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Evaluating Rural Health Disparities in Colombia: Identifying Barriers and Strategies to Advancing Refugee Health
Health disparities within rural communities, notably those affecting migrant and refugee populations, are well-documented. Refugees often grapple with high disease burdens and mortality rates due to limited access to primary healthcare and their vulnerable socio-economic and political situations. Th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10606581/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37887686 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20206948 |
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author | Diaz, John Taboada, Isabel Abreu, Adriana Vargas, Lara Polanco, Ysabel Zorrilla, Alex Beatty, Norman |
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description | Health disparities within rural communities, notably those affecting migrant and refugee populations, are well-documented. Refugees often grapple with high disease burdens and mortality rates due to limited access to primary healthcare and their vulnerable socio-economic and political situations. This issue is particularly acute in the rural areas around Medellin, Colombia, where the refugee influx exacerbates the existing public health challenges. Studies highlight a substantial gap between community needs and public health policies, resulting in inadequate healthcare access. Our study, utilizing the Delphi technique, aimed to identify common barriers and strategies to enhance rural healthcare for refugees. Through consensus-building with community leaders, we identified six primary barriers to healthcare access and five barriers to healthcare quality. Community leaders endorsed five strategies to address the access barriers and eight strategies to improve healthcare quality. This research provides valuable insights for optimizing resource allocation and designing effective support programs for these vulnerable populations. |
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spelling | pubmed-106065812023-10-28 Evaluating Rural Health Disparities in Colombia: Identifying Barriers and Strategies to Advancing Refugee Health Diaz, John Taboada, Isabel Abreu, Adriana Vargas, Lara Polanco, Ysabel Zorrilla, Alex Beatty, Norman Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Health disparities within rural communities, notably those affecting migrant and refugee populations, are well-documented. Refugees often grapple with high disease burdens and mortality rates due to limited access to primary healthcare and their vulnerable socio-economic and political situations. This issue is particularly acute in the rural areas around Medellin, Colombia, where the refugee influx exacerbates the existing public health challenges. Studies highlight a substantial gap between community needs and public health policies, resulting in inadequate healthcare access. Our study, utilizing the Delphi technique, aimed to identify common barriers and strategies to enhance rural healthcare for refugees. Through consensus-building with community leaders, we identified six primary barriers to healthcare access and five barriers to healthcare quality. Community leaders endorsed five strategies to address the access barriers and eight strategies to improve healthcare quality. This research provides valuable insights for optimizing resource allocation and designing effective support programs for these vulnerable populations. MDPI 2023-10-20 /pmc/articles/PMC10606581/ /pubmed/37887686 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20206948 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Diaz, John Taboada, Isabel Abreu, Adriana Vargas, Lara Polanco, Ysabel Zorrilla, Alex Beatty, Norman Evaluating Rural Health Disparities in Colombia: Identifying Barriers and Strategies to Advancing Refugee Health |
title | Evaluating Rural Health Disparities in Colombia: Identifying Barriers and Strategies to Advancing Refugee Health |
title_full | Evaluating Rural Health Disparities in Colombia: Identifying Barriers and Strategies to Advancing Refugee Health |
title_fullStr | Evaluating Rural Health Disparities in Colombia: Identifying Barriers and Strategies to Advancing Refugee Health |
title_full_unstemmed | Evaluating Rural Health Disparities in Colombia: Identifying Barriers and Strategies to Advancing Refugee Health |
title_short | Evaluating Rural Health Disparities in Colombia: Identifying Barriers and Strategies to Advancing Refugee Health |
title_sort | evaluating rural health disparities in colombia: identifying barriers and strategies to advancing refugee health |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10606581/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37887686 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20206948 |
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