Understanding how Eastern European migrants use and experience UK health services: a systematic scoping review.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:The UK has experienced significant immigration from Eastern Europe following European Union (EU) expansion in 2004, which raises the importance of equity and equality for the recent immigrants. Previous research on ethnic health inequalities focused on established minority ethnic groups, whereas Eastern European migrants are a growing, but relatively under-researched group. We aimed to conduct a systematic scoping review of published literature on Eastern European migrants' use and experiences of UK health services. METHODS:An initial search of nine databases produced 5997 relevant publications. Removing duplicates reduced the figure to 2198. Title and abstract screening left 73 publications. Full-text screening narrowed this down further to 10 articles, with three more from the

SUBMITTER: Phung VH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7059702 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature