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The self-reported health of legal and illegal/irregular immigrants in the Czech Republic

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  • Hynek Pikhart
  • Dusan Drbohlav
  • Dagmar Dzurova

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Inequalities in SRH among legal and illegal immigrants were largely explained by socioeconomic and psychosocial factors in this study. These results should stimulate further research activities that might improve health policy and planning related to immigrants’ health in this and other countries in Europe. Copyright Swiss School of Public Health 2010

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  • Hynek Pikhart & Dusan Drbohlav & Dagmar Dzurova, 2010. "The self-reported health of legal and illegal/irregular immigrants in the Czech Republic," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 55(5), pages 401-411, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ijphth:v:55:y:2010:i:5:p:401-411
    DOI: 10.1007/s00038-010-0156-1
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    1. Bobak, Martin & Pikhart, Hynek & Rose, Richard & Hertzman, Clyde & Marmot, Michael, 2000. "Socioeconomic factors, material inequalities, and perceived control in self-rated health: cross-sectional data from seven post-communist countries," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 51(9), pages 1343-1350, November.
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    1. Dagmar Dzúrová & Petr Winkler & Dušan Drbohlav, 2014. "Immigrants’ Access to Health Insurance: No Equality without Awareness," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 11(7), pages 1-10, July.
    2. Marleen Foets, 2011. "Improving the quality of research into the health of migrant and ethnic groups," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 56(5), pages 455-456, October.
    3. Davide Malmusi & Dušan Drbohlav & Dagmar Dzúrová & Laia Palència & Carme Borrell, 2014. "Inequalities in healthcare access by type of visa in a context of restrictive health insurance policy: the case of Ukrainians in Czechia," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 59(5), pages 715-719, October.
    4. Pam Kumparatana & Francine Cournos & Assel Terlikbayeva & Yelena Rozental & Louisa Gilbert, 2017. "Factors associated with self-rated health among migrant workers: results from a population-based cross-sectional study in Almaty, Kazakhstan," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 62(5), pages 541-550, June.

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