@article{ref1,
title="'The healthy migrant effect' for mental health in england: propensity-score matched analysis using the empiric survey",
journal="Journal of immigrant and minority health",
year="2018",
author="Dhadda, Amrit and Greene, Giles",
volume="20",
number="4",
pages="799-808",
abstract="Evidence has demonstrated that immigrants have a mental health advantage over the indigenous population of developed countries. However, much of the evidence-base demonstrating this mental health advantage is susceptible to confounding and inadequate adjustment across immigrant and non-immigrant groups preventing a rigorous assessment of a 'healthy migrant effect'. To compare the risk of common mental disorders in the immigrant population compared to the non-immigrant population in ethnic minority groups in England. A propensity-score matched analysis was carried out to adequately balance immigrant and non-immigrant groups for known confounders using the EMPIRIC national survey of Black-Caribbean, Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi groups. The mental health of participants was assessed using the validated Revised Clinical Interview Schedule tool. Immigrant participants were significantly less likely to have a common mental disorder than non-immigrant participants; OR = 0.47, (95% CI 0.40, 0.56). The results from this study demonstrate that a mental health advantage exists in ethnic minority immigrants compared to non-immigrants when balancing the two groups for confounding factors. This may be due to immigrants possessing certain personality traits, such as &quot;psychological hardiness&quot;, that the migration process may select for.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1557-1912",
doi="10.1007/s10903-017-0570-z",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10903-017-0570-z"
}