| Аннотация | The goal of the paper is to assess the possible impact of international labor immigration on the prevalence of the following diseases which are dangerous to others: HIV, active tuberculosis, syphilis,
drug addiction, enterobiosis, pediculosis, acute and chronic viral hepatitis B and C in Russia’s regions. We analyze the works on the impact of migration on the health of the population of the host territory.
The main research methods that we use include econometric and correlation analysis. We construct panel models for each of the diseases. The models test various socio-economic indicators (including
education level, cash income, housing improvement and the incidence of alcoholism), as well as climatic, geographical and demographic indicators. In order to calculate the indicators characterizing the level of labor immigration in the regions we use Rosstat data on the legal employment of foreign citizens in the regions of the Russian Federation and on the number of foreign citizens who arrived in Russia. The
study has shown that of all the diseases considered, immigration can only have an impact on the spread of drug addiction. This issue needs further study. As far as infectious diseases are concerned, labor
immigration does not affect the level of morbidity detected in the regions. As a rule, these diseases are associated with poor sanitary and socio-economic conditions (tuberculosis, syphilis and enterobiosis);
on the other hand, there are big problems concerning their detection, and the real level of morbidity in the country is unknown (HIV and viral hepatitis). We also reveal a significant statistical correlation
between the groups of diseases: 1) drug addiction, HIV, active tuberculosis, acute viral hepatitis and 2) alcoholism, syphilis, chronic viral hepatitis. |
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