How to measure the migration status of the child and young population? Studies on health and inequalities in health in Europe

Copyright © 2019. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U..

OBJECTIVE: To analyse how the migration status of the child and young population is measured in the scientific literature on health and social inequalities in health in Europe.

METHOD: A systematic search of the literature published in Spanish, English and French between 2007 and 2017 in PubMed and Social Sciences Citation Index was carried out. The included studies analysed health and social inequalities in health of a population under 18 years old according to its migration origin in Europe. The variables used to measure the migration status were described.

RESULTS: 50 articles were included. Twenty studies analysed perinatal health, eleven mental health, nine dental health, and ten studies other variables. The main variables to define migration status were the country of birth (32 studies), either of the child, the mother, or one of the parents, and sometimes in a complementary way. Less frequent was the use of nationality (15 studies), of the child, or of the parents, especially the mother. Migration status is referred to in very different ways, not always comparable and sometimes the variable used is not clearly explained.

CONCLUSIONS: There is a great diversity of ways to measure migration status in the child and young population. A better definition and consensus is needed to improve the temporal and geographical comparability of knowledge in this area, which will help to design public policies aimed at reducing social inequalities in health from childhood.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:35

Enthalten in:

Gaceta sanitaria - 35(2021), 1 vom: 06. Jan., Seite 81-90

Sprache:

Spanisch

Weiterer Titel:

¿Cómo medir el estatus migratorio de la población infantil y juvenil? Estudios sobre salud y desigualdades en salud en Europa

Beteiligte Personen:

González-Rábago, Yolanda [VerfasserIn]
La Parra, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Puigpinós-Riera, Rosa [VerfasserIn]
Pons-Vigués, Mariona [VerfasserIn]
por el Grupo de Trabajo de Determinantes Sociales de la Salud de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Child health
Desigualdades sociales
Emigración e inmigración
Emigration and immigration
Europa
Europe
Journal Article
Review
Revisión
Salud infantil
Social inequalities

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 15.10.2021

Date Revised 15.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.gaceta.2019.06.003

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM301503028