ArticleJournal of immigrant and minority health2014
Barriers to healthcare access among refugees with disabilities and chronic health conditions resettled in the US Midwest.
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48 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 166 citations in OpenAlex.
- Children and young people at the intersection of chronic illness and migration: a scoping review.BMC global and public health · 2025Pooled it
- Access to Healthcare Among US Adult Refugees: A Systematic Qualitative Review.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2023Pooled it
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- Tactics and Strategies Operating in Everyday Life Among Women with Experiences of Forced Migration.Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy · 2026Article
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- Health policy and health system experiences of forcibly displaced populations: a scoping review of qualitative evidence.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Community health assets and refugee wellbeing: Qualitative evidence across mental health, disability inclusion, end-of-life care, and women's health - A global scoping review.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- "I left my country and the people I love. It gave me hypertension": a qualitative study of social support and hypertension management in refugees.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Barriers to Breast, Cervical, and Colorectal Cancer Screenings Faced by Refugees Resettled in the United States: A Rapid Review.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2025Review
- Barriers and Facilitators of Access to Healthcare Among Immigrants with Disabilities: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Developing and validating a HEalthCare NAvigation Competency (HECNAC) Scale for refugees in the United States.PloS one · 2025Article
- Navigating healthcare barriers: a cross-sectional study using respondent-driven sampling to assess migrant women sex workers' access to primary care in France.BMJ public health · 2025Article
- Nutrition Knowledge, English Adequacy, Women's Education, and Food Insecurity Among Syrian Refugees in Florida.Cureus · 2024Article
- Mental Health and Relational Needs of Cambodian Refugees after Four Decades of Resettlement in the United States: An Ethnographic Needs Assessment.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Care-seeking strategies of migrants during the transition from a specific primary healthcare facility for uncovered individuals to common ambulatory general practice: A French qualitative study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Barriers and enabling factors for utilizing physical rehabilitation services by Afghan immigrants and refugees with disabilities in Iran: a qualitative study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- How economic development affects healthcare access for people with disabilities: A multilevel study in China.SSM - population health · 2024Article
- Disparities in Eye Care Utilization Among Refugee and Migrant Populations.Translational vision science & technology · 2024Article
- Funding for Refugee Health Research From the National Institutes of Health Between 2000 and 2020.JAMA network open · 2024Article
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Abstract
Chronic conditions and related functional disabilities are highly prevalent among resettled refugees in the United States. There is a need to explore this population's access to appropriate healthcare services in order to identify service disparities and improve interventions. Using a community-based participatory research approach, semi-structured interviews were conducted with key informants to identify healthcare access barriers affecting disabled and chronically ill refugees. Eighteen participants were interviewed, revealing three main barriers: (1) inadequate health insurance, (2) language and communication barriers, and (3) a complex maze of service systems. These barriers were found to operate at systems, provider, and individual levels. Broad-based policy and practice interventions are required to address barriers including: an expanded pool of medical interpreters, peer navigators, innovative health information technologies, and greater collaboration and information-sharing between service systems. Further research is needed to monitor the impact the Affordable Care Act on service access of refugees with disabilities and chronic conditions.
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