TY - JOUR AU - Syed, Hammad Raza AU - Dalgard, Odd Steffen AU - Dalen, Ingvild AU - Claussen, Bjørgulf AU - Hussain, Akthar AU - Selmer, Randi AU - Ahlberg, Nora PY - 2006 DA - 2006/07/10 TI - Psychosocial factors and distress: a comparison between ethnic Norwegians and ethnic Pakistanis in Oslo, Norway JO - BMC Public Health SP - 182 VL - 6 IS - 1 AB - In the Norwegian context, higher mental distress has been reported for the non-Western immigrants compared to the ethnic Norwegians and Western immigrants. This high level of distress is often related to different socio-economic conditions in this group. No efforts have been made earlier to observe the impact of changed psychosocial conditions on the state of mental distress of these immigrant communities due to the migration process. Therefore, the objective of the study was to investigate the association between psychological distress and psychosocial factors among Pakistani immigrants and ethnic Norwegians in Oslo, and to investigate to what extent differences in mental health could be explained by psychosocial and socioeconomic conditions. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-6-182 DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-6-182 ID - Syed2006 ER -