Study Shows Ripple Effects From World War II Detainment Camps on Japanese Americans’ Health

Study Shows Ripple Effects From World War II Detainment Camps on Japanese Americans’ Health

Women who had likely been incarcerated in the camps as children eventually gave birth to less healthy babies than Asian American women who weren't incarcerated, according to a health economist and associate professor of economics at the West Virginia University John Chambers College of Business and Economics.

WVU study shows ripple effects from World War II detainment camps on Japanese Americans’ health

West Virginia University research has revealed negative intergenerational reproductive health effects from the Japanese American detainment camps of World War II.Women who had likely been incarcerated in the camps as children eventually gave birth to less healthy babies than Asian American women who weren’t incarcerated, according to health economist Daniel Grossman.