作者
Daniel Terry, Mohammed Ali, Quynh Lê
发表日期
2011/12
期刊
Australian Journal of Rural Health
卷号
19
期号
6
页码范围
318-323
出版商
Blackwell Publishing Asia
简介
Objectives: The study was designed to explore the lived experience of Asian migrants' health care‐seeking behaviour in Tasmania, to discern the acculturation process by which Asian migrants are enabled to use the health system and to identify strategies, which assist migrants to understand and use the health system better.
Methods: Qualitative research was adopted. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 36 Asian migrants residing in North, South and North West Tasmania, which were recruited through purposive sampling.
Results: Six main themes emerged from the interviews: the acculturation process, interactions with the health care system, access issues, culturally appropriate health care, positive health care in Tasmania and suggestions for improving health care.
Conclusions: The findings indicated that Asian migrants' views affected their health care‐seeking behaviours because of the …
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D Terry, M Ali, Q Lê - Australian Journal of Rural Health, 2011