Migrants and Digestive Pathologies in A Pandemic Context: A Preliminary Comparative Study Between The French and The Swedish Healthcare Systems and Migration Policies
Migrants and Digestive Pathologies in A Pandemic Context: A Preliminary Comparative Study Between The French and The Swedish Healthcare Systems and Migration Policies

Author(s): Fanny Christou, Niki Christou
Subject(s): Health and medicine and law, Migration Studies
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Migrants; Digestive; Pathologies; Pandemic Context; Preliminary; Comparative; Study; French; Swedish; Healthcare Systems; Migration Policies;
Summary/Abstract: This paper stems from a current innovative research proposal in order to strengthen multidisciplinary research when it comes to the articulation between the Covid-19 and migrants’ health issues through the scope of gastro-intestinal diseases. Indeed, based on an extensive literature review dealing with migrants’ inequalities in accessing health, this paper aims to further reflect on the ways health promotion measures towards migrant populations can help in preventing the development of new pathologies in the current pandemic context based on two case studies. The original choice of France and Sweden to conduct this research can be explained by two main factors: 1/ their migration policies diverge, tracing the clear difference between the two that has emerged over time, 2/ these two countries have handled the spread of the Covid-19 very differently. Examining two countries such as France and Sweden can help to understand how discourses on immigration and the role of the welfare state are articulated but also to what extent their respective approaches to face the pandemic have resulted in a similar absence of effectiveness regarding the health situation of vulnerable population such as migrants.

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