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dc.contributor.authorTerragni, Laura
dc.contributor.authorRossi, Alessio
dc.contributor.authorMiscali, Monica
dc.contributor.authorCalogiuri, Giovanna
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-08T13:39:21Z
dc.date.available2023-02-08T13:39:21Z
dc.date.created2022-04-28T15:20:51Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.citationFrontiers in Public Health. 2022, 10 1-15.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2296-2565
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/3049360
dc.description.abstractBackground: Most studies on immigrant health focus on immigrant groups coming from extra-European and/or low-income countries. Little attention is given to self-rated health (SRH) in the context EU/EEA migration. To know more about health among European immigrants can provide new insights related to social determinants of health in the migration context. Using the case of Italian immigrants in Norway, the aim of this study was to (i) examine the levels of SRH among Italian immigrants in Norway as compared with the Norwegian and the Italian population, (ii) examine the extent to which the Italian immigrant perceived that moving to Norway had a positive or negative impact on their SRH; and (iii) identify the most important factors predicting SRH among Italian immigrants in Norway. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among adult Italian immigrants in Norway (n = 321). To enhance the sample's representativeness, the original dataset was oversampled to match the proportion of key sociodemographic characteristics of the reference population using the ADASYN method (oversampled n = 531). A one-sample Chi-squared was performed to compare the Italian immigrants' SRH with figures on the Norwegian and Italian populations according to Eurostat statistics. A machine-learning approach was used to identify the most important predictors of SRH among Italian immigrants. Results: Most of the respondents (69%) rated their SRH as “good” or “very good”. This figure was not significantly different with the Norwegian population, nor to the Italians living in Italy. A slight majority (55%) perceived that their health would have been the same if they continued living in Italy, while 23% perceived a negative impact. The machine-learning model selected 17 variables as relevant in predicting SRH. Among these, Age, Food habits, and Years of permanence in Norway were the variables with the highest level of importance, followed by Trust in people, Educational level, and Health literacy. Conclusions: Italian immigrants in Norway can be considered as part of a “new mobility” of high educated people. SHR is shaped by several interconnected factors. Although this study relates specifically to Italian immigrants, the findings may be extended to other immigrant populations in similar contexts.
dc.description.abstractSelf-Rated Health Among Italian Immigrants Living in Norway: A Cross-Sectional Study
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleSelf-Rated Health Among Italian Immigrants Living in Norway: A Cross-Sectional Studyen_US
dc.title.alternativeSelf-Rated Health Among Italian Immigrants Living in Norway: A Cross-Sectional Studyen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersion
dc.source.pagenumber1-15en_US
dc.source.volume10en_US
dc.source.journalFrontiers in Public Healthen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fpubh.2022.837728
dc.identifier.cristin2019882
cristin.ispublishedtrue
cristin.fulltextoriginal
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