Fakultät der Gesundheitswissenschaften

Detailed description

Immigrant populations are growing throughout the European countries, making understanding their health needs of increasing social importance. Thus, this project explores how contextual factors surrounding migration, e.g., order of arrival in the host country, are related to health.

We also study whether experiencing a major life event, e.g. spouse’s death, may be especially potent for immigrants with fewer resources or with cultural origins that are more distant from cultures prevalent in the host country. The findings will be instructive about whether minority and disadvantaged groups are especially vulnerable to the effects of stressful live events.