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Qualitative experiences of primary health care and social care professionals with refugee-like migrants and former quota refugees in New Zealand.
- Source :
- Australian Journal of Primary Health; 2021, Vol. 27 Issue 5, p391-396, 6p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Former quota refugees are known to have higher health and social care needs than the general population in resettlement countries. However, migrants with a refugee-like background (refugee-like migrants) in New Zealand are not currently offered systematic government-sponsored induction or health services. This study explored the experiences of New Zealand health and social care providers in general practice. Staff at two Wellington region general practices with known populations of refugee-like migrants and former quota refugees were approached to participate in an exploratory qualitative study. Semistructured audio-recorded interviews and focus groups were undertaken. Deductive and inductive analyses were used to identify key themes. Twelve interviews were undertaken with professionals with backgrounds in clinical pharmacy, cross-cultural work, general practice medicine, primary care nursing, reception and social work. Key themes from the interviews were communication challenges, organisational structure and teamwork, considerations to best meet core health and support needs, and the value of contextual knowledge. Healthcare workers perceived many similarities between working with refugee-like migrants and working with former quota refugees. Even though communication challenges were addressed, there were still barriers affecting the delivery of core health and support services. Primary care practices should focus on organisational structure to provide high-quality, contextually informed, interprofessional team-based health and social care. Migrants, especially family members of former refugees, may have similar health and social experiences to former refugees. Health and social care professionals should take these experiences into account when planning and providing care. Little is known about how professionals specifically interact with such migrants, so we examined the experiences of primary care professionals, finding key themes for successful care. This expands on research into the health of former refugees, emphasising the importance of also considering the health needs of migrating family. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- RESEARCH
TEAMS in the workplace
PROFESSIONAL ethics
MEDICAL quality control
HEALTH services accessibility
FOCUS groups
PROFESSIONS
NOMADS
PSYCHOLOGY of refugees
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
WORK
SOCIAL workers
FAMILY medicine
RESEARCH methodology
COMMUNICATION barriers
ORGANIZATIONAL structure
MEDICAL personnel
INTERVIEWING
TRANSCULTURAL medical care
MEDICAL care
UNLICENSED medical personnel
PRIMARY health care
QUALITATIVE research
SOCIAL boundaries
EXPERIENTIAL learning
INTERPROFESSIONAL relations
RESEARCH funding
THEMATIC analysis
PSYCHOLOGY of immigrants
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14487527
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Australian Journal of Primary Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 153245002
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1071/PY20285