Morbidity, self-perceived health and mortality among non-Western Immigrants and their descendants in Denmark in a life phase perspective.

TY - JOUR

T1 - Morbidity, self-perceived health and mortality among non-Western Immigrants and their descendants in Denmark in a life phase perspective.

AU - Jervelund, Signe Smith

AU - Malik, Sanam

AU - Ahlmark, Nanna

AU - Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted

AU - Nielsen, Annemette

AU - Vitus, Kathrine

PY - 2017/4/1

Y1 - 2017/4/1

N2 - To enable preventive policies to address health inequity across ethnic groups, this review overviews the current knowledge on morbidity, self-perceived health and mortality among non-Western immigrants and their descendants in Denmark. A systematic search in PUBMED, SCOPUS, Embase and Cochrane as well as in national databases was undertaken. The final number of publications included was 45. Adult immigrants had higher morbidity, but lower mortality compared to ethnic Danes. Immigrant children had higher mortality and morbidity compared to ethnic Danes. Immigrants’ health is critical to reach the political goals of integration. Despite non-Western immigrants’ higher morbidity than ethnic Danes, no national strategy targeting immigrants’ health has been implemented. Future research should include elderly immigrants and children, preferably employing a life-course perspective to enhance understanding of parallel processes of societal adaptation and health.

AB - To enable preventive policies to address health inequity across ethnic groups, this review overviews the current knowledge on morbidity, self-perceived health and mortality among non-Western immigrants and their descendants in Denmark. A systematic search in PUBMED, SCOPUS, Embase and Cochrane as well as in national databases was undertaken. The final number of publications included was 45. Adult immigrants had higher morbidity, but lower mortality compared to ethnic Danes. Immigrant children had higher mortality and morbidity compared to ethnic Danes. Immigrants’ health is critical to reach the political goals of integration. Despite non-Western immigrants’ higher morbidity than ethnic Danes, no national strategy targeting immigrants’ health has been implemented. Future research should include elderly immigrants and children, preferably employing a life-course perspective to enhance understanding of parallel processes of societal adaptation and health.

KW - Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

KW - Migrants

KW - Health Status

KW - Morbidity

KW - Mortality

KW - self-perceived health

KW - Review

KW - Mental Health

KW - life course

KW - Infants

KW - Children

KW - adults

KW - elderly

U2 - 10.1007/s10903-016-0347-9

DO - 10.1007/s10903-016-0347-9

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 27002626

SN - 1557-1912

VL - 19

SP - 448

EP - 476

JO - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

JF - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

IS - 2

ER -