Contexts of reception and refugee health: Experiences of foreign-born people in the United States and Belgium
Immigrants’ health may differ with the characteristics of the place they resettle. We examined eating patterns and weight status across two differing environments - Atlanta, United States and Brussels, Belgium - collecting information on diet and health from a diverse sample of 111 refugees, asylum-...
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| description | Immigrants’ health may differ with the characteristics of the place they resettle. We examined eating patterns and weight status across two differing environments - Atlanta, United States and Brussels, Belgium - collecting information on diet and health from a diverse sample of 111 refugees, asylum-seekers and other migrants. Analyses used descriptive statistics, multivariate regressions, and text analysis. People who had resettled in Atlanta reported higher weight categories than those in Belgium. In both locations, the most commonly adopted items were processed foods (71 % in Atlanta, 45 % in Brussels); many also listed adopting fruits and vegetables (31 % in Atlanta, 14 % in Brussels). Thus, changes in health-related behaviors after migration included both healthy and unhealthy components of the contexts of reception. Longer time since arrival was associated with lower odds of having adopted processed foods and higher odds of having adopted fresh foods, suggesting that dietary change is nuanced with immigrants’ integration trajectories. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f733248b51cd4eb1a7b41e16217a45302025-01-16T04:29:19ZengElsevierJournal of Migration and Health2666-62352025-01-0111100288Contexts of reception and refugee health: Experiences of foreign-born people in the United States and BelgiumSolveig A. Cunningham0Hadewijch Vandenheede1Rebecca Jones-Antwi2Hubert Department of Global Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA; Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute, The Hague, The Netherlands; Corresponding author at: Hubert Department of Global Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road; Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.Interface Demography, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, BelgiumDepartment of Public Health, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USAImmigrants’ health may differ with the characteristics of the place they resettle. We examined eating patterns and weight status across two differing environments - Atlanta, United States and Brussels, Belgium - collecting information on diet and health from a diverse sample of 111 refugees, asylum-seekers and other migrants. Analyses used descriptive statistics, multivariate regressions, and text analysis. People who had resettled in Atlanta reported higher weight categories than those in Belgium. In both locations, the most commonly adopted items were processed foods (71 % in Atlanta, 45 % in Brussels); many also listed adopting fruits and vegetables (31 % in Atlanta, 14 % in Brussels). Thus, changes in health-related behaviors after migration included both healthy and unhealthy components of the contexts of reception. Longer time since arrival was associated with lower odds of having adopted processed foods and higher odds of having adopted fresh foods, suggesting that dietary change is nuanced with immigrants’ integration trajectories.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666623524000771MigrationRefugeeAsylum-seekerDietObesityIntegration |
| spellingShingle | Solveig A. Cunningham Hadewijch Vandenheede Rebecca Jones-Antwi Contexts of reception and refugee health: Experiences of foreign-born people in the United States and Belgium Journal of Migration and Health Migration Refugee Asylum-seeker Diet Obesity Integration |
| title | Contexts of reception and refugee health: Experiences of foreign-born people in the United States and Belgium |
| title_full | Contexts of reception and refugee health: Experiences of foreign-born people in the United States and Belgium |
| title_fullStr | Contexts of reception and refugee health: Experiences of foreign-born people in the United States and Belgium |
| title_full_unstemmed | Contexts of reception and refugee health: Experiences of foreign-born people in the United States and Belgium |
| title_short | Contexts of reception and refugee health: Experiences of foreign-born people in the United States and Belgium |
| title_sort | contexts of reception and refugee health experiences of foreign born people in the united states and belgium |
| topic | Migration Refugee Asylum-seeker Diet Obesity Integration |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666623524000771 |
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