Refugee women in Greece

dc.contributor.author	Ηλιάδη, Παναγιώτα	el
dc.date.accessioned	2014-07-13T15:57:51Z
dc.date.available	2014-07-13T15:57:51Z
dc.date.issued	2014-07-13
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/1204
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.source	www.hsj.gr	en
dc.subject	Πρόσφυγες
dc.subject	Φροντίδα κατά τη διάρκεια της εγκυμοσύνης
dc.subject	Refugees
dc.subject	Antenatal care
dc.subject	Access
dc.subject	Experience
dc.subject	Maternity services
dc.title	Refugee women in Greece	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.secondaryTitle	a qualitative study of their attitudes and experience in antenatal care	en
heal.classification	Medicine--Gynecology and obstetrics
heal.classification	Μαιευτική
heal.classificationURI	N/A-Medicine--Gynecology and obstetrics
heal.classificationURI	N/A-Μαιευτική
heal.language	en
heal.access	free
heal.recordProvider	Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Αθήνας.Σχολή Επαγγελμάτων Υγείας και Πρόνοιας. Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής	el
heal.publicationDate	2008-09
heal.abstract	In the last decades Greece has been an asylum country for thousands of refugees, among them women in childbearing age. Purpose of the study: The aim of the present study was to examine whether refugee women, resettled in Greece, receive antenatal care and to explore possible factors that may influence their attitude towards maternal care. Method and material : Twenty-six refugee women from five non-governmental organizations for refugees, one refugee network, three refugee communities and one reception centre took part in the study. It was a qualitative study. As method of data collection was used semi-structured interviews and as method of data analysis was used the latent content analysis. Results: Analysis showed that refugee women enter antenatal care in the first trimester of their pregnancies, but they may miss from one to many appointments due to the language and financial barrier, the unfamiliarity with the national health system, and the women’s view of pregnancy as a natural event. Conclusions: In order to improve antenatal practice for refugee women, interpreters and bilingual health workers is suggested to be employed, staffs to be trained on refugee issues, while information material in other languages needs to be published. Social services and refugee networks have to co-operate closer. Finally, continuity of antenatal care and availability of female doctors in public hospitals is also suggested to facilitate the access to antenatal care for refugee women.	en
heal.publisher	Μαρβάκη, Χριστίνα	el
heal.journalName	Health Science Journal	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
heal.fullTextAvailability	true
heal.dateCreated	2008-07