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ArticleBMC public health2018

Migration and health: a global public health research priority.

Kolitha Wickramage, Jo Vearey, Anthony B Zwi, Courtland Robinson, Michael Knipper

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Article in BMC public health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 125 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

125 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  5. Improving primary health care quality for refugees and asylum seekers: A systematic review of interventional approaches.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Kolitha WickramageMigration Health Division, International Organization for Migration, United Nations Migration Agency, Geneva, Switzerland. kwickramage@iom.int.
Jo VeareyAfrican Centre for Migration & Society, University of the Witwatersrand and Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh, PO Box 76, Wits, 2050, South Africa.
Anthony B ZwiHealth, Rights and Development (HEARD@UNSW), School of Social Science, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.
Courtland RobinsonCenter for Humanitarian Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Michael KnipperInstitute of the History of Medicine, University Justus Liebig Giessen, Iheringstr. 6, 35392, Giessen, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWith 244 million international migrants, and significantly more people moving within their country of birth, there is an urgent need to engage with migration at all levels in order to support progress towards global health and development targets. In response to this, the 2nd Global Consultation on Migration and Health- held in Colombo, Sri Lanka in February 2017 - facilitated discussions concerning the role of research in supporting evidence-informed health responses that engage with migration.

conclusionsDrawing on discussions with policy makers, research scholars, civil society, and United Nations agencies held in Colombo, we emphasize the urgent need for quality research on international and domestic (in-country) migration and health to support efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs aim to 'leave no-one behind' irrespective of their legal status. An ethically sound human rights approach to research that involves engagement across multiple disciplines is required. Researchers need to be sensitive when designing and disseminating research findings as data on migration and health may be misused, both at an individual and population level. We emphasize the importance of creating an 'enabling environment' for migration and health research at national, regional and global levels, and call for the development of meaningful linkages - such as through research reference groups - to support evidence-informed inter-sectoral policy and priority setting processes.

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Health PolicyDelivery of Health CareGlobal HealthHuman RightsHumansPublic HealthSri LankaTransients and MigrantsUnited NationsGlobal healthHealthMigrationResearch

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PMID30089475
PMCPMC6083569

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