ArticleBMJ paediatrics open2019
Health examinations of child migrants in Europe: screening or assessment of healthcare needs?
Article in BMJ paediatrics open, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Initial health assessments of children and young people seeking asylum and refugees in Europe: insights from a qualitative study of health care providers.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
- Health assessments of refugee minors arriving in Norway - a modified Delphi study among health professionals in primary care settings.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Discriminatory, racist and xenophobic policies and practice against child refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented migrants in European health systems.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2024Review
- Recognizing Relational Interactions with Social Institutions in Refugee Children's Experiences of Intertwining Vulnerability and Agency.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Ambivalence towards the Protection of Refugee Children: A Developmental Relational Approach.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Underutilisation of psychiatric care among refugee adolescents in Stockholm.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2021Article
- Health Care Needs in School-Age Refugee Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Health needs of refugee children identified on arrival in reception countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ paediatrics open · 2019Review
- Experiences of Working With Refugee Children From Ukraine: An Interview Study With School Nurses.Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)Article
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Abstract
backgroundMore than 800 000 asylum-seeking children were registered in Europe during 2015-2017. Many of them arrived with accumulated needs of healthcare. In this study, we examined the legislation for health examinations on arrival for migrant children in the EU/EAA area.
methodsWe did a survey to child health professionals within the EU-funded MOCHA project, supplemented by desktop research of official documents.
resultsIn all but three surveyed countries in the EU/EEA, there were systematic health examinations of newly settled migrant children. In most eastern European countries and Germany, this health examination was mandatory; while in the rest of western and northern Europe it was mostly voluntary. All countries that had a mandatory policy of health examinations screened for communicable diseases to protect the host population. Almost all countries with a voluntary policy also aimed to assess a child's individual healthcare needs, but this was rarely the case in countries with a mandatory policy.
conclusionSystematic health examinations of migrant children are routinely performed in most countries in the EU/EEA; but in many countries, it could be improved considerably by extending the focus from screening for communicable diseases to assessing and addressing individual needs of healthcare.
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