Intersections of Immigration and Sexual/Reproductive Health

An Umbrella Literature Review with a Focus on Health Equity

Dados Bibliográficos

ID16901302
AutoresVioleta Alarcão (0000-0002-4807-5904, Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, autor correspondente), Miodraga Stefanovska–Petkovska (0000-0002-2253-9387, University of Lisbon), Miodraga Stefanovska-Petkovska, Ana Virgolino (0000-0003-0428-6643, University of Lisbon), Oscar Santos (0000-0002-0836-4314, University of Lisbon), Osvaldo Santos, Andreia Cátia Jorge Silva Da Costa (0000-0002-2727-4402, University of Lisbon)
Ano2021
Volume10
Fascículo2
Páginas63
Data de publicação2021-02-09
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial Sciences (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2076-0760 • E-ISSN: 2076-0760
EditoraMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/socsci10020063
OpenAlexW3128425151
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas18
Referências citadas56

Identifying the opportunities and barriers of promoting and fulfilling the sexual health rights of migrants remains a challenge that requires systematic assessment. Such an assessment would include estimating the influence of acculturation processes on sexual and reproductive health, and mapping intersectional inequities that influence migrants’ sexual and reproductive health in comparison with the native population. The aim of this research was to locate, select, and critically assess/summarize scientific evidence regarding the social, cultural, and structural factors influencing migrants’ sexual and reproductive health outcomes in comparison with native population. An umbrella review of systematic reviews and/or meta-analyses, following preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analysis (PRISMA) standards was undertaken. Medline, Scopus, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews were searched from their start date until June 2019. The quality of the included articles was determined using the assessment of multiple systematic reviews tool (AMSTAR 2). From the 36 selected studies, only 12 compared migrant with native populations. Overall, the findings indicated that migrants tend to underuse maternal health services and have an increased risk of poor sexual and reproductive health outcomes. Specific intersectional inequities were identified and discussed

Acculturation · Environmental health · Health equity · Immigration · MEDLINE · Political science · Population · Public health · Reproductive health · Scopus · Systematic review · Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Nursing · Psychology · Gerontology