Waxenegger Anja, Mayerl Hannes, Stolz Erwin, Rásky Éva, Freidl Wolfgang
Institute of Social Medicine and Epidemiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
Cent Eur J Public Health. 2018 Jun;26(2):132-136. doi: 10.21101/cejph.a4917.
The present study examines the question as to whether the wellbeing of children and adolescents in Austria and the use of vaccination are influenced by migration background.
The data was extracted from the Austrian Health Survey 2014 (ATHIS 2014). It contains health-related information of 5,277 children and adolescents aged 0 to 17 years. The analysis was based on logistic regression models.
To stem from a migration background had no influence on the assessment of health or the assessment of complaints. Regarding vaccination, the results showed that the children of study participants born in non-EU foreign countries had twice the chance of being vaccinated as the children of Austria-born parents. No difference existed between the children of Austria-born parents and the children of parents born in non-EU countries.
The analysis suggests that children and adolescents with a migration background in Austria are not worse off in terms of their physical wellbeing and vaccination status than children without a migration background. Some thought should, however, be given to the fact that the notion of migration background refers to a heterogenic population. To analyse the risks and chances of children and adolescents from different migrant backgrounds, a more differentiated survey of their migrant background and social situation and a more differentiated survey of health parameters will be required.
本研究探讨奥地利儿童和青少年的健康状况以及疫苗接种的使用是否受到移民背景的影响。
数据取自2014年奥地利健康调查（ATHIS 2014）。它包含了5277名0至17岁儿童和青少年的健康相关信息。分析基于逻辑回归模型。
移民背景对健康评估或不适评估没有影响。关于疫苗接种，结果显示，在非欧盟外国出生的研究参与者的子女接种疫苗的几率是奥地利出生父母的子女的两倍。奥地利出生父母的子女与非欧盟国家出生父母的子女之间没有差异。
分析表明，在奥地利，有移民背景的儿童和青少年在身体健康和疫苗接种状况方面并不比没有移民背景的儿童差。然而，应该考虑到移民背景这一概念指的是一个异质群体。为了分析来自不同移民背景的儿童和青少年的风险和机会，将需要对他们的移民背景和社会状况进行更有差别的调查，以及对健康参数进行更有差别的调查。
