[EQ] Migration and health: a dynamic challenge for Europe

Migration and health: a dynamic challenge for Europe

 

EuroHealth Volume 16 Number 1, 2010
LSE Health, London School of Economics and Political Science,  UK

Available online PDF [48p.] at: http://bit.ly/9hzyLs

 

“…..Patterns of migration in Europe are evolving dynamically. This is not just as a result of the expansion of the EU and the growing phenomena of internal EU migration; it also has reflected the demand for both skilled and unskilled labour from outside the EU, economic migration and the arrival of displaced individuals from areas of conflict, persecution and/or natural disaster. Yet only a minority of countries in the EU provide the same access to health care services for all migrants as for the resident population.

 

Regardless of their legal status, migrants can be at particular risk of poor physical and mental health; they may be isolated after arrival in their host country or be unaware of any entitlement to use publicly funded health care services. Even where available, services may not be suitable to the needs of many migrant groups….”

Content:

1  Migrant health policy: The Portuguese and Spanish EU Presidencies

    María-José Peiro and Roumyana Benedict

5  What can be done in EU Member States to better protect the health of migrants?

   Paola Pace

10 Migration: A social determinant of migrants’ health

   Anita A. Davies, Anna Basten and Chiara Frattini

13 Access to health care for undocumented migrants in the EU: A first landscape of Now Hereland

   Ursula Karl-Trummer, Sonja Novak-Zezula and Birgit Metzler

17 Better health for all in Europe: Developing a migrant sensitive health workforce

   María-Teresa Gijón-Sánchez, Sandra Pinzón-Pulido, Riitta-Liisa Kolehmainen-Aitken et al

20 Health and well-being among child immigrants in Europe

   Michal Molcho, Francesca Cristini, Saoirse Nic Gabhainn et al

24 New citizens, new challenges for the Spanish National Health System

   Cristina Hernández Quevedo and Dolores Jiménez Rubio

26 Mapping EC-funded initiatives on health and migration in Europe

   Mariya Samuilova, María-José Peiro and Roumyana Benedict

Snapshots

29 Towards equity in health: Migrant health policies in Spain

    Begoña Merino, Karoline Fernández de la Hoz and Pilar Campos

30 Approaches to migrant health in Portugal

     Maria do Céu Machado, Filipa Pereira and Silvia Machaqueiro

 

 

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