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- Title
Providing health information for culturally and linguistically diverse women: priorities and preferences of new migrants and refugees.
- Authors
Lee, Susan K.; Sulaiman‐Hill, Cheryl M. R.; Thompson, Sandra C.
- Abstract
Issues addressed: Preferences for topics and means of access to health information among newly arrived, culturally and linguistically diverse women in Perth, Western Australia, were explored. Methods: A mixed-methods approach was adopted. Qualitative material obtained from focus groups and interviews with 22 service providers and 26migrant women was used to develop a questionnaire, which was then administered to 268 newly arrived migrant and refugee women from 50 countries. Participants' information and support priorities were ascertained from a ranking exercise conducted in a non-threatening context. Responses of migrant and refugee women were compared quantitatively. Results: Women's top priorities for information and support included employment advice, as well as information regarding mental health issues, women's health, exercise and nutrition, family violence and alcohol and other drug issues. Their preferred methods for receiving information were interactive talks or presentations, with written material support. Audiovisual and Web-based material were also considered useful. There were differences between refugee women's and other migrants' preferences for means of receiving information and topics of most concern. Discussion: The use of a non-threatening ranking process encouraged women to prioritise sensitive topics, such as family violence, and revealed a need for such topics to be incorporated within general health information presentations. Internet-based technologies are becoming increasingly important methods for disseminating information to migrant women.
- Subjects
HEALTH education research; IMMIGRANTS; WOMEN migrant labor; WOMEN'S health; HEALTH of refugees; WOMEN refugees; HEALTH
- Publication
Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 2013, Vol 24, Issue 2, p98
- ISSN
1036-1073
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1071/HE12919