Migration and Health in Europe

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-335-24568-0
Verlag: Open University Press

Buch, Englisch

"This book can be read by anyone with an interest in migration and health, whether as an advocate for migrants´ health, as a student in a health profession, researcher or policy maker. It provides an ample orientation to the field in the European context. Among other important raised issues, it underlines an all too often neglected fact; health is a human right. By involving broad issues and problem areas from a variety of perspectives, the volume illustrates that migration and health is a field that can not be allocated to a single discipline."

Carin Björngren Cuadra, Senior Lecturer, Malmö University, Sweden

Migrants make up a growing share of European populations. However, all too often their situation is compounded by problems with accessing health and other basic services. There is a need for tailored health policies, but robust data on the health needs of migrants and how best these needs can be met are scarce.

Written by a collaboration of authors from three key international organisations (the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, the EUPHA Section on Migrant and Ethnic Minority Health, and the International Organization for Migration), as well as leading researchers from across Europe, the book thoroughly explores the different aspects of migration and health in the EU and how they can be addressed by health systems.

Structured into five easy-to-follow sections, the volume includes:

- Contributions from experts from across Europe

- Key topics such as: access to human rights and health care; health issues faced by migrants; and the national and European policy response so far

- Conclusions drawn from the latest available evidence

Comprehensive information on different aspects of health and migration and how they can best be addressed by health systems is still not easy to find. This book addresses this shortfall and will be of major value to researchers, students, policy-makers and practitioners concerned with migration and health in an increasingly diverse Europe.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rechel, Bernd

Mladovsky, Philipa

Devillé, Walter

Rijks, Barbara

Petrova-Benedict, Roumyana

Mckee, Martin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Gesundheitssystem, Gesundheitswesen

Über Autor(innen)

Bernd Rechel is Researcher at the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK.

Philipa Mladovsky is Research Fellow at the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and at LSE Health, UK.

Walter Devillé is Senior Researcher at NIVEL (Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research) and Endowed Professor for Pharos at the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Institute of Social Sciences Research, Netherlands.

Barbara Rijks is Migration Health Programme Coordinator at the Migration Health Division of the International Organization for Migration.

Roumyana Petrova-Benedict is Senior Regional Migration Health Manager for Europe and Central Asia at the International Organization for Migration.

Martin McKee is Professor of European Public Health at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK, and Director of Research Policy at the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.

Series Editors

Josep Figueras is Head of the Secretariat and Research Director of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and Head of the European Centre for Health Policy, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe.


Martin McKee is Research Director of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and Professor of European Public Health at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine as well as a co-director of the School’s European Centre on Health of Societies in Transition.