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MENTAL HEALTH, WELL-BEING AND THE USE OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES AMONG OLDER LATVIAN DIASPORA
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences. (Health equity and working life (HEAL))
2022 (English)In: SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference, ISSN 1691-5887, Vol. 2, p. 89-99Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Mental health factors play a crucial role in the well-being pattern of migrants, andhow the social security is being used. The aim of the study was to investigate, how the mobilityacross Europe and otherregions of the world for different patterns and transnational lifestylesrelate to mental health, wellbeing and healthcare as a pillar for social security and overallwellbeing. We analysed personal characteristics, including self-rated health and pre-disposingfactorsin order to reflect on the mental health differences for migrant groups.The study includes groups of 6242 respondents living outside Latvia who answered questionsabout their mental health as well as rated their overall health and assessed the use of thehealthcare on a rotating basis in a 2019 survey “Research of Welfare and Social Integrationin the Context of Liquid Migration:Longitudinal Approach”. Comprehensive data on migrantsfrommanycountries all over the world allowed to perform multiple regression analysis onstratified groups by migration patterns, including both individual and contextual levelvariables. Results oftheanalysis showed that older migrants tended to have less psychologicalsymptoms compared to younger persons. Moreover, those who were born or had lived inanother country seemed tobemore confident in the use of healthcare system in the country ofresidence. The results showed that individual factors like age, gender, language ofcommunication and education level are strongly related to the use of the healthcare system ofthe country of origin and better health.

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Rezekne Academy of Technologies , 2022. Vol. 2, p. 89-99
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Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-493133DOI: 10.17770/sie2022vol2.6854OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-493133DiVA, id: diva2:1725940
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SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference
Available from: 2023-01-12 Created: 2023-01-12 Last updated: 2023-06-30Bibliographically approved

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