First published: Ethnicity, race and health in multicultural societies, 2007.

1. Introduction: the concepts of ethnicity and race in health and their implications in the context of international migration 2. Terminology and classifications for migrant, ethnic, and racial groups: the centrality of census and population registers 3. Challenges of collecting and interpreting data using the concepts of migration, ethnicity, and race 4. Historical development of health and health-care services for migrant, racial, and ethnic minorities 5. Assessing the health and health-care needs of migrant, racial, and ethnic minorities using quantitative and qualitative data 6. Inequalities, inequities, and disparities in health and health care by migration status, race, and ethnicity 7. Principles for setting priorities for the health and health care of migrants and racial and ethnic minorities 8. Policy and strategy to improve health and health care for migrants and minority racial and ethnic groups 9. Research on and with minority migrant, racial, and ethnic groups: Past, present, and future 10. Theoretical, ethical, and future-oriented perspectives on health, migration status, race, and ethnicity 11. Appendix: Terminology, categories, and censuses in Canada, Brazil, India, Australia, Fiji, Mauritius, South Africa, and Singapore.

The globalization of trade and increasing international travel and migration poses huge challenges for health practitioners and policy makers who have to meet legal and policy obligations to provide health care of equal quality and effectiveness for all. Migration, Ethnicity, Race, and Health in Multicultural Societies provides an accessible introduction to the complex issues of race, ethnicity and minority populations. The book explains the process of migration and the uses and misuses of the key concepts of race and ethnicity, illustrating their strengths and weaknesses in epidemiology, policy making, health service planning, research, health care and health promotion.