Interventions to improve immigrant health.

Interventions to improve immigrant health.

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Publisher: BUKOLA

Authors: Bukola Salami

Publish Year: 2017

Pages: 7

ISBN10: 433-439

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Disparities in health between immigrants and their host populations have been described across
countries and continents. Hence, interventions for improving health targeting general populations are not necessarily effective for immigrants. Aims: To conduct a systematic search of the literature evaluating health interventions for immigrants; to map the characteristics of identified studies including range of interventions, immigrant
populations and their host countries, clinical areas targeted and reported evaluations, challenges and limitations
of the interventions identified. Following the results, to develop recommendations for research in the field