Asylsøkeres helse og bruk av helsetjenester i Norge

Berg, Marit Synnøve; Straiton, Melanie Lindsay; Vikum, Eirik; Myhre, Sonja; Danielsen, Anders Skyrud; Gopinathan, Unni

doi:10.4045/tidsskr.19.0470

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“…Our finding that migrant health research is dominated by certain clinical fields is in line with two previous reviews from Norway [3,10], one review on existing research on migration health from the Republic of Ireland [39] and one bibliometric analysis on migration health research on a global basis [8]. The clinical fields of mental health or infectious diseases may indeed cover important health needs of some migrants, as for instance tuberculosis is more prevalent among some groups of migrants from low-income countries, and mental health issues are truly a great challenge for migrants with a flight background or victims of human trafficking [5].…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Section: Are We Addressing the Real Health Needs Of Migrants?supporting

confidence: 90%

“…The dominance of descriptive studies, mostly quantitative, is in line with the reviews from Norway [3,10] and Ireland [39]. The use of methodological approaches consistent with a positivist epistemology comes with the risk of toning down complexities within the field, here migration health, and can leave out important relational aspects, such as how people’s social reality is shaped, and how they understand their own and others’ actions [49].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…National research activity should therefore include health needs of migrants in a specific national context. There are already a few reviews on migration health-related research in Norway [3,7,10–12]. These focus mostly on different health challenges migrants in Norway have, or include only certain migrant groups.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Migration health research in Norway: a scoping review

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Aims: To provide an overview of published research on migration and health conducted in Norway and identify gaps in the research field. Methods: Applying a scoping review methodology, we searched Medline for articles on migration health in Norway published between 2008 and 2020, and assessed them according to research topic, methodology, user-involvement and characteristics of the populations studied (country or area of origin, type of migrant/immigrant status). Results: Of the 707 articles retrieved, 303 met the inclusion criteria. Most studies (77%) were within the clinical disciplines reproductive health, mental health, infectious diseases and cardiovascular diseases, or on socio-cultural aspects and the use of healthcare services. One third of the papers (36%) pulled participants from various geographic backgrounds together or did not specify the geographic background. Among those who did so, participants were mostly from The Middle East, South and Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Only 14% of the articles specified the type of migrant/immigrant status and those included refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented migrants. A total of 80% of the papers used quantitative methods, of which 15 described an intervention; 15 papers (5%) described different types of user-involvement. Conclusions: Our findings suggest gaps in research related to migrant subgroups, such as those from Eastern-Europe and labour and family reunification migrants. Future studies should further investigate the self-identified health needs of different migrant groups, and might also benefit from a methodological shift towards more intervention studies and participatory approaches.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Section: Are We Addressing the Real Health Needs Of Migrants?supporting

confidence: 90%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Migration health research in Norway: a scoping review

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Díaz

Eriksen

et al. 2021

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“…Berg og medarbeidere publiserer nå i Tidsskriftet en litteraturoversikt der man ser på kunnskapsstatus om asylsøkeres helse og deres bruk av helsetjenester i Norge (5). Forfatterne konkluderer med at vi vet for lite, og at forskningen til nå stort sett har omhandlet psykisk helse og smittsomme sykdommer.…”

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