{"product_id":"migration-health-and-survival-international-perspectives-9781785365966","title":"Migration, Health and Survival: International","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublications in this field have, in general, been based predominantly on the experiences of individual national settings. \u003ci\u003eMigration, Health and Survival\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVariations 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors include:\u003c\/b\u003e 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'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.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --Steven Stack, Wayne State University, US\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'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.' \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --Andrew V. Wister, Simon Fraser University, Canada\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents:  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","brand":"Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49412199776599,"sku":"9781785365966","price":111.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781785365966.jpg?v=1730515977","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/migration-health-and-survival-international-perspectives-9781785365966","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}