Promotion of health and physical activity improves the mental health of elderly immigrants: Results of a group randomised controlled trial among Turkish immigrants in the Netherlands aged 45 and over

Objectives: Older immigrants from non-industrialised countries are a growing group, they have comparatively many health problems and are often hard to reach through health promotion and other preventive services. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of a short health education and physical exercise programme on the health and the...

Contacts of general practitioners with illegal immigrants

Aims: Violence and economic hardship cause many people to go to industrialized countries, often without obtaining a residence permit. The aim of this study is to gain insight into the factors that determine the occurrence of contacts in primary health care with such illegal immigrants. Methods: Data were analysed on contacts with illegal...

The cross-cultural validity of self-reported use of health care: A comparison of survey and registration data

Surveys are often used to obtain data on ethnic differences in health care utilization. This study examines the cross-cultural validity of such data. Survey data were linked to an insurance register, for 3054 residents of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Concordance was estimated using Cohen's kappa statistics (agreement adjusted for chance agreement...

Reported health, lifestyles, and use of health care of first generation immigrants in the Netherlands: Do socioeconomic factors explain their adverse position?

Objective - Difference in health, lifestyles, and use of health care between groups of varying ethnic origin can have important implications for preventive and curative health care. This paper studies whether socioeconomic factors explain ethnic differences in these outcomes. Design - Data on health status, lifestyles, and use of health care...

International mass migration: A threat to Europe's borders and stability?

Western Europe has become an 'epicentre' of international migration. Theoretical considerations about the onset and persistence of international migration flows suggest that major inflows over extended periods would result if the migration process would be allowed to unfold in a natural fashion. However, massive migratory inflows would put...

Sexueel overdraagbare aandoeningen bij allochtonen bevolkingsgroepen: Een orienterend onderzoek [Sexually transmitted diseases among immigrant population groups; an exploratory study]

Vitamin D status, parathyroid hormone and sunlight in Turkish, Moroccan and Caucasian children in the Netherlands

At the end of the winter circulating concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD) in Asian and Mediterranen immigrants in northwestern European countries are usually very low. This may lead to vitamin D deficiency and eventually to rickets. Children are more prone to develop vitamin D deficiency. The vitamin D status of 8-year-old Turkish,...