ArticleBMJ open2014
Access to medicines by child refugees in the East Midlands region of England: a cross-sectional study.
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- Use of health services among international migrant children - a systematic review.Globalization and health · 2018Pooled it
- A critical interpretive synthesis of the constructed identities and experiences of refugees, asylum seekers, and undocumented migrants in relation to accessing primary care services in the UK.Journal of migration and health · 2026Review
- Access to medicines among asylum seekers, refugees and undocumented migrants across the migratory cycle in Europe: a scoping review.BMJ global health · 2024Article
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- Difficulties faced by older Rohingya (forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals) adults in accessing medical services amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh.BMJ global health · 2021Article
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- Barriers to Accessing Medicines among Syrian Asylum Seekers and Refugees in a German Federal State.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Children on the move in Europe: a narrative review of the evidence on the health risks, health needs and health policy for asylum seeking, refugee and undocumented children.BMJ paediatrics open · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo explore access to primary healthcare and drug therapy by refugee children in the East Midlands region of England.
designInterviews with refugees with children and a control group of British parents with children.
settingEast Midlands region of England.
participants50 refugees with children and a control group of 50 parents with children.
main outcome measuresNumber of medicines used by children in the last month and the past 6 months. Health of parents and children. Registration with a general practitioner (GP).
resultsAll families in both groups were registered with a GP. There was no difference in the number of children in the two groups experiencing illnesses .In the last month, 30 refugee children received 60 medicines and 31 control children 63 medicines. In the past 6 months, 48 refugee children received 108 medicines and 43 control children 96 medicines. There was no difference between the two groups of children in relation to the likelihood of receiving any medicines in either the last month (P=0.839) or the past 6 months (p=0.81). Children in the refugee group were more likely to receive prescribed medicines for the last month (p=0.008) and the past 6 months (p<0.001). They were also less likely to receive over the counter (OTC) medicines in the past 6 months (p=0.009).
conclusionsThe refugee children in this study in the East Midlands had access to primary healthcare, medicines and a family doctor. They were more likely to receive prescribed medicines and less likely to receive OTC medicines, especially paracetamol.
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