Migrationssensible Datenerhebung für die Gesundheitsberichterstattung

Abstract

Despite the many potential sources of stress and strain that accompany a migration situation, there are very few data in official statistics with regard to the health and social situation of migrants in Germany. The fact that this information is not available for public health reporting could lead to problems of improper, lacking or excessive health care. A working group within the Arbeitskreis Migration und Offentliche Gesundheit has been addressing this problem since 2003. In this article, a systematic overview of the most important data sources for public health reporting and of the indicators for migration background and social status that each one contains will be given. After that we will present examples of good practice in migration-sensitive data collection at the local and national level. Finally suggestions for improving the data situation with regard to the health of migrants based on the recommendation for recording the migration status in epidemiological studies will be made.

Beteiligung von Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund an Gesundheitssurveys des Robert Koch-Instituts

“…Dies ist für die Weiterentwicklung von Maßnahmen der Gesundheitsförderung und Präven-tion von Bedeutung, ebenso für kurative, rehabilitative und pflegerische Angebote des Gesundheitssystems [5]. Tatsächlich aber ist die Datenlage zur Gesundheit von Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund in Deutschland nach wie vor unzureichend.…”

Sind Migranten häufiger von psychischen Störungen betroffen?

“…Sowohl international als auch für die BRD gibt es nur unzureichende Informationen zur gesund− heitlichen Lage von Migranten. Diese basieren meist auf Angaben zur Staatsangehörigkeit, wel− che den Migrationshintergrund nur unzurei− chend abbildet [4]. Insbesondere in der epide− miologischen Forschung besteht Nachhol− und Klärungsbedarf.…”

Colorectal cancer stage at diagnosis in migrants versus non-migrants (KoMigra): study protocol of a cross-sectional study in Germany

“…The CRC patient will be given a questionnaire with simple questions relating to socio-demographics and migration (see Additional file 2). The questions on the patient’s migration background are based on published methodological standards used in epidemiology research [22,23]. The migration background will be operationalised via the patient’s and his or her parents’ place of birth: Patients born outside Germany will be considered to be first generation migrants, while patients whose mother and/or father was/were born outside Germany will be considered to be second generation migrants.…”