Socioeconomic Determinants of Cardiovascular Diseases, Obesity, and Diabetes among Migrants in the United Kingdom: A Systematic Review

Sanda Umar Ismail, Evans Atiah Asamane, Hibbah Araba Osei-Kwasi and Daniel Boateng
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Sanda Umar Ismail: School of Health and Social Wellbeing, University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK
Evans Atiah Asamane: Institute of Applied Health, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2SQ, UK
Hibbah Araba Osei-Kwasi: Department of Geography, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 4DP, UK
Daniel Boateng: University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 5, 1-20

Abstract: There has been little agreement on the role that socioeconomic factors play in the aetiology of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), obesity, and diabetes among migrants in the United Kingdom (UK). We systematically reviewed the existing evidence on this association to contribute to filling this gap in the literature. Two reviewers were involved at each stage of the review process to ensure validity. We comprehensively searched through several electronic databases and grey literature sources to identify potentially eligible papers for our review. We extracted data from our finally included studies and appraised the methodological rigour of our studies. A narrative synthesis approach was used to synthesise and interpret the extracted data. We sieved through 2485 records identified from our search and finally obtained 10 studies that met our inclusion criteria. The findings of this review show that there is a trend towards an association between socioeconomic factors and CVDs, diabetes, and obesity among migrants in the UK. However, the picture was more complex when specific socioeconomic variables and migrant subgroups were analysed. The evidence for this association is inconclusive and its causal relationship remains speculative. There is, therefore, the need for further research to understand the exact association between socioeconomic factors and CVD, diabetes, and obesity among migrants in the UK.

Keywords: socioeconomic; migrant; cardiovascular disease; obesity; diabetes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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