Abstract
Migration represents one of the basic components of an integrated, globalized world. It supports the global economic system by providing a flexible, mobile labor force and transfer of income through remittances. Migration supports and sustains family and cultural associations between nations and continents and increasingly provides important demographic support to aging populations in areas of low birth rates. In addition to these positive attributes, global migration provides a window onto global disparities and inequity. Refugees and displaced populations reflect the scope and consequences of conflict, violence, disasters, and emergencies.
All of those activities and processes are influenced and subject to the determinants of health in the migrant population themselves. Historically, the health status and outcomes of migrant and mobile populations had been a long-standing area of interest, investigation, and monitoring for relatively few nations. During the past half century, however, the topic has assumed wide international importance. This chapter describes those changes in the context of global population health.
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Gushulak, B.D. (2021). Global Migration and Population Health. In: Kickbusch, I., Ganten, D., Moeti, M. (eds) Handbook of Global Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45009-0_21
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