Migration and health: exploring healthy ageing of immigrants in European societies.

Autor: Jacobsen FF; Centre for Care Research, Western Norway, Western Norway University of Applied Services, P.O.Box 7030, N-5020 Bergen, Norway; VID Specialized University, Ulriksdal 10, N-5009, Bergen, Norway., Glasdam S; Integrative Health Research, Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Margaretavägen 1 B, S- 222 41, Lund, Sweden., Schopman LM; Self-Employed, Pastoor Havinkstraat 37, 7561 AS, Deurningen, the Netherlands., Sodemann M; The Migrant Health Clinic, Odense University Hospital, Sdr. Boulevard 29, 5000 Odense, Denmark., van den Muijsenbergh METC; GP and Professor of Health Disparities and Personcentred Integrated Primary Care, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Pharos, National Centre of Expertise on Health Disparities, Utrecht, the Netherlands., Ågotnes G; Department of Welfare and Participation, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Inndalsveien 28, 5063 Bergen, Norway.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Primary health care research & development [Prim Health Care Res Dev] 2023 Feb 03; Vol. 24, pp. e10. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Feb 03.
DOI: 10.1017/S1463423623000014
Abstrakt: Aim: The aim is to identify important factors for immigrants' health and well-being and for their use (or non-use) of primary health care (PHC) and other non-specialised services, and for possible ways that PHC can support healthy ageing of immigrants.
Background: Older persons are an increasing share of the immigrant population in the global north, frequently in contact with various forms of health services, (PHC services most of all. Consequently, PHC services are in a particularly unique position to support healthy ageing of immigrants.
Methods: The position paper builds on five international, multi-professional and cross-disciplinary small group discussions as well as an international workshop early summer. During the discussions and the workshop, topics were arrived at as to factors related to the health situation of older immigrants, their needs, and health-seeking behaviour, and to how PHC professionals could support healthy ageing in immigrants. Those main topics in turn guided search for relevant research literature and informed the selection of the main research questions of this paper.
Findings: Several factors, in addition to culture and cultural differences, are important to for PHC professionals and decision-makers to take into consideration in encounters with older immigrants. The socio-economic position of the older immigrant and close relatives, inter-generational relationships within the immigrant communities, country-specific factors in the host country like health care expenditure, and communication skills in health professionals are all examples of factors playing an important role regarding the health and health-seeking behaviour of older immigrants.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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