ReviewBritish medical bulletin2023
Elevated mortality among the second-generation (children of migrants) in Europe: what is going wrong? A review.
Review in British medical bulletin, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Maternal and neonatal outcomes of second-generation mothers in Europe: a systematic review.Globalization and health · 2025Pooled it
- Mortality in children aged 0-14 years born to immigrant parents in Sweden: a total-population cohort study.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2026Article
- Obstetric outcomes in second-generation and migrant mothers: a cohort study in the Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2026Article
- Younger adults are not alright, but older adults are? Examining mortality disparities among the children of migrants aged 15-44 and 45-64 in Sweden, 1990-2023: a total-population cohort study.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Child and adolescent mortality in the WHO European Region: Concerning trends requiring urgent action.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
- COVID-19 outcomes by immigrant generation in Sweden: a national cohort population-based study.European journal of public health · 2025Article
- Long lives, poor health? A comprehensive review of the evidence among international migrants.British medical bulletin · 2025Review
- Disparities in overall and site-specific cancer mortality among immigrant generations in Sweden: a nationwide follow-up study over 3 decades.American journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
- Migrant and ethnic inequalities in cervical cancer screening: exploring the role of cultural health capital using data from the Belgian Health Interview Survey.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Unseen barriers: addressing racism in European healthcare.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- Breastfeeding practices among long-standing refugees in Jordan: insights from a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Against the grain: International migrants, the children of migrants and national life expectancy in Sweden, 1990-2019.SSM - population health · 2024Article
- Evaluating neonatal mortality in Malta compared with other EU countries: Exploring the influence of congenital anomalies and maternal risk factors.Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology · 2024Article
- Childhood socioeconomic background and elevated mortality among the young adult second generation in Sweden: a population-based cohort study.BMJ public health · 2024Article
- Revisiting the disproportionate COVID-19 mortality of ethnic minorities in light of the migrant mortality advantage.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
introductionThe 'second-generation' (i.e. the children of migrants) represent one of the fastest growing subpopulations of the child and young adult populations in Europe today. The research so far appears to indicate that their mortality risk is elevated relative to people with non-migrant backgrounds. SOURCES OF DATA: Peer-reviewed publications. AREAS OF AGREEMENT: Second-generation status is a clear marker of elevated mortality risk in Europe in early life (including stillbirth, perinatal, neonatal and infant mortality) and adulthood, particularly if the parent(s) were born outside of Europe. Socioeconomic inequality plays an important, albeit rarely defining, role in these elevated risks. AREAS OF CONTROVERSY: It remains unclear what causes-of-death are driving these elevated mortality risks. The exact influence of (non-socioeconomic) explanatory factors (e.g. health care, racism & discrimination, and factors related to integration) on the elevated mortality risks of the second-generation also remains unclear. GROWING POINTS: The second-generation will continue to grow and diversify in Europe; we must intervene to address these inequalities now. AREAS TIMELY FOR DEVELOPING RESEARCH: Place more emphasis on the complexity of migration background, specific causes-of-death, and understanding the roles of explanatory factors beyond socioeconomic background.
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