The Occurrence of Diseases and Related Factors in a Center for Asylum Seekers in Italy

Abstract

Italy is the main recipient of asylum seekers in the European region, and Sicily is their first point of arrival. This geographical position creates a large job for Health Authorities to identify and deal with the health of immigrants. This study evaluates the prevalence of disease among asylum seekers, assessing which are associated factors.

Keywords

• mental health
• primary care
• preventive medicine
• depression and mood disorders
• anxiety disorders
• epidemiology
• duševno zdravje
• osnovno zdravstveno varstvo
• preventivno zdravstvo
• depresija in spremembe razpoloženja, tesnoba
• epidemiologija