Health status inequality among immigrants in Switzerland

Volken, Thomas; Rüesch, Peter

doi:10.21256/zhaw-1782

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Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	Health status inequality among immigrants in Switzerland
Authors:	Volken, Thomas Rüesch, Peter
DOI:	10.21256/zhaw-1782 10.4236/ojpm.2014.46054
Published in:	Open Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume(Issue):	4
Issue:	6
Page(s):	459
Pages to:	469
Issue Date:	2014
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Scientific Research Publishing
ISSN:	2162-2477 2162-2485
Language:	English
Subjects:	Health status; Impairment; Immigrant; Switzerland
Subject (DDC):	305: Groups (age, origine, gender, income) 610: Medicine and health
Abstract:	Objective: To assess self-rated health and impairments for six large immigrant groups (Germany, Italy, Kosovo, Portugal, Serbia, Turkey) in Switzerland. Methods: We used population-based survey data from the Swiss Migrant Health Survey 2010 and the Swiss Health Survey 2007. The sample comprised permanent residents aged 17 - 64 years (n = 14,637). Multivariate logistic regressions have been used to estimate odds ratios (OR). Results: Ill health and activities of daily living (ADL) impairments were associated with older age in all groups. However, nationals from Turkey and nationals from Kosovo were substantially more likely than Swiss to report ill health (OR = 1.05; CI = 1.02-1.09; P = 0.001 and OR = 1.05; CI = 1.01-1.10; P = 0.016) and ADL impairments (OR = 1.06; CI = 1.03-1.09; P = 0.000 and OR = 1.04; CI = 1.01-1.07; P = 0.004) with increasing age. Furthermore, Portuguese women were more likely (OR = 2.65; CI = 1.40-5.03; P = 0.003) to report ill health than Swiss women. Conclusions: Immigrant-specific preventive and health promotion initiatives should target vulnerable immigrants from Turkey, Portugal, and Kosovo. Furthermore, groups with few economic and psychosocial resources in the general population of Switzerland should be more involved in interventions to reduce health risk.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/3781
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International
Departement:	School of Health Sciences
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Volken, T., & Rüesch, P. (2014). Health status inequality among immigrants in Switzerland. Open Journal of Preventive Medicine, 4(6), 459–469. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1782

Volken, T. and Rüesch, P. (2014) ‘Health status inequality among immigrants in Switzerland’, Open Journal of Preventive Medicine, 4(6), pp. 459–469. Available at: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1782.

T. Volken and P. Rüesch, “Health status inequality among immigrants in Switzerland,” Open Journal of Preventive Medicine, vol. 4, no. 6, pp. 459–469, 2014, doi: 10.21256/zhaw-1782.

VOLKEN, Thomas und Peter RÜESCH, 2014. Health status inequality among immigrants in Switzerland. Open Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2014. Bd. 4, Nr. 6, S. 459–469. DOI 10.21256/zhaw-1782

Volken, Thomas, and Peter Rüesch. 2014. “Health Status Inequality among Immigrants in Switzerland.” Open Journal of Preventive Medicine 4 (6): 459–69. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1782.

Volken, Thomas, and Peter Rüesch. “Health Status Inequality among Immigrants in Switzerland.” Open Journal of Preventive Medicine, vol. 4, no. 6, 2014, pp. 459–69, https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1782.