclusion from healthcare as one key dimension of social exclusion-and how this was shaped by interactions with the institutions of immigration and employment. The examination of two ethnic immigrant groups who live under the same set of policies allows for a focus on the common impacts of policy. We selected Mexican and Chinese immigrants as the two largest subgroups in California's Latinx and Asian immigrant population. We use a policy lens to analyze qualitative data from the mixed-methods Research on Immigrant Health and State Policy (RIGHTS) Study, involving 60 in-depth interviews with Mexican and Chinese immigrants in California between August 2018-August 2019. We identified two primary themes: pathways of social exclusion and access, and strategies used to address social exclusion. Findings show that immigrants' exclusion from healthcare is fundamentally linked to legal status and employment, and that immigrants navigate difficult choices between opportunities for improved employment and changes in legal status. We argue that multiple categories of legal status affect immigrants' employment opportunities and social position, which, in turn, translates to stratified healthcare access. Our findings support the literature establishing legal status as a mechanism of social stratification but challenge legal-illegal binary paradigms.

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La educación sexual es muy importante, pero quien interviene como educador no debe tenerrepresiones sexuales en su subconsciente. Se inicia desde el hogar y la familia, ya que son los padres losprimeros educadores de sus propios hijos. Se incluye también, su derecho a adoptar decisiones relacionadasa la sexualidad sin sufrir discriminación, violencia y abuso. Los datos de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud2009 revelan que 55,2% de los adolescentes entre 15 y 19 años ha tenido relaciones sexuales. Cerca de dosmillones de adolescentes sufren la enfermedad del sida en todo el mundo, El factor determinante críticopara reducir la morbilidad y la mortalidad para la adolescente y su hijo es la asistencia prenatal oportuna yconcienzuda. La educación, desde la infancia, contigua a la escolaridad, es la base principal que ayudarásatisfactoriamente a orientar y enseñar a la niñez, todo lo relacionado con la sexualidad.

Sex education is very important. However, the person acting as educator should not have anysexual repressions in his or her subconscious. Sex education starts from home and family since parents arethe first educators of their own children. They also have the right to make decisions related to sexualitywithout suffering from discrimination, violence, or abuse. The date from the 2009 National Health Surveyshows that 55.2% of adolescents between 15 and 19 have had sex. About two million adolescents sufferfrom Aids worldwide. The critical factor to reduce morbidity and mortality among adolescents and yourchild is timely and thorough prenatal care. Education, from childhood as well as schooling, is a main baseto help successfully guide and teach children about all issues related to sexuality.

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The Psychology as Science scale was used to assess whether Brazilian students believe psychology is a science. 190 undergraduates from four universities in Brazil participated. Analysis showed that 54% of students strongly agree that psychology is a science, 26% strongly agree that psychological research is necessary and that training in methodology is important, and 25% strongly agree that behavior is predictable.

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