Health and migration: Parchemins invites Specchio
On 15 February 2023, at a public conference entitled " Coming out of hiding: what impact on the living conditions and health of migrants?Parchemins study study presented its findings and a number of recommendations drawn up in a participatory manner by the people directly concerned and the project's research teams, including the study's co-leaders, Prof. Burton-Jeangros (UNIGE) and Prof. Yves Jackson (HUG).
Parchemins is an interdisciplinary study of the living conditions and health of undocumented migrants in Geneva. Undocumented migrants, who make up a population of around 13,000 in Geneva, generally have a lower quality of life and a poorer state of health than the resident population. This is due to various barriers linked to their lack of legal status, which limit their access to social rights, employment, housing and healthcare.
By following the trajectories of 400 people without legal status over a four-year period, half of whom undertook the PapyrusThe main aim of the study was to compare the state of health of undocumented migrants with that of the rest of the population.
As part of the public presentation of the results, the Population Epidemiology Unit was invited to meet former participants in the Parchemins study, to present the Specchio project and invite them to take part. If they so wish, the people who took part in the Parchemins study will have the opportunity to continue their involvement in a research project over several years, aimed not only at gaining a better understanding of the risk and protective factors for the health of everyone in Geneva, but also at highlighting the social, demographic and geographical inequalities in health in the canton. The results of Specchio could benefit them in the medium and longer term, as well as the population of Geneva as a whole.
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Photo: María-Eugenia Zaballa and Elsa Lorthe, researchers in the Population Epidemiology Unit
