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Oliver Razum is affiliated with Bielefeld University in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Health Professions, Medicine, and Psychology, with notable contributions in General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health.

Their main research topics focus on Migration, Health and Trauma, Health and Medical Studies, Health and Conflict Studies, Health Disparities and Outcomes, Employment and Welfare Studies, Child and Adolescent Health, and COVID-19 and Mental Health.

Oliver Razum has published extensively in various academic venues. The most frequent publication outlets include the European Journal of Public Health, Public Health Reviews, BMC Public Health, Das Gesundheitswesen, and Frontiers in Public Health.

Recent papers by Oliver Razum encompass:

  • COVID-19 in Germany and China: mitigation versus elimination strategy, 2021, Global Health Action
  • Why Othering should be considered in research on health inequalities: Theoretical perspectives and research needs, 2022, SSM - Population Health
  • Measurement of gender as a social determinant of health in epidemiology-A scoping review, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Public health-relevant consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on malaria in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review, 2021, Malaria Journal
  • Guidance for Health Care Leaders During the Recovery Stage of the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021, JAMA Network Open

Oliver Razum frequently collaborates with several scholars. Their coauthors include Lisa Wandschneider, Céline Miani, Odile Sauzet, Yudit Namer, and Stephanie Batram-Zantvoort.

Best Publications

  • Low overall mortality of Turkish residents in Germany persists and extends into a second generation: merely a healthy migrant effect?

    O Razum;H Zeeb;H S Akgün;S Yilmaz

  • What do we have to know from migrants' past exposures to understand their health status? a life course approach

    Jacob Spallek;Hajo Zeeb;Oliver Razum

  • Mindestindikatorensatz zur Erfassung des Migrationsstatus

    L. Schenk;A.-M. Bau;T. Borde;J. Butler

  • The ‘healthy migrant effect’–not merely a fallacy of inaccurate denominator figures

    Oliver Razum;Hajo Zeeb;Sabine Rohrmann

  • Effect of Restricting Access to Health Care on Health Expenditures among Asylum-Seekers and Refugees: A Quasi-Experimental Study in Germany, 1994–2013

    Kayvan Bozorgmehr;Oliver Razum

  • Mindestindikatorensatz zur Erfassung des Migrationsstatus - Empfehlungen für die epidemiologische Praxis

    Liane Schenk;Anne-Madeleine Bau;Theda Borde;J. Butler

  • Migration und Gesundheit. Schwerpunktbericht der Gesundheitsberichterstattung.

    Oliver Razum;Hajo Zeeb;Uta Meesmann;Liane Schenk

  • Cancer risk diversity in non-western migrants to Europe: An overview of the literature

    Miranda Arnold;Oliver Razum;Jan Willem Coebergh

  • Time travel with Oliver Twist--towards an explanation foa a paradoxically low mortality among recent immigrants.

    Oliver Razum;Dorothee Twardella

  • Aging and health among migrants in a European perspective.

    Maria Kristiansen;Oliver Razum;Hürrem Tezcan-Güntekin;Allan Krasnik

  • Pathways between perceived discrimination and health among immigrants: evidence from a large national panel survey in Germany

    Reinhard Schunck;Katharina Reiss;Oliver Razum

  • Commentary: Of salmon and time travellers—musing on the mystery of migrant mortality

    Oliver Razum

  • Routine screening for intrauterine growth retardation in Germany: low sensitivity and questionable benefit for diagnosed cases.

    Albrecht Jahn;Oliver Razum;Peter Berle

  • Deteriorating health satisfaction among immigrants from Eastern Europe to Germany

    Ulrich Ronellenfitsch;Oliver Razum

  • Health, Wealth or Family Ties? Why Turkish Work Migrants Return from Germany

    Oliver Razum;Nuriye N. Sahin-Hodoglugil;Karin Polit

  • Die gesundheitliche Versorgungssituation von Asylsuchenden

    Kayvan Bozorgmehr;Stefan Nöst;Heidrun M. Thaiss;Oliver Razum

  • Suicide among immigrants in Europe—a systematic literature review

    Jacob Spallek;Anna Reeske;Marie Norredam;Signe Smith Nielsen

  • Incidence of hypertension and its risk factors in rural Kerala, India: A community-based cohort study

    T. Sathish;S. Kannan;P. S. Sarma;Oliver Razum

  • Advanced cervical dilatation as a predictor for low emergency cesarean delivery: a comparison between migrant and non-migrant Primiparae - secondary analysis in Berlin, Germany.

    Jürgen Breckenkamp;Eileen Marie Läcke;Wolfgang Henrich;Theda Borde

  • How useful is a name-based algorithm in health research among Turkish migrants in Germany?

    Oliver Razum;Hajo Zeeb;Seval Akgün

  • Utilization and effectiveness of medical rehabilitation in foreign nationals residing in Germany

    Patrick Brzoska;Sven Voigtländer;Jacob Spallek;Jacob Spallek;Oliver Razum

Frequent Co-Authors

Hajo Zeeb
Hajo Zeeb Leibniz Association
Catherine Kyobutungi
Catherine Kyobutungi Heidelberg University
Thomas Lampert
Thomas Lampert Robert Koch Institute
Wolfgang Greiner
Wolfgang Greiner Bielefeld University
Benjamin Hawkins
Benjamin Hawkins University of Cambridge
Holger Pfaff
Holger Pfaff University of Cologne
Devi Sridhar
Devi Sridhar University of Edinburgh
Ilona Kickbusch
Ilona Kickbusch Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Nicholas Freudenberg
Nicholas Freudenberg City University of New York
Marie Norredam
Marie Norredam University of Copenhagen

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