Beliefs, perceptions, and behaviors impacting healthcare utilization of Syrian refugee children

Autor: Sevsem Cicek-Okay, Daniel J. Schumacher, Sarah Jernigan, Ahmed Beydoun, Lisa M. Vaughn, Riham M Alwan, Tasnim Salem
Přispěvatelé: Gopichandran, Vijayaprasad
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Male
Parents
Health Knowledge
Attitudes
Practice
Health Care Providers
Psychological intervention
8.1 Organisation and delivery of services
Social Sciences
Pediatrics
Health Services Accessibility
Families
0302 clinical medicine
7.1 Individual care needs
Health care
Medicine and Health Sciences
Psychology
Public and Occupational Health
030212 general & internal medicine
Medical Personnel
Social isolation
Child
Children
Qualitative Research
Pediatric
Practice
Family Characteristics
Refugees
Multidisciplinary
Parenting
Geography
Health Knowledge
Child Health
Health Services
Middle Aged
Professions
Mental Health
Child
Preschool
Medicine
Female
Thematic analysis
medicine.symptom
Behavioral and Social Aspects of Health
Psychosocial
Health and social care services research
Research Article
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
General Science & Technology
Refugee
Science
Psychological Stress
Health literacy
Human Geography
Basic Behavioral and Social Science
Urban Geography
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
Clinical Research
030225 pediatrics
Physicians
Behavioral and Social Science
Mental Health and Psychiatry
medicine
Humans
Cities
Preschool
Ohio
Demography
Syria
business.industry
fungi
Infant
Biology and Life Sciences
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
Health Literacy
Health Care
Good Health and Well Being
Age Groups
Attitudes
Family medicine
People and Places
Earth Sciences
Population Groupings
Management of diseases and conditions
business
Qualitative research
Zdroj: PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE, Vol 15, Iss 8, p e0237081 (2020)
PloS one, vol 15, iss 8
ISSN: 1932-6203
Popis: BackgroundApproximately 18,000 Syrian refugees have resettled to the United States. Half of these refugees are children, whose age and refugee status jeopardize their abilities to attain quality healthcare. Information on Syrian refugees' health in the U.S. is limited. This qualitative study sought to explore Syrian refugee parents' beliefs, perspectives, and practices regarding their children's health through in-depth interviews.MethodsEighteen Syrian refugee parents residing in Cincinnati, Ohio were interviewed in Arabic by bilingual researchers using semi-structured in-depth interviews. The interviews were recorded, transcribed, and translated. Three members of the research team independently coded each interview using an inductive thematic analysis approach.ResultsAnalysis identified four salient themes: stressors preclude health seeking behaviors, parents perceive health barriers, parents are dissatisfied with the healthcare system, and parents use resilience behaviors to overcome barriers. Stressors included poor housing and neighborhoods, reliving traumatic experiences, depression and anxiety, and social isolation. Dissatisfaction included emergency room wait times, lack of testing and prescriptions. Health barriers included missed appointments and inadequate transportation, translation services, health literacy and care coordination. Parents reported resilience through faith, by seeking knowledge, use of natural remedies, and utilizing community resources.ConclusionThis qualitative study provides information on the beliefs, practices, and behaviors of Syrian refugee parents related to health care utilization of pediatric refugees in the United States. Psychosocial and environmental stressors as well as perceived systemic health barriers, hinder health seeking behaviors in Syrian refugee parents. Culturally relevant care targeting perceived barriers and incorporating resilience behaviors may improve parental satisfaction and parental health seeking behaviors. Further study is needed to implement and evaluate interventions that target identified barriers.
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