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Migrant integration policies and health inequalities in Europe

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العنوان: Migrant integration policies and health inequalities in Europe
المؤلفون: Margherita Giannoni, Luisa Franzini, Giuliano Masiero
المصدر: BMC Public Health, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2016)
بيانات النشر: BMC, 2016.
سنة النشر: 2016
المجموعة: LCC:Public aspects of medicine
مصطلحات موضوعية: Health inequalities, Socio-economic determinants of health, Migrant integration policy, Migration and health in Europe, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270
الوصف: Abstract Background Research on socio-economic determinants of migrant health inequalities has produced a large body of evidence. There is lack of evidence on the influence of structural factors on lives of fragile groups, frequently exposed to health inequalities. The role of poor socio-economic status and country level structural factors, such as migrant integration policies, in explaining migrant health inequalities is unclear. The objective of this paper is to examine the role of migrant socio-economic status and the impact of migrant integration policies on health inequalities during the recent economic crisis in Europe. Methods Using the 2012 wave of Eurostat EU-SILC data for a set of 23 European countries, we estimate multilevel mixed-effects ordered logit models for self-assessed poor health (SAH) and self-reported limiting long-standing illnesses (LLS), and multilevel mixed-effects logit models for self-reported chronic illness (SC). We estimate two-level models with individuals nested within countries, allowing for both individual socio-economic determinants of health and country-level characteristics (healthy life years expectancy, proportion of health care expenditure over the GDP, and problems in migrant integration policies, derived from the Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX). Results Being a non-European citizen or born outside Europe does not increase the odds of reporting poor health conditions, in accordance with the “healthy migrant effect”. However, the country context in terms of problems in migrant integration policies influences negatively all of the three measures of health (self-reported health status, limiting long-standing illnesses, and self-reported chronic illness) in foreign people living in European countries, and partially offsets the “healthy migrant effect”. Conclusions Policies for migrant integration can reduce migrant health disparities.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1471-2458
Relation: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-016-3095-9; https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2458
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3095-9
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/aa4255c4154b4c0cb34074faf6d832e1
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.4255c4154b4c0cb34074faf6d832e1
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:14712458
DOI:10.1186/s12889-016-3095-9