Migration, Health and Survival

Edited by Frank Trovato, Department of Sociology, University of Alberta, Canada

'This work provides a rigorous review of factors predicting the health and mortality of immigrants both in the short and long term: healthy migrant selection effects are contrasted with the negative acculturation, blockages in labor markets, pre-immigration exposure to trauma among refugees, and other factors which can pose threats to health. Trovato concludes his book with an integrative model which is vital to understanding and tracking the health of the millions of asylum seekers and refugees in today's world.'--Steven Stack, Wayne State University, US'This edited volume is a timely addition to the burgeoning field of international migration and its health consequences. Frank Trovato has brought together a cadre of renowned researchers from the US, Canada, Australia and four European countries who explicate the multidimensional effects of migration on morbidity and mortality and situate the findings in time, place and culture. Together, these chapters offer an informative look at the fluidity of immigration patterns and their health exigencies in a global context.' --Andrew V. Wister, Simon Fraser University, Canada

• Contents:Preface 1. Introduction: migration, health and survival – international perspectivesFrank Trovato2. Understanding the healthy immigrant effect: evidence from Canada K. Bruce Newbold3. All-cause and circulatory disease-related hospitalization, by immigrant generation status: evidence from a Canadian census based linked cohort with a focus on South Asian, Chinese and UK populations Edward Ng, Claudia Sanmartin, Jack V. Tu and Doug G. Manuel4. Migrant health in Australia: existing literature and new results Nicholas Biddle and Samuel G. Weldeegzie5. Mental health among immigrant background youth in Norway Brit Oppedal6. Mental health of immigrants and refugees in Canada Lori Wilkinson and David Ponka7. The immigrant mortality advantage in Canada Frank Trovato8. Mortality trends, patterns, and differentials among immigrants in the United StatesGopal K. Singh and Lihua Liu9. Cancer mortality among immigrants in Australia Olga Anikeeva and Peng Bi10. Mortality among migrants and their descendants living in England and Wales Matthew Wallace11. Health and mortality patterns among migrants in France Myriam Khlat and Michel Guillot12. Mortality and morbidity patterns among immigrants residing in Germany Patrick Brzoska and Oliver Razum13. Migration, health and mortality in Italy: an unfinished story Graziella Caselli, Silvia Loi and Salvatore Strozza14. Mortality and health of immigrants and their children in Belgium in the 2000s Patrick Deboosere and Hadewijch Vandenheede15. Reflections toward an organizing framework for the study of immigrant mortalityFrank TrovatoIndex