The shrinking health advantage: unintentional injuries among children and youth from immigrant families.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Immigrants typically arrive in good health. This health benefit can decline as immigrants adopt behaviours similar to native-born populations. Risk of injury is low in immigrants but it is not known whether this changes with increasing time since migration. We sought to examine the association between duration of residence in Canada and risk of unintentional injury.

Methods

Population-based cross-sectional study of children and youth 0 to 24 years in Ontario, Canada (2011-2012), using linked health and administrative databases. The main exposure was duration of Canadian residence (recent: 0-5 years, intermediate: 6-10 years, long-term: >10 years). The main outcome measure was unintentional injuries. Cause-specific injury risk by duration of residence was also eval

SUBMITTER: Saunders NR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5540344 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature