The association of migration experiences on the self-rated health status among adult humanitarian refugees to Australia: an analysis of a longitudinal cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Refugees are potentially at an increased risk for health problems due to their past and current migration experiences. How migration factors shape refugee health is not well understood. We examined the association between migration factors and the self-rated general health of adult humanitarian refugees living in Australia.

Methods

We analyzed the first three waves of data from the 'Building A New Life In Australia' longitudinal survey of 2399 humanitarian refugees resettled in Australia. The study outcome was self-rated health measured by the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey. Predictors were migration process and resettlement factors. We used generalized linear mixed models to investigate the relationship between predictor and outcome variables.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Dowling A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6704614 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature