Public Health Forum
Volume 23, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 58-60

Health situation of children and adolescents with migration background in Germany. Results of the KiGGS-study [Gesundheit von Kindern und Jugendlichen mit Migrationshintergrund in Deutschland. Ausgewählte Ergebnisse der KiGGS-Studie] (Article)

Ellert U.* , Brettschneider A.-K. , Schenk L.
  • a Robert Koch-Institut, FG23 Gesundheit von Kindern und Jugendlichen, Präventionskonzepte, General-Pape-Str. 62-64, Berlin, 12101, Germany
  • b Robert Koch-Institut, FG22 Epidemiologie Nicht Übertragbarer Krankheiten, General-Pape-Str. 62-64, Berlin, 12101, Germany
  • c Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Institut für Medizinische Soziologie, Luisenstr. 57, Berlin, 10117, Germany

Abstract

One third of the German population aged under 18 years (29.1% according to microcensus 2009) is growing up in families with a migration background. A large part of these children and adolescents did not migrate by themselves, but they were born in the second or third generation in a migrated family. However, a migration background is influencing the environment and the health situation, even though there is a difference according to country of origin, gender, age, socioeconomic status and length of stay or immigrant generation, respectively. Thereby, health chances and risks are also unequally distributed within the migration population. ©2015 by De Gruyter.

Author Keywords

KiGGS-study Germany Health Migration background Children and adolescents

Index Keywords

Germany immigrant health status length of stay health hazard Article population migration human social status migration
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84931069078&doi=10.1515%2fpubhef-2015-0022&partnerID=40&md5=448a8979244129a18963a9fa10bafa02
DOI: 10.1515/pubhef-2015-0022
ISSN: 09445587
Original Language: German