Access to Primary Care and Preventative Health Services of Migrants

1. Front Matter

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2. Access to Preventive Health Services of Migrants and Lifestyles

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Access to Medical Examination for Primary Prevention Among Migrants

      • Anteo Di Napoli, Alessio Petrelli, Alessandra Rossi, Concetta Mirisola, Aldo Rosano

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   3. Access and Barriers to Childhood Immunization Among Migrant Populations

      • Pier Luigi Lopalco

      Pages 11-20

   4. Female Migrants’ Attitudes and Access to Cervical and Breast Cancer Screening in Europe

      • Sandra C. Buttigieg, Adriana Pace

      Pages 21-31

   5. Access to Colon Cancer Screening of Migrants in Four European Countries

      • Ornella Punzo, Aldo Rosano

      Pages 33-42

   6. Access to Primary Care and Preventive Health Services of LGBTQ+ Migrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers

      • Yudit Namer, Oliver Razum

      Pages 43-55

   7. Health-Related Lifestyles Among Migrants in Europe

      • Teresa Spadea, Raffaella Rusciani, Luisa Mondo, Giuseppe Costa

      Pages 57-64

3. Primary Health Care and Migrants: Quality, Adaptation, Best Practice and Health Policies

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Avoidable Hospitalization among Migrants and Ethnic Minorities in Developed Economies

      • Laura Cacciani, Nera Agabiti, Marina Davoli, Teresa Dalla Zuanna, Cristina Canova

      Pages 67-81

   3. Adaptation of Primary Health Care for Migrants: Recommendations and Best Practices

      • Marie Dauvrin, Bernadett Varga

      Pages 83-97

   4. Health Policies, Patterns and Barriers to Migrants’ Access to Primary Health Care

      • Sonia Dias, Inês Fronteira, Ana Gama, Andrea Pita Gróz, Deniz Mardin, Jorge Simões et al.

      Pages 99-109

4. Back Matter

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This salient volume surveys the state of access to primary care and preventive health services by migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers across Europe. Experts in public health and allied fields identify obstacles to healthcare interventions for migrants, including costs, legal status, health-related behaviors and beliefs, and cultural and language barriers. The book includes the latest data concerning access to specific preventive services (e.g., vaccinations, colorectal screenings), specific issues of women and sexual minorities, and the potential for health promotion in prevention. Best practices for improving access are outlined as a basis for public health and policy directives toward reducing health disparities between migrant and native populations.

 Among the topics covered: 

• Access to medical examination for prevention among migrants
  
• Access and barriers to infant vaccinations, female cancer screening and colorectal screening among migrant populations
  
• Provision and policy gap between the primary and preventive care required by and the care provided to LGBTQ+ migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers.
  
• Health related lifestyles and intermediate health conditions of migrants.
  
• Quality of primary healthcare and preventive health services provided to migrants
  
• Adaptations of primary health care for migrants
• Access to primary health care and policies on migration and health at a time of economic crisis

Dedicated to bridging research and policy gaps in this vital area, Primary Care Access and Preventive Health Services of Migrants is intended for an international audience of academics, researchers, policymakers, and practitioners in public health and related disciplines.

• migrant and refugee health
• health equity
• primary care access
• preventive health services
• European Union
• childhood immunization
• primary prevention
• ethnic minorities
• avoidable hospitalization
• cervical and breast cancer screening
• colorectal screening
• health-related lifestyles and behaviors
• LGBTQ health
• asylum seekers
• healthcare disparities
• cultural barriers to care
• targeted prevention programs
• risk perception
• research and health policy gap
• health systems

“Throughout the book, the content of the text continues to address relevant issues in interpersonal care. By addressing interventions for migrants, health-related, and beliefs that stem from cultural and language barriers. … The book provides an eye-opening perspective of the healthcare and legal systems. Which provide the reader with the knowledge and skills to create necessary changes in these systems.” (Alissa S. Caskey, Journal of Interprofessional Care, jicareblog.org, December, 2018)​

“The book is precise and effective for its intended purpose. … This is an important book to remind practitioners about the growing health concerns and needs of the increasing migrant population in Europe.” (Vicki M Shah, Doody's Book Reviews, March, 22 , 2019)

• National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy

  Aldo Rosano

​Aldo Rosano, PhD, is senior researcher at National Institute of Health (ISS) in Rome, Italy.

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