Studies of Migration and Social Determinants of Health - SMASH

18/08/2023

Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap utlyser en ledig tjänst som postdoktor i folkhälsovetenskap till ett forskningsprojekt om förklaringar till överdödlighet i COVID-19 bland invandrare i Sverige.

28/02/2020

Doctoral student Helena Honkaniemi at her half-time seminar "Open borders, closed doors: Integration barriers and migrant mental health in Sweden" at Stockholm University's Department of Public Health Sciences. Together with supervisors and fellow SMASH team members Mikael Rostila, Sol Pía Juárez, and Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Helena researches the influence of Swedish integration factors on migrant mental health. Find more information on the SMASH research project and publications at: www.su.se/publichealth/smash/

03/04/2019

Read our new policy insight in Population Europe, "Restrictive Migration Policies have Adverse Effects on Migrant Health".

Policy Insights Back to all statements Restrictive Migration Policies have Adverse Effects on Migrant Health Source: marchmeena29 Restrictive policies including those pertaining to temporary visas, detention and reduced access to welfare support are linked to a greater risk of poor general and menta...

27/03/2019

Lyssna på vår forskning på Sveriges Radio!

Restriktiv migrationspolitik är skadlig för migranters hälsa.

25/03/2019

See our debate article on migration policy and health in today's Dagens samhälle.

English summary: "Sweden's migration policy can be a health hazard: In a contribution to Dagens sämhalle, researchers at the Department of Public Health Sciences present the potential public health consequences of a restrictive migration policy. Long waiting times for decisions on residence permits and asylum increase the risk of poor mental health and shortened life expectancy among migrants, reports a new international study examining the link between migration policy and international migrants' health in high-income countries."

En ny studie visar att restriktiv migrationspolitik har allvarliga konsekvenser för migranters hälsa.

19/03/2019

For our Swedish audience:

En restriktiv migrations- och integrationspolitik har en negativ inverkan på migranters hälsa. Detta framgår i en ny studie av forskare vid Stockholms universitet, vars resultat är baserade på globala data inom området från de senaste 17 åren.

11/03/2019

Come see SMASH members Mikael Rostila, Nina-Katri Gustafsson, and Helena Honkaniemi share their research at the next Forte Talks here in Stockholm, Sweden!

What causes health inequalities? Our research programme investigate social determinants of health among individuals with foreign backgrounds in Sweden.

07/03/2019

Commentary on our most recent publication:
"At a time in which international migration is at its peak and policy responses are becoming increasingly hostile, Sol Pía Juárez and colleagues have pulled together the evidence on the effects of non-health-related policies on migrant health in a systematic review and meta-analysis published in The Lancet Global Health. The study represents a timely, innovative, and highly needed contribution to migrant health research."

Migration policies and health often collide. Migration policies are rooted in concepts of state sovereignty and determine who can stay in a country and who must go, who can access services and who is excluded. In contrast, health policies are governed by the international human right to health, whic...

07/03/2019

New research from the SMASH team!
"The findings of this systematic review and meta-analysis provide empirical evidence that non-health-specific public policies can affect migrant health, supporting the importance not only of adopting a Health in All Policies paradigm, but ultimately embracing a human-rights framework that draws attention to the rights of migrants under international law... While improving the evidence base is an important part of improving migrants' health, political action is also ultimately required."

Restrictive entry and integration policies are linked to poor migrant health outcomes in high-income countries. Efforts to improve the health of migrants would benefit from adopting a Health in All Policies perspective.

08/02/2019

Come hear the SMASH team share its research and insights at Forte Talks 2019: The future of social welfare, March 26-27th at Nacka Strandsmässan in Stockholm.

"During the presentation we will present our research on the social determinants of health among individuals with foreign backgrounds in Sweden from our FORTE funded research programme within strategic research fields."

Find more information on Forte Talks through the link below:

Forte Talks, organised for the third time, is a venue for the exchange of knowledge between researchers, decision-makers, practitioners, users and other stakeholders who are interested in human …

21/09/2018

New study from SMASH researchers!

"The current study shows that young refugees have much higher risks of poor labour market outcomes compared to native Swedes... The risks of poor labour market outcomes among young refugees are in some instances comparable to those of intercountry adoptees, suggesting that barriers related to ethnic discrimination on the labour market may also be at play. Obtaining a secondary education is protective against poor labour market outcomes among all groups... This underscores the potential of education in increasing labour market participation among young refugees and thereby improving their socioeconomic integration in society."

(2018). Labour market participation among young refugees in Sweden and the potential of education: a national cohort study. Journal of Youth Studies. Ahead of Print.