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. 2015 Sep 17;12(9):11640-61.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph120911640.

Towards a European Framework to Monitor Infectious Diseases among Migrant Populations: Design and Applicability

Flavia Riccardo  1   2 , Maria Grazia Dente  3 , Tommi Kärki  4   5 , Massimo Fabiani  6 , Christian Napoli  7 , Antonio Chiarenza  8 , Paolo Giorgi Rossi  9 , Cesar Velasco Munoz  10 , Teymur Noori  11 , Silvia Declich  12
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Towards a European Framework to Monitor Infectious Diseases among Migrant Populations: Design and Applicability

Flavia Riccardo et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

There are limitations in our capacity to interpret point estimates and trends of infectious diseases occurring among diverse migrant populations living in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA). The aim of this study was to design a data collection framework that could capture information on factors associated with increased risk to infectious diseases in migrant populations in the EU/EEA. The authors defined factors associated with increased risk according to a multi-dimensional framework and performed a systematic literature review in order to identify whether those factors well reflected the reported risk factors for infectious disease in these populations. Following this, the feasibility of applying this framework to relevant available EU/EEA data sources was assessed. The proposed multidimensional framework is well suited to capture the complexity and concurrence of these risk factors and in principle applicable in the EU/EEA. The authors conclude that adopting a multi-dimensional framework to monitor infectious diseases could favor the disaggregated collection and analysis of migrant health data.

Keywords: European Union; communicable diseases; data collection; epidemiology; transients and migrants.

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Factors/characteristics identifying the four data collection domains and examples of type of variables under each domain.
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Flow Diagram of the systematic review (modified from PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) statement [30]). * No duplicates were found.
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