Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) surveillance as part of the 2010–2011 Demographic and Health Survey in Burkina Faso. There is a need to put social policies in place to secure access to resources, health care and social services for all migrants, with or without authorized status.Abstract : Objective To estimate population-wide hepatitis B and C seroprevalence using dried blood spot samples acquired for human Our study also suggests a high rate of unmet health care needs among migrants with precarious status, a situation that is correlated with poor self-perceived health. Conclusions In our study, almost half of immigrants without health insurance perceived their health as negative, much higher than reports of negative self-perceived health in previous Canadian studies (8.5% among recent immigrants, 19.8% among long-term immigrants, and 10.6% among Canadian-born). Some variables that are associated with negative self-perceived health varied according to gender: region of birth, lower formal education, having a family income that does not meet needs perfectly/very well, insalubrious housing, not knowing someone who could be asked for money, and having ever received a medical diagnosis. Those who were more likely to perceive their health as negative were those: with no diploma/primary/secondary education (age-adjusted odds ratio : 2.49 or with a college diploma (AOR: 2.41, p = 0.008) or met their needs fairly (AOR: 4.70, p = 0.025) with no one whom they could ask for money (AOR: 1.60, p = 0.03) with perception of racism (AOR: 1.58, p = 0.045) with a feeling of psychological distress (AOR: 2.17, p = 0.001) with unmet health care needs (AOR: 3.45, p<0.001) or with a health issue in the past 12 months (AOR: 3.44, p<0.001). Factors associated with negative self-perceived health were assessed using logistic regression. The proportion of respondents reporting negative (bad/fair) self-perception of health was 44.8%: 36.1% among migrants with authorized legal status and 54.4% among those with unauthorized status (statistically significant difference p<0.001).

The median age was 37 years (range:18-87). 53.9% were categorized as having temporary legal status in Canada and 46% were without authorized status. A questionnaire focusing on sociodemographic, socioeconomic and psychosocial characteristics, social determinants, health needs and access to health care, and health self-perception was administered to 806 individuals: 54.1% were recruited in urban spaces and 45.9% in a health clinic. Migrants without health insurance (18+) were sampled through venue-based recruitment, snowball strategy and media announcements. Methods and findings Between June 2016 and September 2017, we performed a cross-sectional survey of uninsured migrants in Montreal, Quebec.

This is the first large empirical study that examines the social determinants of self-perceived health of MPS who are uninsured and residing in Montreal. temporary foreign workers, visitors, international students) and/or unauthorized status (out of legal status, i.e. MPS refer to immigrants with authorized but temporary legal status (i.e. Background Knowledge about the health impacts of the absence of health insurance for migrants with precarious status (MPS) in Canada is scarce.

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