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ArticleHealth & social care in the community2022

Accessing and navigating healthcare: A scoping review of the experiences of women of refugee background from Myanmar.

Georgia Griffin, Mohammed Ali, S Zaung Nau, Elisha Riggs, Jaya A R Dantas

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Article in Health & social care in the community, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Georgia GriffinCurtin School of Population Health, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9500-4607
Mohammed AliCurtin School of Population Health, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia.
S Zaung NauSchool of Management and Marketing, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia.
Elisha RiggsMurdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Jaya A R DantasCurtin School of Population Health, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite well-documented health problems, healthcare access by women of refugee background in resettlement countries is typically poor. Suggested reasons include inadequate health literacy and resettlement challenges. A scoping review to explore the experiences of women of refugee background from Myanmar accessing and navigating healthcare was conducted following Arksey and O'Malley's framework, with an intersectional lens. Studies were analysed thematically following Braun and Clark's approach; four themes (eight subthemes) were constructed: Culture (Constructions of health; Navigating cultural tensions); Gender (Shifting gender roles; Sexual and reproductive health); Survivorship (Past health experiences; Strength in collectivism); and Language (The language barrier; Masked communication barriers). Intersectional factors of culture, gender, survivorship and language influenced women's experiences, shaping barriers and facilitators to healthcare. Community networks and bicultural peers are resources which may be enhanced. Research into trauma-informed cultural competency programs, community education and bicultural health navigators is recommended to support women of refugee background from Myanmar.

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RefugeesSexual HealthCommunication BarriersFemaleHealth Services AccessibilityHumansMyanmarQualitative ResearchHealthcare accessIntersectionalityMyanmarRefugeesRefugee womenSurvivorship

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PMID35915878
PMCPMC10087957

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