title: Towards a European Framework to Monitor Infectious Diseases among Migrant Populations: Design and Applicability.
abstract: There are limitations in our capacity to interpret point estimates and trends of infectious diseases occurring among diverse migrant populations living in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA). The aim of this study was to design a data collection framework that could capture information on factors associated with increased risk to infectious diseases in migrant populations in the EU/EEA. The authors defined factors associated with increased risk according to a multi-dimensional framework and performed a systematic literature review in order to identify whether those factors well reflected the reported risk factors for infectious disease in these populations. Following this, the feasibility of applying this framework to relevant available EU/EEA data sources was assessed. The proposed multidimensional framework is well suited to capture the complexity and concurrence of these risk factors and in principle applicable in the EU/EEA. The authors conclude that adopting a multi-dimensional framework to monitor infectious diseases could favor the disaggregated collection and analysis of migrant health data.
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità, ISS), viale Regina Elena, 299-00161 Rome, Italy. flavia.riccardo@iss.it.|European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), European Centre for disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Tomtebodavägen 11a, 171 83 Stockholm, Sweden. flavia.riccardo@iss.it.
authors.forename: Flavia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Riccardo
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità, ISS), viale Regina Elena, 299-00161 Rome, Italy. mariagrazia.dente@iss.it.
authors.forename: Maria Grazia
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Dente
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità, ISS), viale Regina Elena, 299-00161 Rome, Italy. tommi.karki@iss.it.|European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), European Centre for disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Tomtebodavägen 11a, 171 83 Stockholm, Sweden. tommi.karki@iss.it.
authors.forename: Tommi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kärki
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità, ISS), viale Regina Elena, 299-00161 Rome, Italy. massimo.fabiani@iss.it.
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fabiani
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità, ISS), viale Regina Elena, 299-00161 Rome, Italy. christian.napoli@iss.it.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Napoli
authors.affiliation: Research and Innovation Unit AUSL (Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale) Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia 42122, Italy. antonio.chiarenza@ausl.re.it.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chiarenza
authors.affiliation: Interinstitutional Epidemiology Unit, AUSL (Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale) Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia 42122, Italy. paolo.giorgirossi@ausl.re.it.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Giorgi Rossi
authors.affiliation: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Tomtebodavägen 11a, 171 83 Stockholm, Sweden. cesar.velascomunoz@ecdc.europa.eu.
authors.forename: Cesar Velasco
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Munoz
authors.affiliation: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Tomtebodavägen 11a, 171 83 Stockholm, Sweden. teymur.noori@ecdc.europa.eu.
authors.forename: Teymur
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Noori
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità, ISS), viale Regina Elena, 299-00161 Rome, Italy. silvia.declich@iss.it.
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Declich
mesh_terms: D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003625:Data Collection; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D005006:Ethnicity; D005062:European Union; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D044465:White People
keywords: European Union; communicable diseases; data collection; epidemiology; transients and migrants