Public Health Forum
Volume 23, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 124-125

Superdiversity - A new concept for migrant health? (Article)

Zeeb H.* , Makarova N. , Brand T. , Knecht M.
  • a Leibniz-Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS, Achterstr. 30, Bremen, 28359, Germany
  • b Leibniz-Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS, Achterstr. 30, Bremen, 28359, Germany
  • c Leibniz-Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS, Achterstr. 30, Bremen, 28359, Germany
  • d Department of Anthropology and Cultural Studies, FB09, Enrique-Schmidt-Straße 7, Bremen, 28359, Germany

Abstract

European populations are changing fast (Rechel B, Mladovsky P, Ingleby D, Mackenbach JP, McKee M. Migration and health in an increasingly diverse Europe. Lancet 2013;381:1235-45). Social categories such as ethnicity, migration background, country of origin, socio-economic status and gender exist alongside each other but need to be considered jointly in order to better capture the ever increasing complexity of communities and their inhabitants. In the last decade, the concept of "superdiversity" (Vertovec S. Super-diversity and its implications. Ethnic and Racial Studies 2007;30:1024-54) has emerged: it aims to capture the further diversification of diversity and refers specifically to urban communities where established immigrant groups mix with newly arriving immigrants, adding to the already existing social, ethnic and cultural diversity. ©2015 by De Gruyter.

Author Keywords

Ethnicity Migrant health Superdiversity health research

Index Keywords

urban population medical research cultural anthropology immigrant morbidity migrant health ethnicity gender Article mortality human social status migrant migration
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84931076360&doi=10.1515%2fpubhef-2015-0045&partnerID=40&md5=d31969e5e06b4269106d2269786cd17a
DOI: 10.1515/pubhef-2015-0045
ISSN: 09445587
Cited by: 3
Original Language: English