Cohort profile: internal migration in sub-Saharan Africa-The Migration and Health in Malawi (MHM) study

BMJ Open
Philip AnglewiczHans-Peter Kohler

Abstract

The Migration and Health in Malawi (MHM) study focuses on a key challenge in migration research: although it has long been established that migration and health are closely linked, identifying the effect of migration on various health outcomes is complicated by methodological challenges. The MHM study uses a longitudinal panel premigration and postmigration study design (with a non-migrant comparison group) to measure and/or control for important characteristics that affect both migration and health outcomes. Data are available for two waves. The MHM interviewed 398 of 715 migrants in 2007 (55.7%) and 722 of 1013 in 2013 (71.3%); as well as 604 of 751 (80.4%) for a non-migrant reference group in 2013. The total interviewed sample size for the MHM in both waves is 1809. These data include extensive information on lifetime migration, socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, sexual behaviours, marriage, household/family structure, social networks and social capital, HIV/AIDS biomarkers and other dimensions of health. Our result for the relationship between migration and health differs by health measure and analytic approach. Migrants in Malawi have a significantly higher HIV prevalence than non-migrants, which is primarily d...Continue Reading

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May 9, 2019·Respirology : Official Journal of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology·Chamara V SenaratnaShyamali C Dharmage
Apr 9, 2020·Medical Anthropology·Laura Sikstrom
Apr 29, 2018·Demography·Philip AnglewiczHans-Peter Kohler

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