Migration and public health

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Weitoft GR Gullberg A Hjern A Rosen M . Mortality statistics in immigrant research: method for adjusting underestimation of mortality. International Journal of Epidemiology. Aug 1999;28(4):756–63.

Östberg V Alfven G Hjern A . Living conditions and psychosomatic complaints in Swedish schoolchildren. Acta Pædiatrica. Aug 2006;95(8):929–34.

Hjern A Allebeck P . Suicide in first- and second-generation immigrants in Sweden: a comparative study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. Sep 2002;37(9):423–9.

Hjern A Wicks S Dalman C . Social adversity contributes to high morbidity in psychoses in immigrants – a national cohort study in two generations of Swedish residents. Psychological medicine. Aug 2004; 34(6):1025–33.

Hjern A Lindblad F Vinnerljung B . Suicide, psychiatric illness, and social maladjustment in intercountry adoptees in Sweden: a cohort study. Lancet. Aug 10 2002;360(9331):443–8.

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Granström M Tindberg Y Blennow M . Seroepidemiology of Helicobacter pylori infection in a cohort of children monitored from 6 months to 11 years of age. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Feb 1997;35(2):468–70.

Statens folkhälsoinstitut (Swedish National Institute of Public Health). Födelselandets betydelse – en rapport om hälsan hos olika invandrargrupper i Sverige 2002 [Importance of the Country of Birth – A Report on the Health of Various Immigrant Groups in Sweden 2002]. Rapport 2002:29.

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Hjern F Johansson C Mellgren A Baxter NN Hjern A . Diverticular disease and migration – the influence of acculturation to a Western lifestyle on diverticular disease. Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Mar 15 2006;23(6):797–805.

Barnhälsovårdeni Stockholms läns landsting. Årsrapport 2006 [Annual Report 2006]. Stockholm: Stockholms läns landsting; 2007.

Johansson A . Passive smoking in children. The importance of parent’s smoking and use of protective measures [doktorsavhandling]. Linköping: University of Linköping, Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Division of Pediatrics; 2004.

Wallby T Hjern A . Infants’ exposures to environmental tobacco smoke. Differences in smoking habits among mothers and fathers with divergent ethnic background. Acta Pædiatrica 2008;97(11):1542–5.

Hjern A Allebeck P . Alcohol-related disorders in first- and second-generation immigrants in Sweden: a national cohort study. Addiction. Feb 2004; 99(2):229–36.

Hjern A Hagquist C . Drog, alkohol och tobaksvanor hos skolbarn med utländskt ursprung – en analys av Ung 2005 [Drug, Alcohol and Tobacco Habits of School Children of Foreign Origin – An Analysis of Ung 2005]. Manuskript; 2008.

Wallin E Berg L Ainetdin T B.J.A. H Tillgren P . Hälsovanor hos skolbarn i Stockholms län 1996 [Health Habits of School Children in Stockholm County 1996]. Sundbyberg: Stockholms läns landsting, Samhällsmedicinska divisionen, Socialmedicin Kronan; 1997. Teknisk rapport. SLL Grön Rapport 293.

Socialstyrelsen (Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare) and CEIFO. Mångfald, integration, rasism och andra ord [Diversity, Integration, Racism and Other Words]. Stockholm: 1999. SOS-Rapport 1999:6.

Kagan A Harris B Winkelstein WJ Johnson K Kato H Syme S . Epidemiologic studies of coronary heart disease and stroke in Japanese men living in Japan, Hawaii and California: demographic, physical, dietary and biochemical characteristics. Journal of Chronic Diseases. 1974;27:345–64.

Hjern A Kocturk-Runefors T Jeppson O Tegelman R Hojer B Adlercreutz H . Health and nutrition in newly resettled refugee children from Chile and the Middle East. Acta Pædiatrica Scandinavica. Aug–Sep 1991;80(8–9):859–67.

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Hjern A Söderström U . Parental country of birth is a major determinant of childhood type 1 diabetes in Sweden. Pediatric diabetes. Feb 2008;9(1):35–9.

Hjern A Haglund B Hedlin G . Ethnicity, childhood environment and atopic disorder. Clinical and Experimental Allergy. Apr 2000;30(4):521–8.

Sundquist J Bayard-Burfield L Johansson LM Johansson SE . Impact of ethnicity, violence and acculturation on displaced migrants: psychological distress and psychosomatic complaints among refugees in Sweden. The Journal of nervous and mental disease. Jun 2000;188(6):357–65.

Socialstyrelsen (Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare). Tortyr – en kunskapsöversikt [Torture – A Knowledge Review]. Stockholm: 1988. Rapport 1988:40.

Fazel M Wheller J Danesh J . Prevalence of serious mental disorder in 7000 refugees resettled in western countries: a systematic review. Lancet. 2005;365:1309–14.

Hjern A Angel B . Organized violence and mental health of refugee children in exile: a six-year follow-up. Acta Pædiatrica. Jun 2000;89(6):722–7.

Steel Z Silove D Phan T Bauman A . Long-term effect of psychological trauma on the mental health of Vietnamese refugees resettled in Australia: a population-based study. Lancet. Oct 5 2002;360(9339):1056–62.

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Socialstyrelsen (Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare). Hälso- och sjukvård för asylsökande och flyktingar[Health and Medical Care for Asylum Seekers and Refugees]. Stockholm: 1995. Allmänna råd från Socialstyrelsen 1995:4.

Hjern A Allebeck P . Health examinations and health services for asylum seekers in Sweden. Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine. Sep 1997;25(3):207–9.

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Laban CJ Gernaat HB Komproe IH van der Tweel I De Jong JT . Postmigration living problems and common psychiatric disorders in Iraqi asylum seekers in the Netherlands. The Journal of nervous and mental disease. Dec 2005;193(12):825–32.

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Silove D Sinnerbrink I Field A Manicavasagar V Steel Z . Anxiety, depression and PTSD in asylum-seekers: assocations with pre-migration trauma and post-migration stressors. British Journal of Psychiatry. Apr 1997;170:351–7.

Roth G Ekblad S . A longitudinal perspective on depression and sense of coherence in a sample of mass-evacuated adults from Kosovo. The Journal of nervous and mental disease. May 2006;194(5):378–81.

Steel Z Silove D Brooks R Momartin S Alzuhairi B Susljik I . Impact of immigration detention and temporary protection on the mental health of refugees. British Journal of Psychiatry. Jan 2006;188:58–64.

Hjern A Angel B Jeppson O . Political violence, family stress and mental health of refugee children in exile. Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine. Mar 1998;26(1):18–25.

Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare. Health in Sweden: The National Public Health Report 2005. Scand Journal of Public Health 2006;34(Suppl 67). Socialstyrelsen. Folkhälsorapport 2005 [Public Health Report 2005]. Stockholm: 2005.

Socialstyrelsen (Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare). Redovisning av regeringsuppdrag om barn med uppgivenhetssymtom [An Account of the Government Commission on Children with Apathy Symptoms]. Stockholm: 2005.

Ascher H Gustavsson T . Klargörande konferens om barn med uppgivenhetssymtom [Elucidatory Conference on Children with Apathy Symptoms]. Läkartidningen. Jan 9–15 2008;105(1–2):31–3.

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Schweitzer R Melville F Steel Z Lacherez P . Trauma, post-migration living difficulties, and social support as predictors of psychological adjustment in resettled Sudanese refugees. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 2006;40:179–87.

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Picum. Book of solidarity. Providing assistance to undocumented migrants in Sweden, Denmark and Austria. London: Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (Picum); 2005. Volume/03.

Malmberg M . Förstudie – Migranter utan legal status. Är detta en målgrupp som bör inkluderas och kan inkluderas i Röda Korsets verksamhet? [Pilot Study – Migrants without Legal Status. Is This a Target Group Which Should and Can Be Included in the Red Cross’s Activity?] Stockholm: Svenska Röda Korset; 2004.

Ascher H Bjorkman A Bodegard G Gustafsson LH Hjern A Jeppsson O . Hälso- och sjukvård för asylsökande: Nytt lagförslag strider mot mänskliga rättigheter och läkaretiska regler [Health and Medical Care for Asylum Seekers: A New Law Proposal Is Contrary to Human Rights and the Rules of Medical Ethics]. Läkartidningen. Sep 19–25 2005;102(38):2676, 9.

Läkare utan gränser. Gömda i Sverige. Utestängda från hälso- och sjukvård. Resultat från en studie av Läkare Utan Gränser [Hidden in Sweden. People Excluded from Health and Medical Care. Results of a Study by Doctors Without Borders]. Stockholm: 2005.

Groplo G Ahlberg B , red. Hälsa, sjukvård och strukturell diskriminering [Health, Medical Care and Structural Discrimination]. Stockholm: Fritzes; 2006. Integrations- och jämställdhetsdepartementet. Rapport av Utredningen om makt, integration och strukturell diskriminering [Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Power, Integration and Structural Discrimination]. SOU 2006:78.

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Krantz G Bilaga 2 . I: Frykman J, red. Särbehandlad och kränkt – en rapport om sambanden mellan diskriminering och hälsa [Specially Treated and Abused – A Report on the Connections between Discrimination and Health]. Stockholm: Statens Folkhälsinstitutet; 2006. s. 63–70. R 2005:49.

Socialstyrelsen (Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare). Olika villkor – olika hälsa. En studie bland invandrare från Chile, Iran, Polen och Turkiet [Different Conditions – Different Health. A Study of Immigrants from Chile, Iran, Poland and Turkey]. Stockholm: 2000. Invandrares levnadsvillkor [The Living Conditions of Immigrants] 4. SoS-rapport 2000:3.

Taloyan M Johansson LM Johansson SE Sundquist J Kocturk TO . Poor self-reported health and sleeping difficulties among Kurdish immigrant men in Sweden. Transcultural Psychiatry. Sep 2006;43(3):445–61.

Paradies Y . A systematic review of empirical research on self-reported racism and health. International Journal of Epidemiology. Aug 2006;35(4):888–901.

Cantor-Graae E Selten JP . Schizophrenia and migration: a meta-analysis and review. The American journal of psychiatry. Jan 2005;162(1):12–24.

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Hjern A Bremberg S . Social aetiology of violent deaths in Swedish children and youth. Journal of epidemiology and community health. Sep 2002;56(9):688–92.

Hjern A . Migration till segregation: en folkhälsorapport om barn med utländskt ursprung i Stockholm [From Migration to Segregation: A Public Health Report on Children of Foreign Background in Stockholm]. Huddinge: Centrum för barn- & ungdomshälsa, Stockholms läns landsting; 1998.

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