Health in Swedish integration policies - a discourse analysis.

IF 1.3 4区医学 Q4 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

International Journal of Circumpolar Health Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-02-06 DOI:10.1080/22423982.2025.2463193

Sara Svanholm, Heidi Carlerby, Eija Viitasara

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Abstract

Previous research has indicated that migrants risk facing inequities both internationally and in Sweden; integration policies are therefore important to study. How health is described in policies affects how health interventions are approached. Discourse analysis offers a way of understanding how health is framed within the integration policies affecting newly arrived migrants in Sweden. The aim was to analyse the health discourses used in Swedish and European Union (EU) integration policies. A discourse analysis, inspired by Fairclough, was performed on integration policies related to Sweden, at local, regional, national and EU levels. The policies of the Establishment Program, which focuses on newly arrived migrants (refugees, persons of subsidiary protection and their relatives who arrived through family reunification), were chosen for the analysis, and 17 documents were analysed in total. The analysis of the documents showed how the health discourses were expressed in the form of the medicalisation of health, the individualisation of health and the risk of ill health. A pathogenic approach to health was visible in the policies and individual disease prevention or rehabilitation was the main health focus. The results showed similarities to previous research highlighting how a particular understanding of health in a neoliberal context is formed.

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瑞典一体化政策中的健康问题——话语分析。

先前的研究表明，移民在国际上和瑞典都面临不平等的风险；因此，研究一体化政策是很重要的。政策中如何描述卫生影响到如何采取卫生干预措施。话语分析提供了一种理解健康如何被纳入影响瑞典新移民的融合政策的方法。目的是分析瑞典和欧洲联盟（欧盟）一体化政策中使用的卫生话语。受费尔克劳的启发，对瑞典在地方、区域、国家和欧盟层面的一体化政策进行了话语分析。以新抵达移民（难民、附属保护人及其通过家庭团聚抵达的亲属）为重点的定居方案政策被选为分析对象，总共分析了17份文件。对这些文件的分析表明，健康论述是如何以健康医疗化、健康个体化和健康不良风险的形式表达的。在各项政策中可以看到对保健采取致病办法，个人疾病的预防或康复是保健的主要重点。研究结果与之前的研究相似，强调了新自由主义背景下对健康的特定理解是如何形成的。

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International Journal of Circumpolar Health 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

CiteScore

2.10

自引率

15.40%

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审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： The International Journal of Circumpolar Health is published by Taylor & Francis on behalf of the Circumpolar Health Research Network [CircHNet]. The journal follows the tradition initiated by its predecessor, Arctic Medical Research. The journal specializes in circumpolar health. It provides a forum for many disciplines, including the biomedical sciences, social sciences, and humanities as they relate to human health in high latitude environments. The journal has a particular interest in the health of indigenous peoples. It is a vehicle for dissemination and exchange of knowledge among researchers, policy makers, practitioners, and those they serve. International Journal of Circumpolar Health welcomes Original Research Articles, Review Articles, Short Communications, Book Reviews, Dissertation Summaries, History and Biography, Clinical Case Reports, Public Health Practice, Conference and Workshop Reports, and Letters to the Editor.