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ArticleBMC health services research2023

Substance use and help-seeking barriers: a qualitative study of East African migrants' experiences of access to Norwegian healthcare services.

Ruben Jervell Pettersen, Jonas Debesay

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Article in BMC health services research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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2 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Ruben Jervell PettersenFaculty of Health, Department of Nursing, Oslo Metropolitan University, St. Olavs Plass, P.O. Box 4, NO-0130, Oslo, Norway. rjervellpettersen@gmail.com.
Jonas DebesayFaculty of Health, Department of Nursing, Oslo Metropolitan University, St. Olavs Plass, P.O. Box 4, NO-0130, Oslo, Norway.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0264-8751
OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University · NO

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMigration to Norway has increased rapidly in recent decades. Migrants have a lower prevalence of substance use, but may have an elevated risk of developing mental health issues and substance use problems due to various migration and post-migration factors. Few studies have sought to understand substance use problems among migrants in Norway. This study aimed to explore how people of East African background experience help-seeking for substance use problems in the Norwegian healthcare system.

methodsUsing an explorative approach, in-depth individual interviews were conducted with six adult participants from Somalia, Eritrea and Sudan who had been in contact with the Norwegian healthcare system. The goal of the interviews was to facilitate in-depth and nuanced descriptions of the participants' lived experience of help-seeking for substance use problems. The data were analysed using interpretive phenomenological analysis.

resultsThe analysis resulted in five themes in which participants described their help-seeking experiences for substance use problems as lack of knowledge and access to information, scepticism towards a 'white system', fear of exclusion from family and ethnic community, racism as a barrier to help-seeking, and positive experiences and ideas for future treatment practices.

conclusionThis study provides an improved understanding of how migrants with substance use problems experience help-seeking in healthcare. The variety of barriers illustrates inequality in substance use care for East African migrants in Norway.

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Substance-Related DisordersTransients and MigrantsAdultEast African PeopleHealth ServicesHealth Services AccessibilityHumansQualitative ResearchHealth disparitiesHealth-seeking behaviorInterpretative phenomenological analysisMigration healthSubstance use

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PMID36726096
PMCPMC9891897
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