ReviewBMJ global health2020
International migration and health: it is time to go beyond conventional theoretical frameworks.
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- What is the Impact of Risk Factors on Communicable Diseases among Migrant Workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council: a Systematic Review.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2025Pooled it
- Using Qualitative Research to Explore Maternal and Child Health Experiences Among Brazilian Immigrants in the U.S.: A Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Pooled it
- Dementia risk among individuals with a migrant background-a scoping review.Frontiers in dementia · 2025Pooled it
- A critical interpretive synthesis of migrants' experiences of the Australian health system.International journal for equity in health · 2023Pooled it
- Representation of gender in migrant health studies - a systematic review of the social epidemiological literature.International journal for equity in health · 2020Pooled it
- Building community capacity in mental health care with the Strong Minds-Strong Communities programme: a randomised controlled trial in the USA.Lancet (London, England) · 2025Trial
- Attitudes, perceived knowledge, and experiences regarding condom use, STIs, transactional sex, and healthcare utilization among young male forced migrants in Stockholm, Sweden: a qualitative study.Global health action · 2026Article
- Fostering Equity in and Through Sport: A Content Analysis of Sports Policies for Migrants in Australia.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2026Article
- Disparities in initiating standard first-line cancer treatment and survival for patients with an immigrant background: a Danish register-based cohort study.Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) · 2026Observational
- Unintentional Home Injuries: Community-Based Participatory Research among Afghan Immigrants and Refugees in British Columbia, Canada.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Global patterns of communicable disease risk and prevention in migrant populations: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2026Article
- The exposome of brain aging across 34 countries.Nature medicine · 2026Article
- Strength and Vulnerability: A Qualitative Study of Mental Health and Unmitigated Communion Among Female Migrants in Southeast England.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Hypertension Disparities in Immigrant and Refugee Populations: Screening, Treatment Access, and Cultural Barriers.Current hypertension reports · 2026Review
- Understanding and promoting the global well-being of temporary migrant workers over time: a mixed longitudinal study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- 'We need a warm hug to remind us that we are loved': a qualitative study of psychosocial health and wellbeing among lesbian forced migrants.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Exploring stroke awareness in an ethnic minority population: the impact of language and social support.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Assets and health across the lifecourse: a framework for supporting migrant populations.Journal of migration and health · 2026Article
- Migration corridors in Africa and access to health services: Current challenges and a path forward for research and practice.Journal of public health in Africa · 2026Article
- Fragile gains: The impact of refugees and other permit immigrants on national life expectancy in Sweden before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of migration and health · 2026Article
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Abstract
The large-scale international migration in the 21st century has emerged as a major threat to the global health equity movement. Not only has the volume of migration substantially increased but also the patterns of migration have become more complex. This paper began by focusing on the drivers of international migration and how health inequalities are linked to migration. Situating migration within the broader structural contexts, the paper calls for using the unharnessed potential of the intersectionality framework to advance immigrant health research. Despite coming from poorer socioeconomic backgrounds and facing disparities in the host society, the immigrants are often paradoxically shown to be healthier than the native population, although this health advantage diminishes over time. Studies on immigrant health, however, are traditionally informed by the acculturation framework which holds the assimilation of unhealthy lifestyles primarily responsible for immigrant health deterioration, diverting the attention away from the structural factors. Although the alternative structural framework came up with the promise to explore the structural factors, it is criticised for an overwhelming focus on access to healthcare and inadequate attention to institutional and societal contexts. However, the heterogeneity of the immigrant population across multiple dimensions of vulnerability demands a novel approach that can bring to the fore both premigratory and postmigratory contextual factors and adequately capture the picture of immigrant health. The paper concludes by questioning the acculturation perspective and pushing the structural paradigm to embrace the intersectionality framework which has the potential to address a wide range of vulnerabilities that intersect to produce health inequalities among the immigrants.
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