Agenda item 4.2 Task Force on migrants’ health ECHIM meeting - March 2010 Eurostat actions related to health indicators Agenda item 4.2 Task Force on migrants’ health Technical Group HIS – March 2011

Technical Group HIS – March 2011 ECHIM meeting - March 2010 Eurostat actions related to health indicators TF on migrants’ health Set up in 2009 Statistical information on migrants’ health and their access to health services scarce Purpose  collect information on if and how different countries collect information on migrants and migrants’ health preparatory work outline the situation in Europe stress issues which need to be solved /dealt with by a subsequent TF to provide methodological guidelines Technical Group HIS – March 2011

Technical Group HIS – March 2011 ECHIM meeting - March 2010 Eurostat actions related to health indicators Objectives of the TF Identification for each country Information collected at national level on migrants and migrants’ health Definition of migrants Special modules/questions/instruments for health problems or problems in accessing the health care system that are specific for migrants Questionnaires/interviewers in different languages Cross country studies, how MS deal with definitions and country specific characteristics of migrants  because of time pressure, the TF did not succeed in meeting the last aim Technical Group HIS – March 2011

Technical Group HIS – March 2011 ECHIM meeting - March 2010 Eurostat actions related to health indicators Overview drafted via a questionnaire Short questionnaire sent mid-May 2009 to each MS with the aim of compiling an inventory of whether and which population groups are distinguished between in HIS or other surveys including a health module 11 questions … 3 questions clarify whether and which population groups are distinguished in HIS (according to citizenship, country of birth, ethnicity, nationality, citizenship and country of birth of parents etc)  concrete definitions of those populations (specific instructions in the interview guidelines)  Yes in 13 MS (out of 23) Technical Group HIS – March 2011

Technical Group HIS – March 2011 ECHIM meeting - March 2010 Eurostat actions related to health indicators Overview drafted via a questionnaire 11 questions … Sampling design: possibility to oversample migrants (whatever the definition) / availability of a sampling frame  sampling frame available (citizenship, country of birth, country of residence)  few MS oversample Data analysis: definition of groups of population used for data analysis (i.e.migrant, foreigner, etc)  no separate study according to citizenship Technical Group HIS – March 2011

Technical Group HIS – March 2011 ECHIM meeting - March 2010 Eurostat actions related to health indicators Questionnaire 11 questions … Translation: questionnaires available in different languages (i.e. those spoken in the countries of origin of the most common groups present in the country)  No in most MS, yes if more than 1 official language, interpreters (EL, SE) Information in Census to distinguish different migrant groups Technical Group HIS – March 2011

Technical Group HIS – March 2011 ECHIM meeting - March 2010 Eurostat actions related to health indicators Conclusion of the TF and next step Need to develop and implement common and comparable definitions for migrants among EU MS Main problem: sample enough people to produce valid statistics Remaining question: need a special health module ? Eurostat TF on definition of migrants (info on country of birth of the parents) set up  recommendations prepared DGs more interested in regional aspects than in migrant aspects  no more work on migrants’ health Technical Group HIS – March 2011