ArticleJournal of immigrant and minority health2008
The self-reported health of immigrant groups in Switzerland.
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- Use of different subjective health indicators to assess health inequalities in an urban immigrant population in north-western Italy: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2013Article
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- Healthy migrants but unhealthy offspring? A retrospective cohort study among Italians in Switzerland.BMC public health · 2012Article
- The prevalence and management of cardiovascular risk factors in immigrant groups in Switzerland.International journal of public health · 2012Article
- Health related quality of life among Iraqi immigrants settled in Malaysia.BMC public health · 2011Article
- Associations between stressful events and self-reported mental health problems among non-Western immigrants in Denmark.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2011Article
- Poor self-rated health in adult patients with type 2 diabetes in the town of Södertälje: A cross-sectional study.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2010Article
- Barriers to outdoor physical activity in wintertime among Somali youth.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2010Article
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Abstract
backgroundMore than 20% of people living in Switzerland are immigrants, defined as people with foreign nationality. This study examines health disparities between the main immigrant groups in Switzerland and the majority Swiss population.
methodsEpidemiological analysis of the 2002 Swiss Health Survey (SHS): the SHS contains health-related information about 19,706 people who were randomly sampled from among people living in Switzerland. Bi-variate and multivariate analyses of six variables on self-reported health were performed.
findingsThe data from the 2002 Swiss Health Survey provide some evidence of health disparities between Swiss people and immigrants. Although the self-reported health of "Northern immigrants" (people from Germany and France) does not differ significantly from that of the majority Swiss population, "Southern immigrants" (people from Italy, Former Yugoslavia, Portugal, Spain and Turkey) report lower levels of health in several areas. Lower levels of health are particularly likely to be reported by Italian men and women.
conclusionThe self-reported health of immigrants is currently inferior to that of the Swiss. If it is the position of the Swiss health care system to ensure equal health provision for all Swiss residents, including immigrant groups, and to strive for equal health outcomes for all, self-reported ill health among immigrants is a useful basis for health policy and planning.
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