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Book SynopsisPublications 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.
Contributors include: O. Anikeeva, P. Bi, N. Biddle, P. Brzoska, G. Caselli, P. Deboosere, M. Guillot, M. Khlat, L. Liu, S. Loi, D. Manuel, K.B. Newbold, E. Ng, B. Oppedal, D. Ponka, O. Razum, C. Sanmartin, G.K. Singh, S. Strozza, F. Trovato, J. Tu, H. Vandenheede, M. Wallace, S.G. Weldeegzie, L. Wilkinson
Trade Review'This work provides a rigorous review of factors predicting the health and mortality of immigrants both in the short and long term: healthy migrant selection effects are contrasted with the negative acculturation, blockages in labor markets, pre-immigration exposure to trauma among refugees, and other factors which can pose threats to health. Trovato concludes his book with an integrative model which is vital to understanding and tracking the health of the millions of asylum seekers and refugees in today's world.' --Steven Stack, Wayne State University, US
'This edited volume is a timely addition to the burgeoning field of international migration and its health consequences. Frank Trovato has brought together a cadre of renowned researchers from the US, Canada, Australia and four European countries who explicate the multidimensional effects of migration on morbidity and mortality and situate the findings in time, place and culture. Together, these chapters offer an informative look at the fluidity of immigration patterns and their health exigencies in a global context.'
--Andrew V. Wister, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: migration, health and survival – international perspectives Frank Trovato 2. Understanding the healthy immigrant effect: evidence from Canada K. Bruce Newbold 3. All-cause and circulatory disease-related hospitalization, by immigrant generation status: evidence from a Canadian census based linked cohort with a focus on South Asian, Chinese and UK populations Edward Ng, Claudia Sanmartin, Jack V. Tu and Doug G. Manuel 4. Migrant health in Australia: existing literature and new results Nicholas Biddle and Samuel G. Weldeegzie 5. Mental health among immigrant background youth in Norway Brit Oppedal 6. Mental health of immigrants and refugees in Canada Lori Wilkinson and David Ponka 7. The immigrant mortality advantage in Canada Frank Trovato 8. Mortality trends, patterns, and differentials among immigrants in the United States Gopal K. Singh and Lihua Liu 9. Cancer mortality among immigrants in Australia Olga Anikeeva and Peng Bi 10. Mortality among migrants and their descendants living in England and Wales Matthew Wallace 11. Health and mortality patterns among migrants in France Myriam Khlat and Michel Guillot 12. Mortality and morbidity patterns among immigrants residing in Germany Patrick Brzoska and Oliver Razum 13. Migration, health and mortality in Italy: an unfinished story Graziella Caselli, Silvia Loi and Salvatore Strozza 14. Mortality and health of immigrants and their children in Belgium in the 2000s Patrick Deboosere and Hadewijch Vandenheede 15. Reflections toward an organizing framework for the study of immigrant mortality Frank Trovato Index
