Aetiological research on the health of migrants living in Germany: a systematic literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Germany has become an important immigration country and health services need to adopt to meet the needs of an increasingly multicultural population. For public health planning, it is essential to understand the aetiology of health problems among migrant populations. The main objective was to systematically identify, evaluate and synthesise population-based studies that investigated exposure-outcome relationships among migrant groups in Germany.

Methods

In November 2019, we searched PubMed and LIVIVO, and updated this search in November 2020, to identify peer-reviewed publications that fulfilled our eligibility criteria: English or German language; study on disease aetiology among major migrant groups in Germany, according to the latest microcensus; publication dat

SUBMITTER: Osei TB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9198788 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature