The contribution of a gender perspective to the understanding of migrants' health

Officials Reflections about Health Promoting Factors among Newly Arrivals - An Introductory Analysis

“…Furthermore, the Swedish ideal by claiming that social constructions of gender as equal [14] is quite often a challenge for the clients. The shown results regarding the struggling with social constructions of gender are in close connection to country of origin as well as country of destination are confirmed by Llácer et al [13]. Another challenge for the newly arrivals concerning social constructions of culture are the different experiences by originating from regions with high level of collectivism compared to Scandinavian countries with high level of individualism [15].…”

“…When SC are reproduced including dimensions of power that are dependent on gender, ethnicity, or socio-economical position, can affect an individual's opportunity to obtain good health [12]. The traditional gender rules, with expectations of the male as the breadwinner and the woman having core responsibility for the household [13], are currently not a norm in Western countries such as in Scandinavia who claims that they are gender equal. Both men and women participate somehow equally in the working life, while women still do more than half of the unpaid work in the households [14].…”

Invisible work, unseen hazards: The health of women immigrant household service workers in Spain

“…Gender is not the only relevant issue; future efforts to describe and quantify occupational stress in this group should include the sum of multiple characteristics of the workers, such as being female, being ethnic or visible minorities, being poor, and having fewer legal rights as immigrants (Llàcer et al 2007). That women of these characteristics frequently perform invisible work does not occur by chance; rather it is a "social phenomenon that needs to be examined" (Neysmith and Aronson 1997).…”

Sex Differences in Health and Survival

“…It has been suggested that the health advantages of immigrants diminish at older ages and among the second generation (Sundquist and Winkleby 1999;De Maio 2010); and that these advantages vary substantially by cause of death, country of birth/origin (Stirbu et al 2006;Wild et al 2007;Boulogne et al 2012), and the health measure used (Sundquist and Johansson 1997;Pudaric et al 2003;Llacer et al 2007;Nielsen and Krasnik 2010). While there is a large body of research on health and mortality by migration background, there is a dearth of research examining the health and the mortality of migrants through a gender lens.…”