Might climate change the “healthy migrant” effect?

Hunter, Lori M.; Simon, Daniel

doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2017.10.003

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“…However, ABMs require high-resolution data and are generally only applicable for small geographical scales. Economic approaches such as economic bargaining theory can also be used to explain some micro-level migration decisions such as the ‘healthy-migrant’ effect, whereby young and fit-for-work individuals may be more likely to move in search of work and remittance opportunities [ 87 ]. However, since climate change exists only as a macro factor, such micro-level considerations within current models of climate migration are often lacking.…”

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A Critical Analysis of the Drivers of Human Migration Patterns in the Presence of Climate Change: A New Conceptual Model

Parrish

Colbourn

Lauriola

et al. 2020

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Both climate change and migration present key concerns for global health progress. Despite this, a transparent method for identifying and understanding the relationship between climate change, migration and other contextual factors remains a knowledge gap. Existing conceptual models are useful in understanding the complexities of climate migration, but provide varying degrees of applicability to quantitative studies, resulting in non-homogenous transferability of knowledge in this important area. This paper attempts to provide a critical review of climate migration literature, as well as presenting a new conceptual model for the identification of the drivers of migration in the context of climate change. It focuses on the interactions and the dynamics of drivers over time, space and society. Through systematic, pan-disciplinary and homogenous application of theory to different geographical contexts, we aim to improve understanding of the impacts of climate change on migration. A brief case study of Malawi is provided to demonstrate how this global conceptual model can be applied into local contextual scenarios. In doing so, we hope to provide insights that help in the more homogenous applications of conceptual frameworks for this area and more generally.

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Section: Modelling Opportunities and Challengesmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Critical Analysis of the Drivers of Human Migration Patterns in the Presence of Climate Change: A New Conceptual Model

Parrish

Colbourn

Lauriola

et al. 2020

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“…The fourth theme brought out the recommendations around the need to strengthen health systems generally where migrants are (in both sending communities and destination areas) in terms of both primary health care and more specialized vertical programs such as for HIV and Maternal Child Health (MCH) services. The findings in the selected articles revealed financial, geographic, and cultural barriers for migrants accessing healthcare in the context of climate change and led to recommendations to reduce or remove these barriers to improve migrant health for example by including migrants in health insurance schemes [ 32 , 42 , 46 , 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 64 , 70 , 73 , 74 , 79 , 88 , 89 , 90 , 92 , 100 ]. There are clear benefits to broader population health from investing in health systems strengthening approach, so the recommendations within this theme would have substantial flow-on benefits to the community at large.…”

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“…These studies highlighted the need to focus on health equity in a range of settings including climate-vulnerable regions and sites of relocation and resettlement. This includes the need to integrate migrants into labour markets (see Theme 3) to support livelihoods and food security and to enable access to education [ 44 , 45 , 53 , 57 , 64 , 67 , 69 , 72 , 90 , 91 , 94 ].…”

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A Meta-Synthesis of Policy Recommendations Regarding Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change

Schwerdtle

Stockemer

Bowen

et al. 2020

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Changing mobility patterns combined with changes in the climate present challenges and opportunities for global health, requiring effective, relevant, and humane policy responses. This study used data from a systematic literature review that examined the intersection between climate change, migration, and health. The study aimed to synthesize policy recommendations in the peer-reviewed literature, regarding this type of environmental migration with respect to health, to strengthen the evidence-base. Systematic searches were conducted in four academic databases (PubMed, Ovid Medline, Global Health and Scopus) and Google Scholar for empirical studies published between 1990–2020 that used any study design to investigate migration and health in the context of climate change. Studies underwent a two-stage protocol-based screening process and eligible studies were appraised for quality using a standardized mixed-methods tool. From the initial 2425 hits, 68 articles were appraised for quality and included in the synthesis. Among the policy recommendations, six themes were discernible: (1) avoid the universal promotion of migration as an adaptive response to climate risk; (2) preserve cultural and social ties of mobile populations; (3) enable the participation of migrants in decision-making in sites of relocation and resettlement; (4) strengthen health systems and reduce barriers for migrant access to health care; (5) support and promote optimization of social determinants of migrant health; (6) integrate health into loss and damage assessments related to climate change, and consider immobile and trapped populations. The results call for transformative policies that support the health and wellbeing of people engaging in or affected by mobility responses, including those whose migration decisions and experiences are influenced by climate change, and to establish and develop inclusive migrant healthcare.

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“…However, migrant populations have been shown throughout the world to be on average healthier and more economically active than host populations, at least with current migration patterns. 4 From an economic perspective, migration is often a driver of economic growth: whether economic growth is itself sustainable thus becomes the key question.…”

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Migration transforms the conditions for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals

Adger

Boyd

Fàbos

et al. 2019

The Lancet Planetary Health

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Might climate change the “healthy migrant” effect?

Cited by 17 publications

References 83 publications

A Critical Analysis of the Drivers of Human Migration Patterns in the Presence of Climate Change: A New Conceptual Model

A Critical Analysis of the Drivers of Human Migration Patterns in the Presence of Climate Change: A New Conceptual Model

A Meta-Synthesis of Policy Recommendations Regarding Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change

Migration transforms the conditions for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals

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