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Barriers for help-seeking refugee- and asylum seeker women with mental ill-health: A qualitative interview study
Swedish Red Cross University.
2023 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 40 credits / 60 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Barriärer för hjälpsökande flykting- och asylsökande kvinnor med psykisk ohälsa : En kvalitativ intervjustudie (Swedish)
Abstract [en]

Backround: Many patients from ethnic and minority groups have cultural needs and belief perceptions about health and care that differ from the mainstream population. To be able to cover the needs of the ongoing changing society in healthcare, does the nursing care professionals have awareness of the differences a patient’s cultural background is related to their health and how to help the patient in her new health related cultural environment.

Aim: To explore the barriers and obstacles that refugee and asylum seeking women are faced with when looking for healthcare for mental ill-health in Sweden.

Method: Qualitative in-depth interview study.

Results: The result-analysis generated seven themas which were seen as a barrier or obstacle to seek healthcare to mental ill-health among refugee and asylum seeking women in Sweden. Knowledge about Swedish healthcare, Access to the healthcare and language, Somatic health problems, Education level, Economic situation, Prioritizing things in relation to health, and Taboos, shame, and fear of stigma around mental ill-health.

Conclusions: This study shows that there are barriers and obstacles for refugee and asylum seeking women to seek healthcare for mental ill-health in Sweden. The study highlights the care professional’s knowledge cap about how to implement the law about care that cannot be delayed.

Abstract [sv]

Bakgrund: Många patienter från etniska grupper och minoritetsgrupper har kulturella behov och trossystem om vård och omsorg som skiljer sig från den vanliga befolkningen. För att kunna täcka behoven i det ständigt föränderliga samhället inom vården, behöver vårdpersonalen medvetenhet om skillnaderna mellan en patients kulturella bakgrund och deras hälsa och hur man kan hjälpa patienten i sin nya hälsorelaterade kulturmiljö. 

Syfte: Att utforska de barriärer och hinder som flykting- och asylsökande kvinnor ställs inför när de söker sjukvård för psykisk ohälsa i Sverige.

Metod: Kvalitativ djupintervjustudie. 

Resultat: Resultatanalysen genererade sju temas sågs som ett hinder för att söka sjukvård mot psykisk ohälsa bland flykting- och asylsökande kvinnor i Sverige. Kunskap om svensk sjukvård, Tillgång till sjukvården och språk, Somatiska hälsoproblem, Utbildningsnivå, Ekonomisk situation, Prioritering av saker i relation till hälsa samt Taboos, skam och rädsla av stigma kring psykisk ohälsa. 

Slutsatser: Denna studie visar att det finns hinder för flykting- och asylsökande kvinnor att söka sjukvård för psykisk ohälsa i Sverige. Studien belyser vårdpersonalens kunskapslucka om hur man ska implementera lagen om vård som inte kan anstå.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2023. , p. 51
Keywords [en]
asylum seeker women, help-seeking barriers, mental ill-health, refugee women, Sweden
Keywords [sv]
asylsökande kvinnor, flyktingkvinnor, hjälpsökande hinder, psykisk ohälsa, Sverige
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Psychiatry
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URN: urn:nbn:se:rkh:diva-4686OAI: oai:DiVA.org:rkh-4686DiVA, id: diva2:1807332
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Postgraduate Program in Specialist Nursing
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Available from: 2023-10-27 Created: 2023-10-25 Last updated: 2023-10-27Bibliographically approved

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