ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2017
Factors Influencing the Accuracy of Infectious Disease Reporting in Migrants: A Scoping Review.
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- Results and Strategies for a Diversity-Oriented Public Health Monitoring in Germany.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
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- Minority health social vulnerability index and long COVID illness among a statewide, population-based study of adults with polymerase chain reaction-confirmed SARS-CoV-2.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Article
- Education as a social determinant of the health of international migrants and locals in Chile between 2013 and 2022.Journal of migration and health · 2025Article
- A retrospective cross-sectional study of risk factors for communicable disease diagnoses among refugees in mainland Greek camps, 2016-2017.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Infectious disease surveillance for refugees at borders and in destination countries: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Hepatitis C virus cascade of care in the general population, in people with diabetes, and in substance use disorder patients.Infectious agents and cancer · 2021Article
- Missed hepatitis b/c or syphilis diagnosis among Kurdish, Russian, and Somali origin migrants in Finland: linking a population-based survey to the national infectious disease register.BMC infectious diseases · 2018Article
- Clinical assessment is a neglected component of outbreak preparedness: evidence from refugee camps in Greece.BMC medicine · 2018Article
- Refugee Health: An Ongoing Commitment and Challenge.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
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Abstract
We conducted a scoping review of literature to improve our understanding of the accuracy of infectious disease monitoring in migrants in the Europe. We searched PubMed for papers relevant to the topic including: case reports, observational and experimental studies, reviews, guidelines or policy documents; published after 1994. We identified 532 papers, 27 of which were included in the review. Legislation and right to access health care influence both the accuracy of rates and risk measures under estimating the at risk population, i.e., the denominator. Furthermore, the number of reported cases, i.e., the numerator, may also include cases not accounted for in the denominator. Both biases lead to an overestimated disease occurrence. Restriction to healthcare access and low responsiveness may cause under-detection of cases, however a quantification of this phenomenon has not been produced. On the contrary, screening for asymptomatic diseases increases ascertainment leading to increased detection of cases. Incompleteness of denominator data underestimates the at-risk population. In conclusion, most studies show a lower probability of under-reporting infectious diseases in migrants compared with native populations.
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