Experiences with the medical and health systems for Somali refugees living in Hamilton

B Guerin, A Abdi, P Guerin - New Zealand Journal of …, 2003 - search.proquest.com
… towards medical services, the Somali refugees had many problems accessing the services
… lesser extent transportation and medical Costs. Language is an important consideration for …

Disparities in preventive health services among Somali immigrants and refugees

TB Morrison, ML Wieland, SS Cha, AS Rahman… - … and minority health, 2012 - Springer
… immigrant and refugee populations … services, it is clear that effective use of a medical
interpreter is necessary but not sufficient for completion of preventive health services among Somali

Use of health care services by Afghan, Iranian, and Somali refugees and asylum seekers living in The Netherlands

AAM Gerritsen, I Bramsen, W Deville… - … of Public Health, 2006 - academic.oup.com
… = 0.35 (95% CI 0.06–2.21) for respondents from Somalia; OR = 5.43 (95% CI 0.60–48.90) for
Somalia and Iran therefore seem to make less use of mental health services than refugees

Transforming the boundaries of health care: insights from Somali migrants

M Tiilikainen, PH Koehn - Medical Anthropology, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
… Legally admitted migrants are entitled and are expected to use the same health services as
… seek physical and mental health care through the primary care system of their commune. …

Somali immigrant women and the American health care system: discordant beliefs, divergent expectations, and silent worries

CL Pavlish, S Noor, J Brandt - Social science & medicine, 2010 - Elsevier
health disparities that Somali refugees experienced. Specifically, we examined factors that
influenced Somali women’s health … mental health status, health services utilization, and health

… and normalized absence'; understanding health related experiences and access to health care among Iraqi and Somali asylum seekers, refugees and persons without …

ML Fang, J Sixsmith, R Lawthom, I Mountian… - BMC public health, 2015 - Springer
… explores health and health care experiences of Somali and Iraqi asylum seekers, refugees
and … Therefore, we stress the need for future health services research to engage in more …

Ambiguous expectations and reduced confidence: experience of Somali refugees encountering Swedish health care

K Svenberg, C Skott, M Lepp - Journal of Refugee Studies, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Somali refugees and their experience of Swedish health care… , facilitating improved medical
and psychological care for this … using the health services for no real reason. They felt that the …

Somali refugee women's experiences and perceptions of western health care

A Njenga - Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
… Maternal health services are part of the pillars of a strong health care … The Somali refugee
women in this study also explained their perception that health care providers did not care

'A person of two countries'. Life and health in exile: Somali refugees in Sweden

K Svenberg, B Mattsson, C Skott - Anthropology & Medicine, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
… This paper examines the situation of Somali refugees living in a multicultural suburban area
… in relation to health and illness. Thirteen interviews with Somalis of different sexes and ages …

Knowledge and beliefs about health promotion and preventive health care among Somali women in the United States

J Carroll, R Epstein, K Fiscella, E Volpe… - Health care for …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Somali refugee women about their beliefs and experiences regarding health promotion and
common preventive health care … common US preventive health services, specifically cancer …