In this paper, we briefly review theories and findings on migration and health from the health
equity perspective, and then analyse migration-related health inequalities taking into …

Background: The immigrant population living in Spain grew exponentially in the early 2000s
but has been particularly affected by the economic crisis. This study aims to analyse health …

Background: Even if health status of immigrants constitutes an important public health issue,
the literature provides contradictory results on the existence of a 'healthy migrant'effect in …

Integrating intersectionality theory and employing a quantitative design, the current study
explores how migration-related health inequalities in Europe interact with migrant …

Objective: Spain and Catalonia have experienced several immigration waves over the last
century. The goal of this study was to examine the role of social class and its mediating …

Background: Recent efforts to characterize integration policy towards immigrants and to
compare immigrants' health across countries have rarely been combined so far. This study …

Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund stellen in Deutschland eine zahlenmäßig relevante
und unter sozialen wie gesundheitlichen Gesichtspunkten besondere Gruppe dar …

Background Inequalities in health care use between immigrants and non-migrants are an
important issue in many countries, with potentially negative effects on population health and …

BACKGROUND The Healthy Immigrant Effect (HIE) refers to the fact that recent migrants are
in better health than the nonmigrant population in the host country. Central to explaining the …

This paper examines the relationship between migration and health from a human-rights
and social equity based perspective. It discusses how migration can itself be seen as a …