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Migrant health research in the Republic of Ireland: a scoping review
BACKGROUND: Migration to European countries has increased in number and diversity in recent years. Factors such as access to healthcare, language barriers and legal status can impact the health outcomes of migrant groups. However, little is known about the evidence base on the health status of migra...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6425684/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30894147 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6651-2 |
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author | Villarroel, Nazmy Hannigan, Ailish Severoni, Santino Puthoopparambil, Soorej MacFarlane, Anne |
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description | BACKGROUND: Migration to European countries has increased in number and diversity in recent years. Factors such as access to healthcare, language barriers and legal status can impact the health outcomes of migrant groups. However, little is known about the evidence base on the health status of migrants in the Republic of Ireland. Our aim was to scope existing peer-reviewed research on the health of migrants in Ireland and identify any gaps in the evidence. METHODS: We conducted a scoping review of peer-reviewed research on the health of migrants in the Republic of Ireland. Eleven electronic databases were searched for peer-reviewed, empirical articles published between 2001 and 2017. Search terms were adapted from a World Health Organisation review. Findings were analysed using the 2016 World Health Organisation Strategy and Action Plan for Refugee and Migrant Health in the World Health Organisation European region, which outlines nine strategic areas that require collaborative action. RESULTS: Of 9396 articles retrieved, 80 met inclusion criteria, with the majority (81%) published since 2009. More than half of the studies had a quantitative design (65%). Migrants studied came from Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa and included labour migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. Most studies related to two World Health Organisation strategic areas; 4: “achieving public health preparedness and ensuring an effective response”, and 5: “strengthening health systems and their resilience”. CONCLUSION: There is growing attention to migrant health in Ireland with a balance of qualitative and quantitative research. While much of the identified research is relevant to three of the World Health Organisation strategic areas, there are significant gaps in the other six areas. The study design could be replicated in other countries to examine and inform migrant health research. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1186/s12889-019-6651-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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spelling | pubmed-64256842019-04-01 Migrant health research in the Republic of Ireland: a scoping review Villarroel, Nazmy Hannigan, Ailish Severoni, Santino Puthoopparambil, Soorej MacFarlane, Anne BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: Migration to European countries has increased in number and diversity in recent years. Factors such as access to healthcare, language barriers and legal status can impact the health outcomes of migrant groups. However, little is known about the evidence base on the health status of migrants in the Republic of Ireland. Our aim was to scope existing peer-reviewed research on the health of migrants in Ireland and identify any gaps in the evidence. METHODS: We conducted a scoping review of peer-reviewed research on the health of migrants in the Republic of Ireland. Eleven electronic databases were searched for peer-reviewed, empirical articles published between 2001 and 2017. Search terms were adapted from a World Health Organisation review. Findings were analysed using the 2016 World Health Organisation Strategy and Action Plan for Refugee and Migrant Health in the World Health Organisation European region, which outlines nine strategic areas that require collaborative action. RESULTS: Of 9396 articles retrieved, 80 met inclusion criteria, with the majority (81%) published since 2009. More than half of the studies had a quantitative design (65%). Migrants studied came from Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa and included labour migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. Most studies related to two World Health Organisation strategic areas; 4: “achieving public health preparedness and ensuring an effective response”, and 5: “strengthening health systems and their resilience”. CONCLUSION: There is growing attention to migrant health in Ireland with a balance of qualitative and quantitative research. While much of the identified research is relevant to three of the World Health Organisation strategic areas, there are significant gaps in the other six areas. The study design could be replicated in other countries to examine and inform migrant health research. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1186/s12889-019-6651-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. BioMed Central 2019-03-20 /pmc/articles/PMC6425684/ /pubmed/30894147 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6651-2 Text en © The Author(s). 2019 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Villarroel, Nazmy Hannigan, Ailish Severoni, Santino Puthoopparambil, Soorej MacFarlane, Anne Migrant health research in the Republic of Ireland: a scoping review |
title | Migrant health research in the Republic of Ireland: a scoping review |
title_full | Migrant health research in the Republic of Ireland: a scoping review |
title_fullStr | Migrant health research in the Republic of Ireland: a scoping review |
title_full_unstemmed | Migrant health research in the Republic of Ireland: a scoping review |
title_short | Migrant health research in the Republic of Ireland: a scoping review |
title_sort | migrant health research in the republic of ireland: a scoping review |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6425684/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30894147 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6651-2 |
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