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Access to Healthcare for Immigrant Children in Canada
Immigrants experience poorer health outcomes than nonimmigrants in Canada for several reasons. A central contributing factor to poor health outcomes for immigrants is access to healthcare. Previous research on access to healthcare for immigrants has largely focused on the experience of immigrant adu...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7246832/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32397618 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17093320 |
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author | Salami, Bukola Mason, Alleson Salma, Jordana Yohani, Sophie Amin, Maryam Okeke-Ihejirika, Philomena Ladha, Tehseen |
author_facet | Salami, Bukola Mason, Alleson Salma, Jordana Yohani, Sophie Amin, Maryam Okeke-Ihejirika, Philomena Ladha, Tehseen |
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description | Immigrants experience poorer health outcomes than nonimmigrants in Canada for several reasons. A central contributing factor to poor health outcomes for immigrants is access to healthcare. Previous research on access to healthcare for immigrants has largely focused on the experience of immigrant adults. The purpose of this study was to investigate how immigrants access health services for their children in Alberta, Canada. Our study involved a descriptive qualitative design. Upon receiving ethics approval from the University of Alberta Research Ethics Board, we invited immigrant parents to participate in this study. We interviewed 50 immigrant parents, including 17 fathers and 33 mothers. Interviews were audio recorded, transcribed, and analyzed according to the themes that emerged. Findings reveal that systemic barriers contributed to challenges in accessing healthcare for immigrant children. Participants identified several of these barriers—namely, system barriers, language and cultural barriers, relationship with health professionals, and financial barriers. These barriers can be addressed by policymakers and service providers by strengthening the diversity of the workforce, addressing income as a social determinant of health, and improving access to language interpretation services. |
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spelling | pubmed-72468322020-06-10 Access to Healthcare for Immigrant Children in Canada Salami, Bukola Mason, Alleson Salma, Jordana Yohani, Sophie Amin, Maryam Okeke-Ihejirika, Philomena Ladha, Tehseen Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Immigrants experience poorer health outcomes than nonimmigrants in Canada for several reasons. A central contributing factor to poor health outcomes for immigrants is access to healthcare. Previous research on access to healthcare for immigrants has largely focused on the experience of immigrant adults. The purpose of this study was to investigate how immigrants access health services for their children in Alberta, Canada. Our study involved a descriptive qualitative design. Upon receiving ethics approval from the University of Alberta Research Ethics Board, we invited immigrant parents to participate in this study. We interviewed 50 immigrant parents, including 17 fathers and 33 mothers. Interviews were audio recorded, transcribed, and analyzed according to the themes that emerged. Findings reveal that systemic barriers contributed to challenges in accessing healthcare for immigrant children. Participants identified several of these barriers—namely, system barriers, language and cultural barriers, relationship with health professionals, and financial barriers. These barriers can be addressed by policymakers and service providers by strengthening the diversity of the workforce, addressing income as a social determinant of health, and improving access to language interpretation services. MDPI 2020-05-10 2020-05 /pmc/articles/PMC7246832/ /pubmed/32397618 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17093320 Text en © 2020 by the authors. 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 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Salami, Bukola Mason, Alleson Salma, Jordana Yohani, Sophie Amin, Maryam Okeke-Ihejirika, Philomena Ladha, Tehseen Access to Healthcare for Immigrant Children in Canada |
title | Access to Healthcare for Immigrant Children in Canada |
title_full | Access to Healthcare for Immigrant Children in Canada |
title_fullStr | Access to Healthcare for Immigrant Children in Canada |
title_full_unstemmed | Access to Healthcare for Immigrant Children in Canada |
title_short | Access to Healthcare for Immigrant Children in Canada |
title_sort | access to healthcare for immigrant children in canada |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7246832/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32397618 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17093320 |
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