MIGHEALTHNET NATIONAL MEETING Oslo, 27th August 2009 MIGHEALTHNET: origins and aims David Ingleby Utrecht University
Outline of talk Origins of the project How to make knowledge about migrant and minority health accessible? Topics dealt with The partnership Outcomes of the project
Collaborative reports on migrant and minority health, 1985-2008 12 10 8 6 4 total 2 0 85-89 90-94 95-99 00-04 05-08 (adj.)
Good Practice in Mental Health and Social Care for Refugees and Asylum Seekers (2002-2003) Project leaders: Charles Watters, David Ingleby Research assistants: Mariola Bernal, Claudia de Freitas Marlous van Leeuwen, Nina de Ruuk Dominique Le Touze, Soumha Venkatesan Financed by The European Commission, European Refugee Fund, University of Kent and Utrecht University (2002-2003) Final report can be downloaded from www.ercomer.eu/ingleby
IMISCOE (EU 6 th Framework Network of Excellence in the domain of International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion)
State of the Art Report on Migration and Health (2005) Written by the IMISCOE Health Group Title: The role of health in integration Contained country reports on The Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland and Greece Available at www.ercomer.eu/ingleby (see Publications, Ingleby et al., 2005)
The IMISCOE / IOM European Survey on Migration and Health Started December 2005 by the IMISCOE Health group in collaboration with the IOM. Set up web sites (wiki s) to collect data in about 8 countries.
Making knowledge about migrant and minority health accessible
Topics of IMISCOE/IOM survey 1. Migrant populations, immigration policies; the social, historical and political context 2. Migrants state of health and its determinants 3. Health system and the entitlement of migrants to health care 4. Accessibility of health care 5. Quality of care: matching of service provisions to the needs of migrants 6. Achieving change
MIGHEALTHNET Information network on good practice in health care for migrants and minorities in Europe Successor to the IMISCOE European Survey. 16 countries: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the UK Started May 2007, duration 2 years. Budget: 645.681 (60% subsidy from EU, DG SANCO)
Who or what is DG SANCO? European Commission Directorate- General for Health and Consumers
The partnership
Collaborating partners International European Public Health Alliance International Organisation for Migration Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) Belgium Université Catholique de Louvain Greece PRAKSIS Netherlands Pharos: Knowledge and advisory centre on refugees, migrants and health National Centre of Expertise on Intercultural Mental Health (MIKADO) Portugal High Commissariat for Immigration
Languages
Outcomes of the project Wikis in each country + EU National dissemination meetings E-mail lists, networks State of the art reports in each country (in own language) Final dissemination meeting (Brussels), 15th April 2009 Continuation of project?
Figure 1. Cumulative total of hits for 14 wikis over one year 500.000 number of hits 450.000 400.000 350.000 300.000 250.000 200.000 150.000 100.000 50.000 0 02.06.08 2.07.08 2.08.08 24.08.08 15.09.08 12.10.08 10.11.08 7.12.08 30.12.08 27.01.09 17.03.09 8.4.09 8.5.09 9.6.09 U.K. Norway Poland Czech Republic Greece Netherlands General wiki Belgium Portugal Germany Sweden Romania Hungary Switzerland
Figure 2. Number of hits per day Country CH BG BE NL DK HU SE LT PT RO DE TR EU PL CZ NO EL UK 0 100 200 300 400 500 600
Figure 4. Number of hits per day adjusted for population size Country BE SE PT HU NL UK PL RO CH BG TR DE CZ DK EL LT NO 0 200 400 600 800 1000