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Medical Facilities for Refugees in Europe: Creating a Consultation for Resettled Syrian Families

The wave of migration that has hit Europe in recent years has led to several changes in the organization of asylum systems and medical care provided to migrants. Previous studies indicate that asylum seekers and refugees face multiple barriers in accessing health care. For that reason, adapted struc...

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Autores principales: El Ghaziri, Nahema, Blaser, Jeremie, Malebranche, Mary, Pahud-Vermeulen, Brigitte, Gyuriga, Teresa, Suris, Joan-Carles, Gehri, Mario, Bodenmann, Patrick
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8662520/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34901053
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2021.728878
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author El Ghaziri, Nahema
Blaser, Jeremie
Malebranche, Mary
Pahud-Vermeulen, Brigitte
Gyuriga, Teresa
Suris, Joan-Carles
Gehri, Mario
Bodenmann, Patrick
author_facet El Ghaziri, Nahema
Blaser, Jeremie
Malebranche, Mary
Pahud-Vermeulen, Brigitte
Gyuriga, Teresa
Suris, Joan-Carles
Gehri, Mario
Bodenmann, Patrick
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description The wave of migration that has hit Europe in recent years has led to several changes in the organization of asylum systems and medical care provided to migrants. Previous studies indicate that asylum seekers and refugees face multiple barriers in accessing health care. For that reason, adapted structures are needed. In this context, a family consultation service was implemented in our medical center in Lausanne, Switzerland. It aimed at addressing the unique health care needs of recently resettled families from Syria, which has been the leading source country for refugees since 2014. This intervention, developed through collaboration between the University Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté) and the Children's Hospital of Lausanne (HEL) involved a multidisciplinary team comprising a pediatrician, a general practitioner and a pediatric nurse. Bringing together a multidisciplinary team optimized care coordination, facilitated communication between care providers and enabled a more global vision of the family system with the aim of enhancing quality of care.
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spelling pubmed-86625202021-12-11 Medical Facilities for Refugees in Europe: Creating a Consultation for Resettled Syrian Families El Ghaziri, Nahema Blaser, Jeremie Malebranche, Mary Pahud-Vermeulen, Brigitte Gyuriga, Teresa Suris, Joan-Carles Gehri, Mario Bodenmann, Patrick Front Med (Lausanne) Medicine The wave of migration that has hit Europe in recent years has led to several changes in the organization of asylum systems and medical care provided to migrants. Previous studies indicate that asylum seekers and refugees face multiple barriers in accessing health care. For that reason, adapted structures are needed. In this context, a family consultation service was implemented in our medical center in Lausanne, Switzerland. It aimed at addressing the unique health care needs of recently resettled families from Syria, which has been the leading source country for refugees since 2014. This intervention, developed through collaboration between the University Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté) and the Children's Hospital of Lausanne (HEL) involved a multidisciplinary team comprising a pediatrician, a general practitioner and a pediatric nurse. Bringing together a multidisciplinary team optimized care coordination, facilitated communication between care providers and enabled a more global vision of the family system with the aim of enhancing quality of care. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-11-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8662520/ /pubmed/34901053 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2021.728878 Text en Copyright © 2021 El Ghaziri, Blaser, Malebranche, Pahud-Vermeulen, Gyuriga, Suris, Gehri and Bodenmann. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Malebranche, Mary
Pahud-Vermeulen, Brigitte
Gyuriga, Teresa
Suris, Joan-Carles
Gehri, Mario
Bodenmann, Patrick
Medical Facilities for Refugees in Europe: Creating a Consultation for Resettled Syrian Families
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