SynthesisInternational journal for equity in health2020
Representation of gender in migrant health studies - a systematic review of the social epidemiological literature.
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- Interventions for improving health literacy in migrants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Potentially traumatic experiences and mental health among asylum-seeking women of reproductive age: The significance of sexual violence and contextual risk factors.Archives of women's mental health · 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
- Discrimination and intersecting inequities to healthcare access among refugee newcomers in the United States.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Article
- Hazardous drinking by age at migration and duration of residence among migrants in Sweden.Drug and alcohol review · 2025Article
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- More than mateship: exploring how Australian male expatriates, longer-term and frequent travellers experience social support.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2023Article
- Decomposing intersectional inequalities in subjective physical and mental health by sex, gendered practices and immigration status in a representative panel study from Germany.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Correlates of Primary Healthcare Access and the Moderating Effects of Gender: A Cross Sectional Analysis of Irish Migrants.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2022Article
- Development of a gender score in a representative German population sample and its association with diverse social positions.Frontiers in epidemiology · 2022Article
- Connections and Biases in Health Equity and Culture Research: A Semantic Network Analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Social Integration and Health Among Young Migrants in China: Mediated by Social Mentality and Moderated by Gender.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Measurement of gender as a social determinant of health in epidemiology-A scoping review.PloS one · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundGender as a social construct contributes to determine who migrates and which migration-related risks and opportunities emerge in all phases of the migration trajectory. Simultaneously, migration influences the individual as well as societal definition and perception of gender roles. An explicit gender perspective in migration-related epidemiological research can contribute to adequately analyse and interpret the health of migrants. This systematic review gives a comprehensive overview on how gender has been conceptualised, operationalised and measured in social epidemiologic studies aiming to assess the influence of gender on health among migrants.
methodsWe searched PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, the Cochrane Library, EconLit and PsycINFO and conducted backward reference searching. Reviewers independently selected studies, extracted data and conducted the quality assessment. Eligible studies actively aimed to understand, identify or explain the influence of gender on migrants' health, whereby the role of gender can encompass a variety of mechanisms, processes or states of differentiation, discrimination and/or inequality.
resultsAlmost all of the 43 studies were cross-sectional and focussed on health outcomes in the post-migration phase. The most common theme of research was the health of male migrants in the US, and in particular of men who have sex with men (MSM). All studies treated gender as a binary variable (men vs. women), without discussing additional types of gender identities. A minority of studies differentiated clearly between sex and gender. Gender was mostly operationalised through attitudes toward gender roles and gender-based discrimination, experienced at the individual level. Community and societal level gender measures capturing structural gender determinants were underrepresented.
conclusionsThe intersections of migration and gender suggested synergistic effects on health that only become visible when considering those two social determinants together. Future research needs to embrace a multilevel and non-binary understanding of gender and reflect on the influence of gender in the different phases of the migration journey. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: PROSPERO CRD42019124698 .
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