Healthy or unhealthy migrants? Identifying internal migration effects on mortality in Africa using health and demographic surveillance systems of the INDEPTH network

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue , 2016, Pages 59-73

  Ginsburg, Carren ^b,l   Bocquier, Philippe ^a,b   Béguy, Donatien ^c   Afolabi, Sulaimon ^b   Augusto, Orvalho ^d   Derra, Karim ^e   Herbst, Kobus ^f   Lankoande, Bruno ^g   Odhiambo, Frank ^h,l   Otiende, Mark ⁱ   Soura, Abdramane ^g   Wamukoya, Marylene ^c   Zabré, Pascal ^j   White, Michael J ^b,k   Collinson, Mark A ^b,l,m  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^d Manhi a HDSS   (Mozambique)

^e Clinical Research Unit of Nanoro (CRUN)   (Burkina Faso)

^f AFRICA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^h CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

ⁱ KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^j CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN SANTÉ DE NOUNA   (Burkina Faso)

^k BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l Iganga Mayuge Health and Demographic Surveillance Site   (Ghana)

^m UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Health and demographic surveillance system; INDEPTH network; Internal migration; Mortality; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; IMMIGRANT; INTERNAL MIGRATION; MORTALITY; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRANT; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ADULT; AFRICA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84979600351     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.06.035     Document Type: Article

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