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Changes in income inequality and the health of immigrants

Hamilton, Tod G.; Kawachi, Ichiro - In: Social Science & Medicine 80 (2013) C, pp. 57-66

Research suggests that income inequality is inversely associated with health. This association has been documented in studies that utilize variation in income inequality across countries or across time from a single country. The primary criticism of these approaches is their inability to account...

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Rural-to-urban migrant adolescents in Guangzhou, China: Psychological health, victimization, and local and trans-local ties

Cheung, Nicole W.T. - In: Social Science & Medicine 93 (2013) C, pp. 121-129

Despite the emerging literature on the health of rural-to-urban migrant children in China, few studies have addressed victimization stressors and stress-buffering mechanisms related to the social relationships that link migrants to their host cities (local ties) and home communities (trans-local...

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Exploring the migration decisions of health workers and trainees from Africa: A meta-ethnographic synthesis

Blacklock, C.; Ward, A.M.; Heneghan, C.; Thompson, M. - In: Social Science & Medicine 100 (2014) C, pp. 99-106

The migration of healthcare workers from Africa depletes countries already suffering from substantial staffing … attempt to alter migration decisions. We aimed to systematically analyse factors influencing healthcare workers' decisions to … about migration. Two reviewers identified articles, extracted data and assessed quality of included studies. Meta …

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Do slums matter? Location and early childhood preventive care choices among urban residents of Bangladesh

Heller, Lauren R. - In: Social Science & Medicine 94 (2013) C, pp. 43-55

Upward trends in the relative proportions of slum residents in developing countries have led to widespread concern regarding the impact of slum residency on health behaviors. Measurement of these impacts requires recognizing that unobservable household characteristics that affect the location...

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“Is it worth risking your life?”: Ethnography, risk and death on the U.S.–Mexico border

Holmes, Seth M. - In: Social Science & Medicine 99 (2013) C, pp. 153-161

experience. The article concludes with policy changes to make US–Mexico labor migration less deadly. …

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Brain drain: Do economic conditions “push” doctors out of developing countries?

Okeke, Edward N. - In: Social Science & Medicine 98 (2013) C, pp. 169-178

Health worker migration is an issue of first order concern in global health policy circles and continues to be the … the migration of physicians from developing countries. To our knowledge, this is one of the first papers to do so. A major … contribution of this paper is the introduction of a new panel dataset on migration to the US and the UK from 31 sub-Saharan Africa …

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“Over-Foreignization” or “Unused Potential”? A critical review of migrant health in Germany and responses toward unauthorized migration

Castañeda, Heide - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 6, pp. 830-838

Persons of migrant background, a highly heterogeneous group, now comprise one-fifth of the total population in Germany. However, delayed and conflicted responses to social inclusion have resulted in clear deficits in the health care system, with few serious attempts to assess migrants’...

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Structural vulnerability and access to medical care among migrant street-based male sex workers in Germany

Castañeda, Heide - In: Social Science & Medicine 84 (2013) C, pp. 94-101

of macro-level processes associated with migration. Second, the article contributes a summary of primary health concerns …

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Revisiting the Hispanic mortality advantage in the United States: The role of smoking

Fenelon, Andrew - In: Social Science & Medicine 82 (2013) C, pp. 1-9

. Explanations for the “Hispanic Paradox” include selective migration and cultural factors, though neither has received convincing … individuals of Mexican origin. It tests the selective migration hypothesis using data on smoking among Mexico-to-US migrants in … migration with respect to smoking; Mexicans who migrate to the US smoke at similar rates to Mexicans who remain in Mexico, with …

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Discussing dying in the diaspora: Attitudes towards advance care planning among first generation Dutch and Italian migrants in rural Australia

Sinclair, Craig; Smith, Jessica; Toussaint, Yann; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 101 (2014) C, pp. 86-93

knowledge and power. Migration experiences, ongoing contact with the native country and participation in migrant community … cultural factors influencing ACP uptake among ethnic minority groups. The unique migration experience should be considered …

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