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Hispano-Americans in Europe: what do we know about their health
                status and determinants? A scoping review

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BACKGROUND: Policy makers and health practitioners are in need
                of guidance to respond to the growing geographic mobility of
                Hispano-American migrants in Europe. Drawing from contributions
                from epidemiology, social sciences, demography, psychology,
                psychiatry and economy, this scoping review provides an
                up-to-date and comprehensive synthesis of studies addressing the
                health status and determinants of this population. We describe
                major research gaps and suggest specific avenues of further
                inquiry. METHODS: We identified systematically papers that
                addressed the concepts "health" and "Hispano Americans" indexed
                in five data bases from Jan 1990 to May 2014 with no language
                restrictions. We screened the 4,464 citations retrieved against
                exclusion criteria and classified 193 selected references in 12
                thematic folders with the aid of the reference management
                software ENDNOTE X6. After reviewing the full text of all papers
                we extracted relevant data systematically into a table template
                to facilitate the synthesising process. RESULTS: Most studies
                focused on a particular disease, leaving unexplored the
                interlinkages between different health conditions and how these
                relate to legislative, health services, environmental,
                occupational, and other health determinants. We elucidated some
                consistent results but there were many heterogeneous findings
                and several popular beliefs were not fully supported by
                empirical evidence. Few studies adopted a trans-national
                perspective and many consisted of cross-sectional descriptions
                that considered "Hispano-Americans" as a homogeneous category,
                limiting our analysis. Our results are also constrained by the
                availability and varying quality of studies reviewed.
                CONCLUSIONS: Burgeoning research has produced some consistent
                findings but there are huge gaps in knowledge. To prevent
                unhelpful generalisations we need a more holistic and nuanced
                understanding of how mobility, ethnicity, income, gender,
                legislative status, employment status, working conditions,
                neighbourhood characteristics and social status intersect with
                demographic variables and policy contexts to influence the
                health of the diverse Hispano-American populations present in
                Europe.

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Articles publicats en revistes (ISGlobal)

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Hispano-Americans in Europe: what do we know about their health
                status and determinants? A scoping review