[Travelling and migration are not the same thing. So, why do we continue to overlap their health issues?]. [Viaggiare e migrare non sono la stessa cosa. E allora perché continuiamo ad associare la medicina delle migrazioni con quella dei viaggi?]

Annali di igiene : medicina preventiva e di comunità
Volume 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 275-280

[Travelling and migration are not the same thing. So, why do we continue to overlap their health issues?]. [Viaggiare e migrare non sono la stessa cosa. E allora perché continuiamo ad associare la medicina delle migrazioni con quella dei viaggi?] (Article)

Rinaldi A.* , Fara G.M. , Marceca M.

^a Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e Malattie Infettive, Sapienza Università di Roma., Italy
^b [Affiliation not available]
^c [Affiliation not available]

Abstract

Not rarely, the health issues regarding travellers and immigrants are overlapped, both at national (Italy) and international level. The fact is that, in general, 'mobility' is the only common connecting factor between the two groups. The article examines critically all the existing differences (socio-economical background, aims, temporality, resources available at arrival, prevalent health risks and correlated prevention methods and tools, health coverage possibilities, etc.). The authors conclude that the health dimensions of the two considered groups need a distinct scientific approach, different competence and distinguished health care services.

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Index Keywords

human risk assessment travel Internationality health service international cooperation Health Services Needs and Demand Humans Socioeconomic Factors risk factor primary prevention Risk Factors socioeconomics Article migration Emigration and Immigration Italy Delivery of Health Care Health Services Accessibility health care delivery

Link
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ISSN: 11209135

Original Language: Italian