ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019
Emergency Care for Women Irregular Migrants Who Arrive in Spain by Small Boat: A Qualitative Study.
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- Understanding resilience among migrant women in a humanitarian reception center: a qualitative study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Experiences and needs of unaccompanied irregular migrant minors who arrive in Spain on small boats: A qualitative study.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2024Article
- Sexual and Reproductive Health Care for Irregular Migrant Women: A Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Data.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Irregular Migrant Workers and Health: A Qualitative Study of Health Status and Access to Healthcare of the Filipino Domestic Workers in Mainland China.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Pervasive irregular migration and the vulnerabilities of irregular female migrants at Plumtree border post in Zimbabwe.Journal of migration and health · 2022Article
- Lived Experiences of African Migrants Crossing the Strait of Gibraltar to Europe: A Cross-Cultural Approach to Healthcare from a Qualitative Methodology.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Understanding Violence against Women Irregular Migrants Who Arrive in Spain in Small Boats.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Analysis of Prehospital Care of Migrants Who Arrive Intermittently at the Coasts of Southern Spain.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundthis study aimed to describe and understand the experiences and health needs of women irregular migrants during emergency care provision upon arrival in Spain by small boat.
methodsa qualitative study based on Gadamer's phenomenology was used. The data collection included 13 in-depth interviews with women irregular migrants and 10 in-depth interviews with key informants. The study took place in the Spanish Red Cross' facilities between February 2017 and April 2018.
resultstwo main themes emerged from the data analysis: the need for emergency care focused on women irregular migrants with the sub-themes 'Women irregular migrants as objects of sexual exploitation' and 'The mother-child dyad as the axis in human trafficking'; and developing an emergency care gender policy for women irregular migrants, with the subthemes 'Healthcare in a police-controlled setting: detecting weaknesses' and 'Promoting screening and safety protocols focused on women irregular migrants'.
conclusionswomen irregular migrants who arrive in Spain by small boat have specific needs and healthcare problems. Due to strict safety conditions during emergency care provision, rape and human trafficking can go unnoticed. IMPLICATIONS: interdisciplinary care protocols and new health policies that have a gender perspective are needed to improve the emergency care provided to women irregular migrants.
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