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Immigrant women's perceptions and experiences of health care services: insights from a focus group study
Wahrnehmungen und Erfahrungen von Migrantinnen mit dem Gesundheitswesen in Portugal: Erkenntnisse aus einer Fokus-Gruppen-Studie
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Abstract Aim: This study aimed to describe perceptions and experiences related to access and utilization of health care services of African and Brazilian immigrant women in Portugal. Subjects and methods: Six focus groups were conducted with 35 African and Brazilian women with low income and living in Lisbon... mehr
Aim: This study aimed to describe perceptions and experiences related to access and utilization of health care services of African and Brazilian immigrant women in Portugal. Subjects and methods: Six focus groups were conducted with 35 African and Brazilian women with low income and living in Lisbon, chosen through purposive sampling. Content analysis was undertaken through identification of themes and categories. Results: African and Brazilian women expressed different perceptions and patterns of use of health care services. Most participants pointed out several barriers to access and utilization of services related to legal issues, economic constraints or health professionals' attitudes. Conclusion: These results highlight the challenges to providing health care within a multicultural setting and the need to assure the provision of integrated and comprehensive health care services. Improving access to general health care is essential in order to minimize disadvantages from vulnerable subgroups, like immigrant women. Supporting better integration into the health system may lead to improved health outcomes.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Afrikaner; Gesundheit; Wahrnehmung; Gesundheitswesen; Frau; Erfahrung; Diskriminierung; Migrant; Benchmarking; sozioökonomische Faktoren; Einwanderung; Krankheit; Portugal; soziokulturelle Faktoren; Vergleich; Einstellung
Klassifikation
Migration
Gesundheitspolitik
Methode
empirisch-qualitativ; empirisch; empirisch-quantitativ
Freie Schlagwörter
Immigrant women; Perceptions; Experiences; Access and utilization of health care services
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2010
Seitenangabe
S. 489-496
Zeitschriftentitel
Journal of Public Health, 18 (2010) 5
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-010-0326-x
Status
Postprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)