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The healthy migrant effect of first-generation Italian migrants was clearly observable for men younger than 60 years and women younger than 50 years.
In Western societies, migrants are often healthier than local residents at the time of arrival due to the 'healthy migrant effect' of the immigration process.
We observed an "epidemiological paradox" and "healthy migrant effect" of birth outcomes in Taiwan: The association between family income and birth outcomes is weaker in foreign-born mothers than in native Taiwanese mothers.
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If the lower self-harm incidence we observed in people of Chinese origin truly reflects a low frequency of occurrence, this may be explained by traditional Chinese values that discourage self-harm, a healthy migrant effect, choice of method and access to means, or a strong local social network.
Although a 'healthy migrant' effect in terms of infant outcomes has been shown among certain migrant populations, such effects could be lost with increasing exposure to the host country [ 18].
The healthy migrant effect in terms of mortality was observed in Germany, comparing Turkish migrants to Germans locals, and it could be due to self-selection at the time of immigration (25).
The reasons for this are yet to be fully explained, but it has been postulated that differences in risk factor profiles, the 'healthy migrant' effect or type of stroke may be responsible, as there appears to be little difference in NHS stroke care between ethnic groups [ 27].
Additionally, migration itself is one of the determinants of health outcome, and the "healthy migrant effect" could explain some of the observed survival difference among ethnic groups [ 24].
Other studies however have demonstrated good outcomes for immigrant women (the healthy migrant effect) despite the presence of demographic and socioeconomic risk factors [ 28].
Migrants might be selected in terms of robustness because of the healthy migrant effect.
This has been explained as a "healthy migrant effect": migrants are a selection of the whole population and only people with good health migrate [ 26- 28].
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