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Hjelm, K., Albin, B., Benato, R. & Sourtzi, P. (2012). Migration and health.. Nursing Research and Practice, 2012, 621914 - . doi: 10.1155/2012/621914 City Research OnlineOriginal citation: Hjelm, K., Albin, B., Benato, R. & Sourtzi, P. (2012). Migration and health.. Nursing Research and Practice, 2012, 621914 - . doi: 10.1155/2012/621914 Permanent City Research Online URL: http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/3828/ Copyright & reuseCity University London has developed City Research Online so that its users may access the research outputs of City University London's staff. Copyright © and Moral Rights for this paper are retained by the individual author(s) and/ or other copyright holders.  All material in City Research Online is checked for eligibility for copyright before being made available in the live archive. URLs from City Research Online may be freely distributed and linked to from other web pages. Versions of researchThe version in City Research Online may differ from the final published version. Users are advised to check the Permanent City Research Online URL above for the status of the paper.EnquiriesIf you have any enquiries about any aspect of City Research Online, or if you wish to make contact with the author(s) of this paper, please email the team at publications@city.ac.uk.Hindawi Publishing CorporationNursing Research and PracticeVolume 2012, Article ID 621914, 2 pagesdoi:10.1155/2012/621914EditorialMigration and HealthKatarina Hjelm,1 Bjo¨rn Albin,1 Rosa Benato,2 and Panayota Sourtzi31School of Health and Caring Sciences, Linnaeus University, Sweden2School of Health Sciences, City University London, UK3Department of Public Health, Faculty of Nursing, University of Athens, GreeceCorrespondence should be addressed to Katarina Hjelm, katarina.hjelm@lnu.seReceived 26 November 2012; Accepted 26 November 2012Copyright © 2012 Katarina Hjelm et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons AttributionLicense, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properlycited.Global migration is extensive and ongoing and is today aninternational process and an international issue aectingevery country in the world [1]. As a result of global migrationmany countries have been transformed into multiculturalsocieties with an increased chance of encountering migrantsor those with a migrant history in health care. This can be achallenge for health professionals as disease patterns, health-related beliefs and behaviours, ability to express symptomsand signs of health and illness as well as expectations onhealth care providers and nursing care may dier signifi-cantly. An understanding and knowledge of the relationshipbetween migration and health is limited; however, it isurgently needed all over the world.International migration is increasing and it is estimatedthat today 190 states in the world are points of origin, transit,or destination for migrants. It is also estimated that thenumber of migrants has risen from 82 million in 1970 to175 million in 2000, more than doubling over the courseof thirty years [2], and further into 214 million in 2010[1]. The reasons for the increase of migration are many; insome instances these are linked to better opportunities forwork and better life standards, in others to safeguarding one’slife from turbulent political situations or environmentaldisasters. For example, one important reason for the increaseof migration in Europe has been disintegration of the SovietUnion [1].Health can be influenced by migration and several earlierecological studies have examined health in relation to lifestylefactors and certain diagnoses of cancer in dierent migrantgroups [3]. The increase in international migration alsomakes it important to study the consequences on dierentelements and levels of the host countries’ society using avariety of research designs.The studies in this edition reflect perspectives fromdierent countries such as Sweden, Canada, the UK, and theUnited States, countries to which migration is high.Two of the studies are longitudinal epidemiologicalstudies focusing on the situation in Sweden for migrantsin a long-term perspective concerning mortality and theutilization of health care (Albin et al.). The other four studiesinvestigate the health situation for particularly vulnerablegroups among migrants, women and migrant farmworkers(Babatunde et al., MacDonnell et al., Guruge et al., and Bail etal.). The latter uses a qualitative approach with focus groupsinterviews, grounded theory, narrative interviews in a case-study, and structured interviews.Women’s mental health is highlighted in three of thestudies; in one it is related to postnatal depression, in anotherit is discussed in relation to a history of violence and the thirdone is in relation to health promotion and empowerment.The fourth qualitative study illustrates how isolation fromfamily and community, as well as perceived invisibility withininstitutions, for example, in health care and social service,aect health and well-being of migrant farm workers.Although the variety of migrant populations and studydesigns is limited, we hope that this compilation providesreaders and researchers with an overview of contemporaryand relevant research activity and helps them find newinformation in the area of migration and health. We alsohope we can inspire others to use dierent migrant groupsand research methods appropriate to the research questionand further broaden the existing knowledge base so that2 Nursing Research and Practicehealth care professionals have the possibility to adapt theircare to the needs of migrant populations.Katarina HjelmBjo¨rn AlbinRosa BenatoPanayota SourtziReferences[1] International Organisation for Migration, WorldMigration Report 2010: The Future for Migration: BuildingCapacities for Change, International Organisation forMigration, Geneva, Switzerland, 2010, http://www.iom.int/files/live/sites/iom/files/Newsrelease/docs/WM2010FINAL 23 11 2010.pdf.[2] International Organisation for Migration, World Migration2005: Cost and Benefit of International Migration, InternationalOrganisation for Migration, Geneva, Switzerland, 2005.[3] W. Willett, Nutritional Epidemiology, Oxford University Press,New York, NY, USA, 1998.

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