Health, Health Literacy and Health Socialisation in Swiss Families with Young Children and a Latin American Migration Background

Author(s) : Uwe H. Bittlingmayer, Zeynep Islertas, Elias Sahrai, Stefanie Harsch, Isabella Bertschi, Diana Sahrai

Source : https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-42348-3_8

Abstract:

The topic of immigration or migration has been regularly in the spotlight in Switzerland, too, and is characterised by ambivalences. On the one hand, there are repeated country-wide discourses and mass media productions about cultural differences, different values, especially with regard to gender relations, and questions about social integration into the country with its strong federalist democratic tradition. Debates that became known far beyond the borders of Switzerland were the so-called minaret ban (NZZ, https://www.nzz.ch/zunehmende_empoerung_ueber_minarett-verbot-1.4089840#register, 2009), the ban on face coverings (so-called “burqa ban”) introduced in individual cantons since 2016 (Krummenacher, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 2017), and the large-scale discussion about the correct observance of school welcoming rituals (Gerny, https://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/aktuelle-themen/religionsfreiheit-haendedruck-wird-in-baselland-zur-pflicht-ld.84599, 2016).