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Access to medicines by child refugees in the East Midlands region of England: a cross-sectional study
OBJECTIVES: To explore access to primary healthcare and drug therapy by refugee children in the East Midlands region of England. DESIGN: Interviews with refugees with children and a control group of British parents with children. SETTING: East Midlands region of England. PARTICIPANTS: 50 refugees wi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4275676/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25524546 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006421 |
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author | Alkahtani, S Cherrill, J Millward, C Grayson, K Hilliam, R Sammons, H Choonara, I |
author_facet | Alkahtani, S Cherrill, J Millward, C Grayson, K Hilliam, R Sammons, H Choonara, I |
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description | OBJECTIVES: To explore access to primary healthcare and drug therapy by refugee children in the East Midlands region of England. DESIGN: Interviews with refugees with children and a control group of British parents with children. SETTING: East Midlands region of England. PARTICIPANTS: 50 refugees with children and a control group of 50 parents with children. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Number of medicines used by children in the last month and the past 6 months. Health of parents and children. Registration with a general practitioner (GP). RESULTS: All families in both groups were registered with a GP. There was no difference in the number of children in the two groups experiencing illnesses .In the last month, 30 refugee children received 60 medicines and 31 control children 63 medicines. In the past 6 months, 48 refugee children received 108 medicines and 43 control children 96 medicines. There was no difference between the two groups of children in relation to the likelihood of receiving any medicines in either the last month (P=0.839) or the past 6 months (p=0.81). Children in the refugee group were more likely to receive prescribed medicines for the last month (p=0.008) and the past 6 months (p<0.001). They were also less likely to receive over the counter (OTC) medicines in the past 6 months (p=0.009). CONCLUSIONS: The refugee children in this study in the East Midlands had access to primary healthcare, medicines and a family doctor. They were more likely to receive prescribed medicines and less likely to receive OTC medicines, especially paracetamol. |
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spelling | pubmed-42756762014-12-31 Access to medicines by child refugees in the East Midlands region of England: a cross-sectional study Alkahtani, S Cherrill, J Millward, C Grayson, K Hilliam, R Sammons, H Choonara, I BMJ Open Paediatrics OBJECTIVES: To explore access to primary healthcare and drug therapy by refugee children in the East Midlands region of England. DESIGN: Interviews with refugees with children and a control group of British parents with children. SETTING: East Midlands region of England. PARTICIPANTS: 50 refugees with children and a control group of 50 parents with children. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Number of medicines used by children in the last month and the past 6 months. Health of parents and children. Registration with a general practitioner (GP). RESULTS: All families in both groups were registered with a GP. There was no difference in the number of children in the two groups experiencing illnesses .In the last month, 30 refugee children received 60 medicines and 31 control children 63 medicines. In the past 6 months, 48 refugee children received 108 medicines and 43 control children 96 medicines. There was no difference between the two groups of children in relation to the likelihood of receiving any medicines in either the last month (P=0.839) or the past 6 months (p=0.81). Children in the refugee group were more likely to receive prescribed medicines for the last month (p=0.008) and the past 6 months (p<0.001). They were also less likely to receive over the counter (OTC) medicines in the past 6 months (p=0.009). CONCLUSIONS: The refugee children in this study in the East Midlands had access to primary healthcare, medicines and a family doctor. They were more likely to receive prescribed medicines and less likely to receive OTC medicines, especially paracetamol. BMJ Publishing Group 2014-12-18 /pmc/articles/PMC4275676/ /pubmed/25524546 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006421 Text en Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
spellingShingle | Paediatrics Alkahtani, S Cherrill, J Millward, C Grayson, K Hilliam, R Sammons, H Choonara, I Access to medicines by child refugees in the East Midlands region of England: a cross-sectional study |
title | Access to medicines by child refugees in the East Midlands region of England: a cross-sectional study |
title_full | Access to medicines by child refugees in the East Midlands region of England: a cross-sectional study |
title_fullStr | Access to medicines by child refugees in the East Midlands region of England: a cross-sectional study |
title_full_unstemmed | Access to medicines by child refugees in the East Midlands region of England: a cross-sectional study |
title_short | Access to medicines by child refugees in the East Midlands region of England: a cross-sectional study |
title_sort | access to medicines by child refugees in the east midlands region of england: a cross-sectional study |
topic | Paediatrics |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4275676/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25524546 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006421 |
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