Essays about: "health care migration"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 35 essays containing the words health care migration.

  1. 1. A qualitative study on Invisible Racism, Racial Bias and Inequality among Afro-Swedish Healthcare Workers in Sweden

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Jennifer Nnopuechi; [2023-02-09]
    Keywords : Labor market; Afro-Swedes; Invisible Racism; Bias; Heath Care; Sweden; Identity;

    Abstract : For many years, migration and racialization has formed a central theme widely discussed in our world today. The central notion of difference; vis-à-vis what is not seen, that is, absence of a certain element portray a huge standing in issues of race in recent times. READ MORE

  3. 2. Towards a Geographic Information Systems and Data-Driven Integration Management.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Takura Matswetu; [2023]
    Keywords : Migrant Integration; Geography; Physical Geography; GIS; Network Analysis; Tampere; Accessibility; Data-driven decision making; Holistic Integration Index; Mathematics and Statistics; Social Sciences; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Integration management in Finland and Tampere is broad task including multiple actors and departments. To manage integration, is to coordinate the cross organizational cooperation of multiple service structures that support migrants with different kinds of services. READ MORE

  4. 3. Gestational diabetes mellitus among foreign-born women in Sweden: A register-based study on the role of income.

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap; Stockholms universitet

    Author : Shayla Sharmin; Muhammad Usama; [2023]
    Keywords : Gestational diabetes mellitus; migration; income; country of birth; acculturation; registered-based study.;

    Abstract : Aim:  The present study aimed to determine if foreign-born women from different countries of birth have a greater risk of GDM compared to Swedish-born women and to what extent income might mediate this relationship. Methods: This cross-sectional type study included 835279 women, of which 151,642 were foreign-born and 683637 were Swedish-born women who gave birth to their first singleton child in Sweden between 1997 to 2016. READ MORE

  5. 4. A qualitative study on professionals’ perception of unaccompanied minors’ uniqueness and its impact on drug prevention

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Amelie Hoffren; [2023]
    Keywords : Unaccompanied minors; drug prevention; professionals; uniqueness; vulnerability;

    Abstract : This thesis explores how professionals working with unaccompanied minors (UM) perceive the uniqueness of this group in relation to substance use and prevention. Findings from the study suggest that professionals’ perceptions of UM’s uniqueness could be divided into five themes: financial situation; age; contact persons and authorities; prolonged waits at the migration agency; and access to health care. READ MORE

  6. 5. (Un)universal health care for all: A qualitative study exploring the access to health care for Venezuelan migrants in Medellín, Colombia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Agnes Olsson Wevel; [2022]
    Keywords : migrants; undocumented migrants; irregular migrants; Venezuelan migrants; Colombia; Medellín; health care; access to health care; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to understand how migrants perceive their opportunities to access health care, and how underlying factors result in barriers impacting their access to health care and ability to safeguard their health. It does so by answering the research question: How do Venezuelan migrants in Medellín perceive their access to health care? To fulfil the aim and answer the research question, interviews and focus groups were carried out with 30 migrants in Medellin. READ MORE