Health Profile of Precarious Migrants Attending the Médecins Du Monde’s Health and Social Care Centres in France
A Cross-Sectional Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19061864 |
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| Authors | Emeraude Halley, Joris Giai (0000-0003-2424-8046), Marielle Chappuis (0000-0002-3929-3694), Anne Tomasino, Roland Hénaine (0000-0002-2110-8876), Laurent Letrilliart (0000-0002-6802-7002, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Pages | 602394-602394 |
| Publication date | 2021-08-11 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-8556 • E-ISSN: 1661-8564 |
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.3389/ijph.2021.602394 |
| PMID | 34456664 |
| OpenAlex | W3198045709 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 22 |
Objective: The present study aimed to compare the precarious migrants’ health problems managed in Médecins du Monde’s health and social care centres (CASO) with those of patients attending general practice in France. Methods: We compared the most frequent health problems managed in the 19 CASO in metropolitan France with those of a national sample of usual general practice consultations, after standardisation for age and sex. Results: Precarious migrants had fewer health problems managed per consultation than other patients (mean: 1.31 vs. 2.16), and these corresponded less frequently to chronic conditions (21.3% vs. 46.8%). The overrepresented health problems among CASO consultations were mainly headache (1.11% vs. 0.45%), viral hepatitis (1.05% vs. 0.20%), type 1 diabetes (1.01% vs. 0.50%) and teeth/gum disease (1.01% vs. 0.23%). Their underrepresented health problems were mainly lipid disorder (0.39% vs. 8.20%), depressive disorder (1.36% vs. 5.28%) and hypothyroidism (0.50% vs. 3.08%). Prevention issues were nominal in precarious migrants (0.16%). Conclusion: Both chronic somatic and mental conditions of precarious migrants are presumably underdiagnosed. Their screening should be improved in primary care
Cross-sectional study · Family medicine · Health care · Mental health · Psychiatry · Public health · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Identity, and Health · Nursing · Gerontology
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