A Scoping Review of the Health of East and Southeast Asian Female Marriage Migrants

The number of female marriage migrants in East and Southeast Asia has grown significantly over the past three decades. However, little is known about the health of this population. Following Arksey and O’Malley’s (Int J Soc Res Methodol 8(1):19–32, 2005 ) framework, a scoping review of English langu...

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Published in:Journal of immigrant and minority health 2020-02, Vol.22 (1), p.182-211
Main Authors: Yu, Zhiyuan, Bowers, Barbara, Yeoh, Brenda S. A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Clinical outcomes
Comparative Law
Comparative studies
English language
Females
Health care
Health problems
Health research
Health services
Health status
International & Foreign Law
Marriage
Maternal & child health
Maternal characteristics
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental health
Mental health services
Migrants
Noncitizens
Private International Law
Public Health
Review Paper
Social services
Sociology
Systematic review
Well being
Women
Womens health
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Summary:The number of female marriage migrants in East and Southeast Asia has grown significantly over the past three decades. However, little is known about the health of this population. Following Arksey and O’Malley’s (Int J Soc Res Methodol 8(1):19–32, 2005 ) framework, a scoping review of English language research databases was used to synthesize knowledge on the health of Asian marriage migrants. This will be used to inform recommendations for health care practice and research. Fifty-five eligible studies were included and presented using five identified categories—mental health, women’s health and maternal–child health, public health, general well-being, and social challenges. Overall, studies consistently document that marriage migrants experience worse health outcomes, multiple barriers to health care services, and multilevel social challenges compared with the native population in the receiving countries.
ISSN:1557-1912
1557-1920
DOI:10.1007/s10903-019-00901-w