Health prevention and health promotion for people with a migration background
Health prevention and health promotion for people with a migration background

Summary/Abstract: Introduction: In the present study, preventive health care and health promotion possibilities for migrants are discussed. Various prevention projects dedicated to people with a migration background are presented. Research objectives: The article explains how preventive health care services can be designed specifically for people with a migration background. Material and methodology: Various investigations of random samples, projects, surveys and observations were carried out by different institutions. The main concern of the network is to improve access to the health system and psychosocial care for people with a migration background and ensure the opportunities available to them in these areas are equal to those available to the autochthonous population. Conclusions: The health situation of people with a migration background in Germany is presented and the possibilities of and obstacles to their participation in preventive health measures are discussed. Existing or completed exemplary prevention projects are also presented. These prevention projects offer informative materials in different languages and have appropriately trained or multilingual staff, which is a positive step. This kind of medical care and information must especially be guaranteed in initial reception camps for refugees. Attention to the medical concerns of people with a migration background has naturally been heightened by the current refugee situation but should become an integral part of politics and social efforts if this group is to be permanently and sustainably integrated into the health system.

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