Immigration as pathogenic: a systematic review of the health of immigrants to Canada.

Abstract:

: This review investigates the health of immigrants to Canada by critically examining differences in health status between immigrants and the native-born population and by tracing how the health of immigrants changes after settling in the country. Fifty-one published empirical studies met the inclusion criteria for this review. The analysis focuses on four inter-related questions: (1) Which health conditions show transition effects and which do not? (2) Do health transitions vary by ethnicity/racialized identity? (3) How are health transitions influenced by socioeconomic status? and (4) How do compositional and contextual factors interact to affect the health of immigrants? Theoretical and methodological challenges facing this area of research are discussed and future directions are identified. This area of research has the potential to develop into a complex, nuanced, and useful account of the social determinants of health as experienced by different groups in different places.

journal_name

Int J Equity Health

authors

De Maio FG

doi

10.1186/1475-9276-9-27

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2010-11-24 00:00:00

pages

27

issn

1475-9276

pii

1475-9276-9-27

journal_volume

9

pub_type

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