Information Package / Course Catalogue
Immigration and Immigrant Health
Course Code: EBE643
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

Knowing the definitions and characteristics of migration and migrant health, and being able to define the difficulties and solution proposals in health service delivery.

Course Content

This course includes the definition of migration, its terms, types, reasons, the situation of immigrants in the world and in Turkiye, the health status of immigrants, the health problems of immigrant children and women, the problems faced by healthcare professionals in service delivery, and the analysis of solutions and examples.

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Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to define migration and its features
2.To be able to explain the migration situation in the world and in Turkiye
3.Explaining the health problems of immigrants
4.To be able to describe the health problems of migrant children
5.To be able to describe the health problems of migrant women
6.To be able to define the reproductive health problems of immigrant women and to offer suggestions for the solution of the problems.
7.To know the problems faced by health workers in the provision of services to immigrants.
8.To be able to create solutions for the problems faced by healthcare professionals in the provision of services to immigrants.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Adıgüzel, Y. (2019). Immigration Sociology. Istanbul: Nobel Publications
2.Baş, M., Molu, B., Gör, A., Tuna, H., Baş, İ. (2017). The effect of socio-cultural and economic change of migrant families on women's and children's lives. Journal of Human and Social Sciences Research, 6(3), 16801693.
3.Beine, M., Parsons, C. (2015). Climatic factors as determinants of international migration. Scand. J. Econ.117 (2), 723–767.
4.Bischoff, A. (2006). Caring for migrant and minority patients in European hospitals. A review of effective interventions. Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies: Neucha^tel; BJOG, 117:399–406.
5.Doğanay, H., Şahin, F., Özdemir, Ö. (2007). Feminist geography and women immigrants. Eastern Geography Journal, 12 (17), 7-16.
6.Fair, F., Raben, L., Watson, H., Vivilaki, V., Muijsenbergh, M., Soltani, H. (2020). Migrant women’s experiences of pregnancy, childbirth and maternity care in European countries: A systematic review. PLoS ONE 2020;15(2):e0228378. for PhD student outcomes in Nazi Germany. J. Polit. Econ. 118 (4), 787–831.
7.Freedman, J. (2016). Sexual and gender-based violence against refugee women: a hidden aspect of the refugee "crisis". Reproductive Health Matters, 24(47), 18-26.
8.Gonul, S. (2020). Forced Migration and Gender: Marriage Experiences of Syrian Women. Migration Studies in Turkey from a Gender Perspective.
9.International Organization for Migration. Global Migration Trends Factsheet (2015).https://publications.iom.int/system/files/global_migration_trends_ 2015_factsheet.pdf. Accessed 4 Feb 2017.
10.International Organization for Migration, IOM. (2018d-2019). Tu¨rkiye: Migration Crisis Operatinal Framework. Geneva: International Organization For Migration.
11.International Organization for Migration, IOM. (2009). Go¨c¸ Terimleri So¨zlu¨gˆu¨. Edt. Bu¨lent C¸ic¸ekli. Cenevre: Uluslararası Go¨c¸ O¨rgu¨tu¨
12.International Organization for Migration, IOM. (2018d-2019). Tu¨rkiye: Migration Crisis Operatinal Framework. Geneva: International Organization For Migration.
13.Islam, M.M., Gagnon, A.J. (2016). Use of reproductive health care services among urban migrant women in Bangladesh. BMC Women's Health, 16, 15.
14.World Health Organization: (2008). Resolutions and decisions, Annexes – document WHA61/2008/REC/1. Resolution 61.17: Health of Migrants. Geneva, Switzerland.
15.World Health Organization. ( 2018) Report on the health of refugees and migrants in the WHO European Region: No public health without refugee and migrant health. World Health Organization: Copenhagen.
16.World Health Organization. (2018). Improving the health care of pregnant refugee and migrant women and newborn children. Technical guidance.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Definition of migration, its types
Week 2 - Theoretical
Causes and features of migration
Week 3 - Theoretical
Immigration terminology
Week 4 - Theoretical
The situation of migration in the world and in Turkiye
Week 5 - Theoretical
Immigration reports
Week 6 - Theoretical
Immigration reports
Week 7 - Theoretical
Health status of immigrants
Week 8 - Theoretical
Health status of migrant children
Week 9 - Theoretical
Health status of migrant children
Week 10 - Theoretical
Health status of migrant women
Week 11 - Theoretical
Health status of migrant women
Week 12 - Theoretical
Difficulties and solutions of health workers in the provision of services to immigrants
Week 13 - Theoretical
Difficulties and solutions of health workers in the provision of services to immigrants
Week 14 - Theoretical
Difficulties and solutions of health workers in the provision of services to immigrants
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Assignment19211
Term Project110212
Midterm Examination110212
Final Examination110212
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)103
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