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Epidemiological Studies on Migrant Health

  • Migration and its influence on population health is a very dynamic but also normal and continuous phenomenon happening permanently in human history and most societies. Immigrants may have been exposed in ways that differ from those of the non-migrant population over their whole life course, including the period before migration, the migration process, and the period after migration. Epidemiological studies on the health experience of migrants have provided important insights into disease etiology but obviously also serve to identify exposure and risk differences between different population groups, and their determinants. This chapter presents an overview of the history and importance of studies among migrants and ethnic minorities. It provides insights into concepts, definitions, and terminology, as well as data sources that can be used for epidemiological research in this field. Key studies that shape the research field are presented. Detailed data both for the migrant populations of interest and for comparison populations areMigration and its influence on population health is a very dynamic but also normal and continuous phenomenon happening permanently in human history and most societies. Immigrants may have been exposed in ways that differ from those of the non-migrant population over their whole life course, including the period before migration, the migration process, and the period after migration. Epidemiological studies on the health experience of migrants have provided important insights into disease etiology but obviously also serve to identify exposure and risk differences between different population groups, and their determinants. This chapter presents an overview of the history and importance of studies among migrants and ethnic minorities. It provides insights into concepts, definitions, and terminology, as well as data sources that can be used for epidemiological research in this field. Key studies that shape the research field are presented. Detailed data both for the migrant populations of interest and for comparison populations are required for a comprehensive, theory-based assessment of the changing health of migrants. Modern, diversity-sensible epidemiological and health research needs to routinely endorse all fundamental quality requirements of epidemiological research and should strive for a system’s perspective to fully understand the interplay of influences and conditions shaping the health of migrant populations and population health in general.show moreshow less

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Author: Hajo Zeeb, Karien Stronks, Charles Agyemang, Jacob SpallekORCiDGND
URL:https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-1-4614-6625-3_80-1
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6625-3_80-1
ISBN:978-1-4614-6625-3
Title of the source (English):Handbook of Epidemiology
Publisher:Springer
Place of publication:New York
Editor: Wolfgang AhrensGND, Iris Pigeot
Document Type:Part of a book (chapter)
Language:German
Year of publication:2023
Tag:Ethnicity, Life course models, Migration, Race, Social determinants of health, Transition
Edition:2. Auflage
Number of pages:27
Faculty/Chair:Fakultät 4 Humanwissenschaften (bis 2023 Soziale Arbeit, Gesundheit und Musik) / FG Gesundheitswissenschaften
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