title: Morbidity, Self-Perceived Health and Mortality Among non-Western Immigrants and Their Descendants in Denmark in a Life Phase Perspective.
abstract: To enable preventive policies to address health inequity across ethnic groups, this review overviews the current knowledge on morbidity, self-perceived health and mortality among non-Western immigrants and their descendants in Denmark. A systematic search in PUBMED, SCOPUS, Embase and Cochrane as well as in national databases was undertaken. The final number of publications included was 45. Adult immigrants had higher morbidity, but lower mortality compared to ethnic Danes. Immigrant children had higher mortality and morbidity compared to ethnic Danes. Immigrants' health is critical to reach the political goals of integration. Despite non-Western immigrants' higher morbidity than ethnic Danes, no national strategy targeting immigrants' health has been implemented. Future research should include elderly immigrants and children, preferably employing a life-course perspective to enhance understanding of parallel processes of societal adaptation and health.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Section for Health Services Research, Danish Research Centre for Migration, Ethnicity, and Health (MESU), University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 5A, 1014, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Signe Smith
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Jervelund
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Section for Health Services Research, Danish Research Centre for Migration, Ethnicity, and Health (MESU), University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 5A, 1014, Copenhagen, Denmark.|Vestegnens Sprog- og Kompetencecenter, Skolevej 6, 2600, Glostrup, Denmark.
authors.forename: Sanam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Public Health, Research Programme On Health Promotion and Prevention, University of Southern Denmark, Øster Farimagsgade 5A, 1353, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Nanna
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ahlmark
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Section for Health Services Research, Danish Research Centre for Migration, Ethnicity, and Health (MESU), University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 5A, 1014, Copenhagen, Denmark.|Department of Public Health, Section for Social Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 5A, 1014, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Sarah Fredsted
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Villadsen
authors.affiliation: Department of Food and Resource Economics, Section for Consumption, Bioethics and Governance, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 25, 1958, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
authors.forename: Annemette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nielsen
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Section for Health Services Research, Danish Research Centre for Migration, Ethnicity, and Health (MESU), University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 5A, 1014, Copenhagen, Denmark. vitus@socsci.aau.dk.|Department of Sociology and Social Work, Aalborg University, Frederikskaj 10B, 2450, Copenhagen, Denmark. vitus@socsci.aau.dk.
authors.forename: Kathrine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vitus
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000375:Aging; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health / Q000208:ethnology; D009017:Morbidity; D009026:Mortality / Q000208:ethnology*; D010465:Perception; D057566:Self Report; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Denmark; Health status; Mental health; Migrant; Review