Sexual and reproductive health of migrants: Does the EU care?

Health Policy

Volumn 114, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 215-225

  Keygnaert, Ines ^a   Guieu, Aurore ^a   Ooms, Gorik ^a,b   Vettenburg, Nicole ^a   Temmerman, Marleen ^a   Roelens, Kristien ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

European Union; Human rights; Inequity; Migrants; Migration; Policy development; Sexual health

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIV TEST; HUMAN; MIGRATION; PERINATAL CARE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REFUGEE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL HEALTH; UNCERTAINTY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN RIGHTS;

EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84892642294     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.10.007     Document Type: Review

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