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View article: 137 Building a community of experts in health and migration in the east and horn of Africa region
137 Building a community of experts in health and migration in the east and horn of Africa region Open
PTH 4: Mental Health and Refugees 2, B307 (FCSH), September 4, 2025, 14:00 - 14:48 Aim Migration and Health has been identified as one of the crosscutting issues in the African Unions’ Migration Policy Framework for Africa. There is high d…
View article: 136 Learning from grassroot initiatives for policy and practice development in the East and Horn of Africa region
136 Learning from grassroot initiatives for policy and practice development in the East and Horn of Africa region Open
EP2.2, e-Poster Terminal 2, September 3, 2025, 13:05 - 14:00 Aim The East and Horn of Africa region by the end of 2024 due to conflict and climate change-related disasters hosts 23.6 million refugees and internally displaced persons (IDP).…
View article: 121 Climate change aggravating migration and health: a global south - global north dialogue on practice experiences
121 Climate change aggravating migration and health: a global south - global north dialogue on practice experiences Open
EP2.2, e-Poster Terminal 2, September 3, 2025, 13:05 - 14:00 Aim Climate change and related forced migration is an increasingly important theme both in Europe and in Africa. Facilitating dialogue on climate change related impact on migrant…
View article: 352 Round table discussion on migration and health economics: bridging evidence gaps for informed policy and practice
352 Round table discussion on migration and health economics: bridging evidence gaps for informed policy and practice Open
WKS 37: Round Table discussion on Migration and Health Economics: Bridging Evidence Gaps for Informed Policy and Practice, B302 (FCSH), September 5, 2025, 09:00 - 10:00 Rationales and Purpose The field of migration health is increasingly r…
View article: 110 Transnational Family Dynamics, Health and Migration. Insights into a process of evidence generation and policy dialogue
110 Transnational Family Dynamics, Health and Migration. Insights into a process of evidence generation and policy dialogue Open
PTH 6: Health Policy and Health Services 1, B307 (FCSH), September 4, 2025, 16:30 - 17:30 Aim While the relevance of family is acknowledged as important both for health as for migration debates, the role of family for migration processes a…
View article: 432 Economic arguments in migration and health – a call for interdisciplinary action to bridge silos
432 Economic arguments in migration and health – a call for interdisciplinary action to bridge silos Open
EP1.4, e-Poster Terminal 1, September 4, 2025, 11:35 - 13:00 Aim The fundamental human right to health is recognized in numerous international and national documents and reinforced by the UN Sustainable Development Goals. To achieve univer…
View article: Adverse health outcomes among migrant workers and transnational families in the Asia–Pacific: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Adverse health outcomes among migrant workers and transnational families in the Asia–Pacific: a systematic review and meta-analysis Open
Ministry of Education, Taiwan; Wellcome Trust (318501/Z/24/Z and 335954/Z/25/Z); UK Medical Research Council (MR/W006677/1); UK National Health Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR209895); the 'la Caixa' Foundation (LCF/PR/SP21/529…
View article: Migrant workers in European informal health care settings
Migrant workers in European informal health care settings Open
Care for the elderly in Europe increasingly depends on migrant carers, both in institutionalised and informal care settings. For the latter, the vulnerability of migrant carers working in private households has been described in several st…
View article: Climate change aggravating migration and health issues in the African context: The views and direct experiences of a community of interest in the field
Climate change aggravating migration and health issues in the African context: The views and direct experiences of a community of interest in the field Open
Climate change is an increasingly important theme in Africa, where a large majority of its people depend on livestock and agricultural activities for livelihood. Concurrently, the topic of health of migrants and people on the move is rapid…
View article: The European Union needs a policy and strategy to secure access to healthcare for undocumented migrants
The European Union needs a policy and strategy to secure access to healthcare for undocumented migrants Open
The European Union needs a policy and strategy to secure access to healthcare for undocumented migrants Creating an evidence base to support policy and practice should be an urgent objective for the research and policy making communities, …
View article: How Structural Compensation Facilitates Health Care for the Homeless. A Comparative View on Four European Union Member States
How Structural Compensation Facilitates Health Care for the Homeless. A Comparative View on Four European Union Member States Open
There is robust evidence that homelessness and the associated life conditions of a homeless person may cause and exacerbate a wide range of health problems, while healthcare for the homeless is simultaneously limited in accessibility, avai…
View article: Migration and Homelessness: Measuring the Intersections
Migration and Homelessness: Measuring the Intersections Open
Given the growing superdiversity of European societies, more detailed\ndata on migrant homelessness are needed. Measuring and monitoring the intersections between migration and homelessness needs a fundamental reflection and operationalisa…
View article: Economic arguments in migrant health policymaking: proposing a research agenda
Economic arguments in migrant health policymaking: proposing a research agenda Open
Welfare states around the world restrict access to public healthcare for some migrant groups. Formal restrictions on migrants’ healthcare access are often justified with economic arguments; for example, as a means to prevent excess costs a…
View article: “Falling off the radar” – uninsured Chinese patients in Austria
“Falling off the radar” – uninsured Chinese patients in Austria Open
Background Even in European welfare states with close to universal health coverage, undocumented migrants often fail to gain access to essential health services, falling “off the radar” of public health policies. Our study aimed to explore…
View article: ‘Falling off the radar’ of public health: The case of uninsured Chinese patients in Vienna, Austria
‘Falling off the radar’ of public health: The case of uninsured Chinese patients in Vienna, Austria Open
In public health policy debates, the 2015-2016 refugee crisis made visible that even in European welfare states with (close to) universal health coverage there are specific vulnerable groups with highly limited access to health care. Among…
View article: 4.3-O2Intergenerational family solidarity patterns affecting health among migrant families in Austria
4.3-O2Intergenerational family solidarity patterns affecting health among migrant families in Austria Open
one of the largest migrants' and refugees' hub in Italy.Our data might be useful to plan, implement and evaluate effective models of care for refugees, to be possibly adapted to other settings and different target populations.
View article: 2.10-P20Ethics and economics regarding access to healthcare for marginalised groups
2.10-P20Ethics and economics regarding access to healthcare for marginalised groups Open
voluntary associations, institutions) are able to come together, at times with contrasting viewpoints but always with the constructive scope of promoting diversity.Conclusions: SIMM is likely the only scientific society in the world with t…
View article: 5.3-O7Primarily health care needs of uninsured Chinese immigrants in Vienna, Austria: a descriptive study of 74 outpatient data from 2015
5.3-O7Primarily health care needs of uninsured Chinese immigrants in Vienna, Austria: a descriptive study of 74 outpatient data from 2015 Open
studies related to WHO strategic area 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 …
View article: How Methodology Makes Topics: Ageing Immigrants as a Blind Spot in the Migration Research in Austria. A Research Note
How Methodology Makes Topics: Ageing Immigrants as a Blind Spot in the Migration Research in Austria. A Research Note Open
The current research note describes a process where by applying the qualitative method of expert interviews, researchers got confronted with a new topic in their area of expertise that was not on the radar of their research. In the framewo…
View article: Ageism and Older Immigrants
Ageism and Older Immigrants Open
The population of older immigrants in Europe has grown in recent decades. This population consists of two main groups: individuals who migrated as labour migrants and aged in the host country and those who migrated in older age. Because of…
View article: Intergenerational Family Solidarity of Immigrants from Two Successor States of Former Yugoslavia Living in Austria
Intergenerational Family Solidarity of Immigrants from Two Successor States of Former Yugoslavia Living in Austria Open
Intergenerational Family Solidarity (IGFS) is important for social cohesion and challenged by migration.Scientific evidence on how migrants sustain IGFS is scarce.In 2016, 421,875 migrants from different Former Yugoslav Republics were resi…
View article: AGEISM IN IMMIGRATION POLICIES
AGEISM IN IMMIGRATION POLICIES Open
In the past few decades, the older immigrants’ population in Western countries has become wider. This population consists of two main distinctive groups: ageing individuals who migrated as labour migrants, who aged in the immigration count…
View article: Access to Health Care for Undocumented Migrant Children. European Regulations and Practices
Access to Health Care for Undocumented Migrant Children. European Regulations and Practices Open
Health plays a prominent role in the Convention of the Rights of the Child. Article 24 explicitly states the “right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health” where “States Parties shall strive to ensure th…