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

Signe Smith Jervelund, Sanam Malik, Nanna Ahlmark, Sarah Fredsted Villadsen, Annemette Nielsen, Kathrine Vitus

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Abstract

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.
Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Volume19
Issue number2
Pages (from-to)448–476
Number of pages29
ISSN1557-1912
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Apr 2017

Keywords

  • Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
  • Migrants
  • Health Status
  • Morbidity
  • Mortality
  • self-perceived health
  • Review
  • Mental Health
  • life course
  • Infants
  • Children
  • adults
  • elderly

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