La santé physique, mentale et les comportements de santé des adolescents immigrants de première génération.
(2007) Archives de pédiatrie — Vol. 14, n° 8, p. 1020-1027 (2007)
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- The objectives of this article are to: a) review literature about physical, mental health and behaviors of first generation immigrant adolescents and its evolution; b) compare first and second generations immigrant adolescents'health. Studies usually compare first generation and others adolescents groups: 1) first generation adolescents shows better physical health and behaviors than second generation; 2) first generation adolescents shows variable results for mental health compared to second generation and host adolescents according to the studies; 3) a degradation of physical health and behaviors is observed with the time passed in the host country. These results show necessity of a precocious evaluation of first generation adolescents' needs for a good planification of health promotion and prevention actions to preserve their health advantage at arrival.
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Renard, F., & Deccache, A. (2007). La santé physique, mentale et les comportements de santé des adolescents immigrants de première génération. Archives de pédiatrie, 14(8), 1020-1027. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arcped.2007.02.095 (Original work published 2007)