Health Risk Behaviours by Immigrants' Duration of Residence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Objectives: The aim was to systematically review and synthesise international evidence on changes in health risk behaviours by immigrants' duration of residence. Methods: We searched literature databases for peer-reviewed quantitative studies published from 2000 to 2019, examining alcohol, drug and tobacco use; physical inactivity; and dietary habits by duration of residence. Results: Narrative synthesis indicated that immigrants tend to adopt health risk behaviours with longer residence in North America, with larger variation in effect sizes and directionality in other contexts. Random-effects meta-analyses examining the pooled effect across all receiving countries and immigrant groups showed lower odds of smoking (OR 0.54, 0.46-0.63, I ² = 68.7%) an

SUBMITTER: Juarez SP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9388735 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature