Prevention among immigrants: the example of Germany

BMC Public Health

Debate

Hajo Zeeb¹  Oliver Razum²  Jacob Spallek³ 

[1] Department of Epidemiology, University Mainz, University Medical Center, Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics (IMBEI), Obere Zahlbacher Str. 69, D-55131, Mainz, Germany;University of Bremen, Bremen Institute for Prevention Research and Social Medicine (BIPS), Linzer Straße 10, D-28359, Bremen, Germany;University of Bielefeld, Department of Epidemiology & International Public Health, School of Public Health, PO Box 10 01 31, D-33501, Bielefeld, Germany;University of Bielefeld, Department of Epidemiology & International Public Health, School of Public Health, PO Box 10 01 31, D-33501, Bielefeld, Germany;Department of Epidemiology, University Mainz, University Medical Center, Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics (IMBEI), Obere Zahlbacher Str. 69, D-55131, Mainz, Germany;University of Bremen, Bremen Institute for Prevention Research and Social Medicine (BIPS), Linzer Straße 10, D-28359, Bremen, Germany;

关键词: Host Country;    Immigrant Group;    Asylum Seeker;    Diversity Management;    Muslim Woman;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-10-92

 received in 2009-08-12, accepted in 2010-02-24,  发布年份 2010

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundA large and increasing part of the European population has a history of migration. Germany, for example, is home to about 15 million people with migrant background, which amounts to 19% of its population. Migrants may have differences in their lifestyle, health beliefs and risk factors compared to the autochthonous populations.DiscussionAs for example studies on children's participation in routine prevention activities have shown, these differences can have a relevant impact on the access of migrants to the health care system and are likely to lower their participation in prevention programs compared to the autochthonous population. To increase the uptake of prevention programs, barriers to access must be identified and approaches to reduce them must be developed.SummaryTaking the example of Germany, a need exists for prevention programs that include (migrant sensitive) and specifically address (migrant specific) migrants. These should be of sufficient scale, evidence-based, sustainable and evaluated at regular intervals.

【 授权许可】

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© Spallek et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2010