Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare
Volume 3, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 109-112

Assessing determinants of health in migrants: the case for ethnic monitoring (Article)

Karmi G.*
  • a North Thames Regional Health Authority, London, United Kingdom

Abstract

Migrants in Great Britain have a different and unequal health experience to the rest of the population. Some of this is likely to be related to social and environmental factors, such as poverty and unemployment. But how far ethnicity by itself contributes to the final picture is not known. The main reason for this is the lack of routine ethnic monitoring in the health service. The ethnic monitoring methods and several pilot studies are briefly discussed. Parallel monitoring of ethnicity and socioeconomic status would probably be the only way to clarify the situation. Copyright © 1994, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved

Author Keywords

Migration Ethnic ethnic monitoring migrant Inequality

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.1994.tb00068.x
ISSN: 09072055
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English