“Where to find those doctors?” A qualitative study on barriers and facilitators in access to and utilization of health care services by Polish migrants in Norway
dc.contributor.author | Czapka, Elżbieta Anna | |
dc.contributor.author | Sagbakken, Mette | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-09-02T13:46:25Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-04-06T09:43:50Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-09-02T13:46:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-04-06T09:43:50Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-09-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | BMC Health Services Research 2016, 16:460 | language |
dc.identifier.issn | 1472-6963 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10642/4691 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Poles constitute the largest group of migrants in Norway. Research confirms a steady inflow and a minimal outflow of Polish migrants. One of the key aspects of migrants ’ structural integration is access to health care services. This study explored barriers to and facilitators of Polish migrants ’ access to Norwegian health care services. Methods: A qualitative interview-based study was carri ed out between November 2013 and July 2014. The study is part of a larger, ongoing mixed-method study of Polish migrants ’ access to health care services in Norway. Semi-structured interviews were con ducted with 19 Polish migrants in Oslo. The interviews were transcribed, coded, and analyzed. Thematic analysis was performed to identify barriers and facilitators related to the use of Norwegianhealthcareservices. Results: Migrants experienced several barriers to and facilita tors of access to health care services in Norway. The barriers most often mentioned were problems resulting from insufficient command of the language, related communication problems, and lack of knowledge about navigating the Norwegian health care system. Other barriers related to the organization of the health care system, perceptions of doctors ’ skills and practices, and attitudes among health personnel. Factors such as having a Polish social network, meeting friendly health personnel, and perceptions of equal treatment of all patients, facilitated access to and use of health care services. Conclusions: The study shows that there are both system- and p atient-related barrier s to and facilitators of migrants ’ access to health services in Norway. These findin gs suggest that successful inclusion of migrants into the Norwegian health system requires regular evalua tion of access and utilization of health care services | language |
dc.language.iso | en | language |
dc.publisher | BioMed Central | language |
dc.rights | © 2016 The Author(s). Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. | language |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.subject | Polish migrants | language |
dc.subject | Health services | language |
dc.subject | Barriers | language |
dc.subject | Facilitators | language |
dc.title | “Where to find those doctors?” A qualitative study on barriers and facilitators in access to and utilization of health care services by Polish migrants in Norway | language |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | language |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.date.updated | 2016-09-02T13:46:25Z | |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | language |
dc.identifier.doi | http://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1715-9 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1377708 |
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