Health and determinants of health in second generations of international immigrants : Social inequalities in health since childhood?

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OBJECTIVE: To analyse the social inequalities in health between children and youth population of an immigrant origin from low-income countries and those of native origin in the Basque Country.

METHOD: Cross-sectional descriptive study using data from the Basque Country Health Survey 2013. Variables of health, behaviours and life conditions were used as the outcome variables. Prevalence ratios were calculated using robust Poisson models.

RESULTS: The children with immigrant parents had poorer self-rated health, a higher prevalence of obesity, spent more hours in sedentary activities and lived in households with greater economic difficulties. The differences persisted even after adjusting for social class and educational level of parents.

CONCLUSIONS: A migrant background is a highly relevant axis of health inequalities and has an influence beyond a generation. Given this reality, it is necessary to implement effective and suitable measures to ensure life with good health conditions and to reduce social inequalities in health, not only in childhood but through the entire life cycle.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:33

Enthalten in:

Gaceta sanitaria - 33(2019), 2 vom: 17. März, Seite 156-161

Sprache:

Spanisch

Weiterer Titel:

Salud y determinantes sociales de la salud en hijos e hijas de personas inmigrantes internacionales: ¿desigualdades sociales en salud desde la infancia?

Beteiligte Personen:

González-Rábago, Yolanda [VerfasserIn]
Martín, Unai [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Child health
Desigualdades sociales en salud
Immigration
Inmigración
Journal Article
Salud infantil
Social inequalities in health

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 19.12.2019

Date Revised 19.12.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.gaceta.2017.10.007

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM279061935