This publication summarises in the first part findings generated by the study "Monitoring on the migrant population's state of health in Switzerland (GMM)", which was carried out in 2004 on the basis of the Swiss health survey. The second part of the publication presents the main results deriving from a data analysis of the GMM data which seeks to identify the factors responsible for the migrants' frequently poorer health situation.

54 pages

Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH)

2007