Migration, health and survival : international perspectives / edited by Frank Trovato

• HerausgeberIn: Trovato, Frank 1951-
• Place / Publishing House: Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2017]; © 2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xv, 303 Seiten; Diagramme; 24 cm
• Notes: Literaturangaben

Publications in this field have, in general, been based predominantly on the experiences of individual national settings. Migration, Health and Survival offers a comparative approach, bringing together leading international scholars to provide original works from the United States, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, England and Wales, Norway, Belgium, and Italy. Variations in physical and mental health and mortality among migrants in relation to their host populations are examined and analyzed in detail, with specific discussion of: the immigrant health and mortality advantage; the healthy migrant hypothesis; migrants as vulnerable populations; the long-term effects of acculturation on health; fast epidemiological transition among migrants; and the intergenerational transmission of mortality risk. The contributions in this volume enhance the reader's understanding of immigrant health and mortality conditions across these leading countries of immigration in the western world. This is an important reference for researchers of migrant studies as well as teachers of graduate level courses in population studies and allied disciplines. Practitioners involved in the provision of health care to immigrants and refugees will further benefit from the insightful analyses

Table of Contents

Migration, Health and Survival: International Perspectives Frank Trovato

Bruce K. Newbold

Circulatory Disease-Related Hospitalization Among Immigrants in Canada: Evidence by Generation Status from Linked Records Edward Ng, Claudia Sanmartin, Jack V. Tu and Douglas G. Manuel

Health Patterns among Immigrants in Australia Existing Literature and New Results Nick Biddle and Samuel G. Weldeegzie

Mental Health of Immigrant Youths in Norway Brit Oppedal

Mental Health of Immigrants and Refugees in Canada Lori Wilkinson and David Ponka

The Immigrant Mortality Advantage in Canada Frank Trovato

Mortality Patterns and Differentials Among Immigrants in the United States Gopal Singh and Lihua Liu

Cancer Mortality Among Immigrants in Australia Olga Anikeeva and Peng Bi

Mortality Among Immigrants and their Descendants Living in England and Wales Matthew Wallace

Mortality Patterns and Differentials Among Immigrants in France Myriam Khlat and Michel Guillot

Mortality and Morbidity Patterns Among Immigrants Residing in Germany Patrick Brzoska and Oliver Razum

Migration, Health and Mortality in Italy: An Unfinished Story Graziella Caselli, Silvia Loi and Salvatore Strozza

Mortality and Health of Immigrants and their Children in Belgium in the 2000s Patrick Deboosere and Hadewijch Vandenheede

Reflections Toward an Organizing Framework for the Study of Immigrant Mortality Frank Trovato