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Yang F, Han X, Song Y, Tang W, Wu D, Wang C, Bodomo AB, Guo Y, Tucker JD. Scoping review protocol on the health of sub-Saharan African migrants in the Asia-Pacific region. BMJ Open 2022; 12:e067901. [PMID: 36581434 PMCID: PMC9806078 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Increasing economic opportunities have attracted people from sub-Saharan Africa to migrate to the Asia-Pacific region in the last two decades. The information on the health situation of these migrants is limited. We aim to assess scientific evidence on the health of sub-Saharan African migrants in the Asia-Pacific region using a scoping review. METHODS AND ANALYSIS The review will be conducted according to the JBI guide on evidence synthesis, and the final results will be organised and reported in line with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for scoping reviews. Search strategies have been developed centred on population-concept-context elements including sub-Saharan Africa, Asia-Pacific, migration and health. A total of eight databases will be searched, including PubMed, Embase, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, ProQuest, Scopus, Web of Science, Wanfang and CNKI. Title and abstract screening and full-text screening will be conducted by two researchers independently. Data will be charted according to predesigned form. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION This study involves neither human participants nor unpublished secondary data. Institutional review board approval is therefore not required. Findings of this scoping review will be disseminated through publication in a peer-reviewed journal, through academic network and project report.
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Affiliation(s)
- Fan Yang
- Institute of Population Research, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Health Science Center, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Population Research, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Project China, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- STD Control Department, Dermatology Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of African Studies, University of Vienna, Wien, Austria
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- Department of Global Health, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Project China, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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Hamiel U, Pinhas-Hamiel O, Vivante A, Bendor C, Bardugo A, Afek A, Beer Z, Derazne E, Tzur D, Behar D, Itzhak A, Skorecki K, Tirosh A, Grossman E, Twig G. Impact of Immigration on Body Mass Index and Blood Pressure Among Adolescent Males and Females: A Nationwide Study. Hypertension 2019; 74:1316-1323. [PMID: 31630574 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.119.13706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
Immigration from one cultural milieu to another has been associated with a greater risk for incident cardio-metabolic morbidity among adults. In this nationwide, population-based, cross-sectional study of data recorded from 1992 to 2016, we assessed the association between body mass index and blood pressure levels among adolescent immigrants, aged 16 to 19 years, of Ethiopian origin, and their secular trend of overweight and obesity. Adolescents of Ethiopian origin were classified as Israeli-born (n=16 153) or immigrants (N=23 487), with stratification by age at immigration. Adolescents whose fathers were at least 3 generations in Israel (n=277 789) served as a comparative group. Hypertensive-range blood pressure values adjusted for age, sex, and height served as outcome. Among adolescents of Ethiopian origin, overweight and obesity (body mass index ≥85th percentile), increased by 2.5 and 4-fold in males and females, respectively, during the study period, compared with a 1.5-fold increase among native Israeli-born males and females. The odds for hypertensive-range measurements increased with the length of residence in Israel: 7.3%, 10.6%, and 14.4% among males who immigrated at ages 12 to 19, 6 to 11.9, and 0 to 5.9 years, respectively; and 11.5%, 16.7%, and 19.3%, respectively, among females. Israeli-born Ethiopians had a significantly higher risk for hypertensive-range measurements at any body mass index level compared with native Israeli-born examinees, after adjusting for sociodemographic factors and health status. In conclusion, among Ethiopian Israeli adolescents, abnormal blood pressure correlates directly with the time-lapse since immigration. Immigrant populations require targeted surveillance and appropriate intervention.
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Affiliation(s)
- Uri Hamiel
- From the Department of Pediatrics, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel (U.H.).,Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel (U.H., O.P.-H., A.V., A.A., E.D., A.T., E.G., G.T.)
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- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel (U.H., O.P.-H., A.V., A.A., E.D., A.T., E.G., G.T.).,Pediatric Endocrine and Diabetes Unit, Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital (O.P.-H.), Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel (U.H., O.P.-H., A.V., A.A., E.D., A.T., E.G., G.T.).,Department of Pediatrics B and Pediatric Nephrology Unit (A.V.), Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Surgeon General Headquarters, Israel Defense Forces, Ramat Gan, Israel (C.B., A.B., Z.B., D.T., A.I., G.T.).,Department of Military Medicine, Hebrew University School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel (C.B., A.B., Z.B., G.T.)
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- Surgeon General Headquarters, Israel Defense Forces, Ramat Gan, Israel (C.B., A.B., Z.B., D.T., A.I., G.T.).,Department of Military Medicine, Hebrew University School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel (C.B., A.B., Z.B., G.T.)
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- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel (U.H., O.P.-H., A.V., A.A., E.D., A.T., E.G., G.T.).,Central Management (A.A., E.G.), Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Surgeon General Headquarters, Israel Defense Forces, Ramat Gan, Israel (C.B., A.B., Z.B., D.T., A.I., G.T.).,Department of Military Medicine, Hebrew University School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel (C.B., A.B., Z.B., G.T.)
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- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel (U.H., O.P.-H., A.V., A.A., E.D., A.T., E.G., G.T.)
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- Surgeon General Headquarters, Israel Defense Forces, Ramat Gan, Israel (C.B., A.B., Z.B., D.T., A.I., G.T.)
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- Surgeon General Headquarters, Israel Defense Forces, Ramat Gan, Israel (C.B., A.B., Z.B., D.T., A.I., G.T.)
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- Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University (K.S.)
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- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel (U.H., O.P.-H., A.V., A.A., E.D., A.T., E.G., G.T.).,Institute of Endocrinology (A.T.), Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel (U.H., O.P.-H., A.V., A.A., E.D., A.T., E.G., G.T.).,Central Management (A.A., E.G.), Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel (U.H., O.P.-H., A.V., A.A., E.D., A.T., E.G., G.T.).,Department of Medicine and the Dr. Pinchas Bornstein Talpiot Medical Leadership Program (G.T.), Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel.,Surgeon General Headquarters, Israel Defense Forces, Ramat Gan, Israel (C.B., A.B., Z.B., D.T., A.I., G.T.).,Department of Military Medicine, Hebrew University School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel (C.B., A.B., Z.B., G.T.)
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