TY - BOOK ID - 3382668 TI - Health inequalities and risk factors among migrants and ethnic minorities. AU - Ingleby, David AU - Krasnik, Allan AU - Lorant, Vincent AU - Razum, Oliver PY - 2012 VL - 1 SN - 9789044129281 PB - Antwerpen Garant DB - UniCat KW - Health Status Disparities. KW - Ethnic Groups. KW - Minority Groups. KW - Risk Factors. KW - Socioeconomic Factors. KW - Transients and Migrants. KW - Minorities KW - Transcultural medical care KW - Immigrants KW - Ethnic groups KW - Minorités KW - Services transculturels de santé KW - Groupes ethniques KW - Medical care KW - Health and hygiene KW - Soins médicaux KW - Santé et hygiène KW - #SBIB:316.334.3M50 KW - #SBIB:39A6 KW - #SBIB:316.8H16 KW - Organisatie van de gezondheidszorg: algemeen, beleid KW - Etniciteit / Migratiebeleid en -problemen KW - Welzijns- en sociale problemen: migranten, rassenrelaties KW - Minorités KW - Services transculturels de santé KW - Soins médicaux KW - Santé et hygiène KW - Sociology of minorities KW - Sociology of health KW - Europe KW - Ethnicity. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3382668 AB - COST Action IS0603 (Health and Social Care for Migrants and Minorities in Europe) was a European network of researchers from more than 30 countries, which met between 2007 and 2011 to discuss how to strengthen the knowledge base on migrant and ethnic minority health. The COST Series on Diversity and Health comprises two volumes written by leading authorities in the field, illustrating the issues that were discussed. This first volume starts by asking how much we know about migrant and ethnic minority health and where the barriers to scientific progress lie. For example, what is the relation between migration, ethnicity and the socioeconomic determinants of health? Particular groups discussed include refugees and asylum seekers, domestic workers, new migrants, ?mixed marriages? and disadvantaged ethnic minorities. Specific health issues examined range from maternal and child health to problems of ageing, mental health and infectious diseases. The final section of the book discusses prevention programmes targeting obesity, diabetes, coronary vascular diseases and cancer. These topics form only a small selection of the full range of issues in this rapidly growing field, but they illustrate well the fascinating challenges which it presents. ER -