Health and health-related behaviours in refugees and migrants who self-identify as sexual or gender minority – A National population-based study in Sweden

Mattelin, Erica; Fröberg, Frida; Korhonen, Laura; Khanolkar, Amal R.

doi:10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101641

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“…Odds ratios for health and health-related behaviours based on dual sexual/gender and ethnic (migrant and refugee) identities in 168 952 individuals aged 16-84 years who answered the Swedish National Public Health Survey in 2018-2020 (Mattelin, Fröberg, Korhonen, & Khanolkar, 2022a) Paper IV…”

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Resilience, mental health, and exposure to violence among individuals with former or current experiences of being a refugee in Sweden : quantitative and qualitative studies

Mattelin

2024

Linköping University Medical Dissertations

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Resilience, mental health, and exposure to violence among individuals with former or current experiences of being a refugee in Sweden : quantitative and qualitative studies

Mattelin

2024

Linköping University Medical Dissertations

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“…The full-sample models were adjusted sequentially for confounders as follows Model 1 was adjusted for age. Model 2 was adjusted for SGM-identity because there is a known association between sexual/gender identity, exposure to violence, and poor health outcomes [34][35][36], and identifying as a sexual-and gender minority is also grounds for asylum in some instances. Model 3 was mutually adjusted for all confounders.…”

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“…We used calibrated population weights provided by Statistics Sweden in analyses. These weights calibrate the sample to the known population, take into account the sampling design, adjust for non-response, and use auxiliary information from official registers to achieve more accurate estimates [36,37]. In this study, the weights accounted for the fact that we pooled the 2018 and 2020 samples.…”

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Is refugee experience in childhood a risk for poorer health in adulthood?—A Swedish national survey study

Mattelin,

Khanolkar,

Korhonen

et al. 2023

PLOS Glob Public Health

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Studies on experiences of migration in childhood and subsequent health in adulthood report conflicting results. While there is limited research on the long-term health outcomes of refugee children as they transition into adulthood, it is often observed that refugee children experience adverse health conditions upon their arrival in the host country. We examined whether adults with a childhood refugee experience were more likely to have poorer mental health, general health, and risk-behaviours compared to non-refugee migrants and Swedish-born peers We included a nationally representative sample of 18-64-year-olds who answered the Swedish National Public Health survey in 2018 or 2020. Using official register data, we categorized individuals as: 1) refugees in childhood (<age 18 years); 2) migrants in childhood; or 3) Swedish-born. Associations between childhood status (refugee, migrant, or Swedish-born) and all outcomes in adulthood were analyzed using logistic regression. The final model was adjusted for age, sexual- and gender-minority (SGM) identity, and stratified by sex. We also analysed the above and all outcomes stratified by age (18–25, 26–64), adjusted for sex and SGM-identity. We found that a childhood refugee experience was not associated with worse self-rated general or mental health, or more risk behaviours in adulthood, compared to non-refugee migrants or Swedish-born individuals. Additionally, adults with a childhood refugee experience had lower odds of at-risk alcohol use and substance use than Swedish-born peers. In general, a childhood refugee experience was not associated with worse self-rated health or risk behaviours in adulthood when considering age and sexual- and gender-minority status.

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Assessment of Suicide Risk and Cultural Considerations in Forcibly Displaced Migrant Youth

Diaz

2024

Academic Pediatrics

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Health and health-related behaviours in refugees and migrants who self-identify as sexual or gender minority – A National population-based study in Sweden

Cited by 3 publications

References 48 publications

Resilience, mental health, and exposure to violence among individuals with former or current experiences of being a refugee in Sweden : quantitative and qualitative studies

Resilience, mental health, and exposure to violence among individuals with former or current experiences of being a refugee in Sweden : quantitative and qualitative studies

Is refugee experience in childhood a risk for poorer health in adulthood?—A Swedish national survey study

Assessment of Suicide Risk and Cultural Considerations in Forcibly Displaced Migrant Youth

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