Health Impacts
"Long-term health consequences included psychological anguish as well as increased cardiovascular disease. Survey information found former internees had a 2.1 greater risk of cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular mortality, and premature death than did a non-interned counterpart."
- Gwendolyn M. Jensen,
"The Experience of Injustice: Health Consequences of the Japanese American Internment"
After such a traumatic experience, many of the Japanese Americans that were interned faced psychological problems. To add to this, because of the poor conditions and lack of nutrition at the camps, the Japanese also had health and physical impact on their bodies.
"One of the most hauntingly pressing issues facing Japanese Americans today is their concentration camp experience during World War II. Yet, the major group of survivors -- the Nisei -- generally do not confront the implications of it within themselves or with their own children. In many respects the Nisei have been permanently altered in their attitudes, both positively and negatively, in regard to their identification with the values of their bicultural heritage; or they remain confused or even injured by the traumatic experience."
- Nobu Miyoshi , "Identity Crisis of the Sansei and the Concentration Camp" |
"Trauma may directly or indirectly affect the children of trauma victims... Despite the silence, or perhaps because of it, the Sansei who had a parent interned felt the effects of that experience in numerous ways. They are sad and angry about the injustice and attribute a number of negative consequences in their own lives to their parents' internment. These include feelings of low self-esteem, the pressure to assimilate, an accelerated loss of the Japanese culture and language, and experiencing the unexpressed pain of their parents."
- Donna K. Nagata "Legacy of Injustice: Exploring the Cross-Generational Impact of the Japanese American Internment" |
""Long-term health consequences included psychological anguish as well as increased cardiovascular disease. Traumatic stress was buffered by culturally constructed coping mechanisms that were less inculcated in the youngest detainees. They reported more post-traumatic stress symptoms of unexpected and disturbing flashback experiences than those who were older at the time of incarceration. "
- Gwendolyn M. Jensen
"The Experience of Injustice: Health Consequences of the Japanese American Internment"
- Gwendolyn M. Jensen
"The Experience of Injustice: Health Consequences of the Japanese American Internment"