Vulnerabilidade social e seus efeitos na saúde das crianças imigrantes residentes em Portugal

This project emerges from the Pos-Doctoral Program in Integral Human Development at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, in a continuity and complementarity of the work that has been undertaken by the researcher in populations in early stages of life. In this case it is particularized in migrant children. It emerges from the plot between the social, cultural, and ethnic diversity of the migrant population and the disparities in health, and the impact of social inequalities in access to health care by the immigrant child. Based on a mixed methodology, it seeks to reach current and weakly explored knowledge in Health. It is, therefore, a work that intends to meet the gaps in comprehensive care for children and their needs in meeting what is the universal right of access to health care, dignity, and equality for all. It aims also to characterize the patterns of health surveillance, care and access to health services and social support, resilience, well-being and quality of life, by a sample of immigrant parents living in Portugal. Ultimately this work seeks to add new insights, act in improving health equality towards a more holistic, integral, human and humanized care.

Social vulnerability; Health; Migration; Children