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This review aims to systematically analyze how health interventions for migrants are framed within Foucauldian concepts.

July 11, 2026SocietiesOpen Access

Migration Health and the Foucauldian Framework: A Scoping Review

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Scoping review maps Foucauldian perspectives on migrant health interventions, highlighting critical gaps in the literature.

This review aims to systematically analyze how health interventions for migrants are framed within Foucauldian concepts.
Conducted a scoping review following PRISMA-ScR guidelines, searching databases like MEDLINE and Scopus.
Screened 115 unique records and assessed 56 full-text articles for eligibility, culminating in 37 studies included in the review.
Utilized qualitative research methods to synthesize thematic findings across various countries.
Identified four dominant analytic categories: biopolitical strategies, health literacy as governmentality, surveillance practices, and resistance in migration health.
Found that while biopolitical and governmentality frameworks are prevalent, concepts like care of the self are underutilized.
Highlighted that health literacy is often used implicitly as a normalizing technology without explicit theoretical exploration.

Σουλτάτου et al. (2026) studied this question.

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