Migration and its impact on mental and physical health: Social support and its main functions

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12110%2F14%3A43886985" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12110/14:43886985 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.kontakt.2014.05.007" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.kontakt.2014.05.007</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.kontakt.2014.05.007" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.kontakt.2014.05.007</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Migration and its impact on mental and physical health: Social support and its main functions

Original language description

Social support was one of the first factors identified as factors moderating the influence of adverse life events on psychic well-being and health of human. Social support is also an important factor in the process of the immigrants' integration (as a part of adaptation process) and at the same times also a significant determinant of their health. Immigrants constitute a vulnerable social group with specific health needs and their health condition is influenced by a lot of factors. The article submits asurvey of studies dealing with social support and its relation to the immigrants' mental and physic health and also to integration. The goal of this study is to describe functions of social support of immigrants, to monitor the connections between migration (and integration) and access to social support and the relation of social support to the immigrants' mental and physical health. Methodology of research activity: The source of information consisted of publications in databased journ

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AC - Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2014

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Kontakt (vědecký časopis ZSF JU)

ISSN

1212-4117

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

16

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

"e236"-"e241"

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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