Factors associated with utilization of reproductive healthcare services among migrant women workers in Chong Qing, China

2014 ◽  
Vol 127 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shu Su ◽  
Fan Zhang ◽  
Qin Liu ◽  
Yang Wang ◽  
Jing Wen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Women Workers ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Migrant Women ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Reproductive Healthcare

scholarly journals Factors associated with cervical cancer screening participation among migrant women in Europe: a scoping review

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrícia Marques ◽  
Mariana Nunes ◽  
Maria da Luz Antunes ◽  
Bruno Heleno ◽  
Sónia Dias
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Cervical Cancer Screening ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Migrant Women ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Screening Participation ◽  
Cancer Screening Participation

Abstract Background Cervical cancer screening has been effective in reducing incidence and mortality of cervical cancer, leading European countries to implement screening programs. However, migrant women show lower screening participation compared to nationals. This scoping review aims to provide a synthesis of the growing evidence on factors associated with participation in cervical cancer screening among migrant women in Europe. Methods Electronic peer-reviewed databases were searched in November 2019 for studies on factors related to the participation of migrants in cervical cancer screening conducted in EU/EFTA countries, using comprehensive search expressions. Retrieved articles were screened and those eligible were selected for data extraction. Quantitative and qualitative studies were included. Factors were classified in barriers and facilitators and were divided into further categories. Results Twenty out of 96 articles were selected and analyzed. Factors associated with participation in cervical cancer screening were classified in categories related to sociodemographic, healthcare-system, psychological, migration, knowledge, language, and cultural factors. Lack of information, lack of female healthcare providers, poor language skills, and emotional responses to the test (especially fear, embarrassment and discomfort) were the most reported barriers to cervical cancer screening. Encouragement from healthcare providers and information available in migrants’ languages were frequently stated as facilitators. Results on the role of sociodemographic factors, such as age, education, employment and marital status, are the most conflicting, highlighting the complexity of the issue and the possibility of interactions between factors, resulting in different effects on cervical cancer screening participation among migrant women. Several identified barriers to screening are like those to access to healthcare services in general. Conclusions Efforts to increase migrant women’s participation in CCS must target barriers to access to healthcare services in general but also specific barriers, including cultural differences about sexuality and gender, past traumatic personal experiences, and the gender and competences of healthcare professionals performing CCS. Healthcare services should strengthen resources to meet migrants’ needs, including having CCS information translated and culturally adapted, as well as healthcare providers with skills to deal with cultural background. These findings can contribute to improve CCS programs among migrant women, reducing health disparities and enhancing their overall health and well-being.

Unmet need for family planning among Myanmar migrant women in Bangkok, Thailand

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 182-193
Author(s):  
Shwe Sabai Thein ◽  
Bang-on Thepthien
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Odds Ratio ◽  
Unmet Need ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Knowledge Level ◽  
Migrant Women ◽  
High Parity ◽  
Targeted Interventions ◽  
Reproductive Healthcare

Women migrating to different destinations may use, and be exposed to, different contraceptive behaviours. The unmet need for family planning can lead to a number of high-risk and high-parity births, thereby increasing maternal mortality. The study's objectives were to identify the prevalence of the unmet need for family planning and predictors for unmet need among Myanmar migrants. Data were collected from a survey of 360 Myanmar migrant women in Bangkok. Participating women's median age was 30 years. The prevalence of the unmet need for family planning was 15.8%. The adjusted odds ratio (AOR) of those in age group 36–45 years having an unmet need more so than the age group 18–25 years and 26–35 years was 2.52 (AOR–2.52, confidence interval [CI] 0.73–8.73); those with poor knowledge about family planning were three times more likely to have an unmet need for family planning than those with a good knowledge level (AOR–3.17, CI 1.30–7.68). The odds ratio of the respondents with an unmet need for family planning who were more dissatisfied with accessibility to family planning compared to those who were satisfied was twofold (AOR–2.05, CI 1.01–4.17) and fourfold for those who were unable to access a family planning outlet (AOR–4.17, CI 1.96–8.86). The findings of this study suggest that targeted interventions could not only increase knowledge and awareness of family planning, but also increase the visibility of sexual and reproductive healthcare services.

scholarly journals Factors associated with cognitive performance in elderly caregivers

2018 ◽  
Vol 76 (10) ◽  
pp. 685-691 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofia Cristina Iost Pavarini ◽  
Allan Gustavo Brigola ◽  
Ana Carolina Ottaviani ◽  
Bruna Moretti Luchesi ◽  
Érica Nestor Souza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Verbal Fluency ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Cognitive Domains ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Attention Memory ◽  
Elderly Caregivers ◽  
Addenbrooke’S Cognitive Examination

Abstract Objectives: To explore the socioeconomic, demographic and psychosocial factors associated with cognitive performance in elderly caregivers from Brazil. Methods: We evaluated 351 Brazilian elderly caregivers attending primary healthcare services regarding sociodemographic and care variables. Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination-Revised (ACE-R) domains of orientation/attention, memory, verbal fluency, language and visuospatial were used as dependent variables in the Tobit model. Results: Literacy and family income were positively associated with all ACE-R domains. Age, gender, time of care (days/week) were negatively associated with some cognitive domains. Moreover, receiving emotional help and the level of hope were positively associated with specific domains. Discussion: The results may be useful for planning interventions aimed at elderly caregivers in order to prevent deficits in the different cognitive domains.

scholarly journals Effect of a Pedometer-Based, 24-Week Walking Intervention on Depression and Acculturative Stress among Migrant Women Workers

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (22) ◽  
pp. 4385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim ◽  
Lee ◽  
Cho ◽  
Lee
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Women Workers ◽  
Treatment Group ◽  
Acculturative Stress ◽  
Chinese Women ◽  
Text Messages ◽  
Migrant Women ◽  
Walking Program ◽  
Stress Levels ◽  
Korean Chinese

Little research has examined exercise-based interventions meant to alleviate depressive symptoms among Korean-Chinese migrant women workers living in Korea. Thus, this study evaluated the effectiveness of a 24-week walking program on reducing depressive symptoms and acculturative stress levels in this population. This quasi-experimental sequential walking program was conducted with 132 Korean-Chinese women over a period of 24 weeks. Participants were divided into either a standard treatment group (n = 69) or enhanced treatment group (n = 63). All participants were instructed to walk using a pedometer. The enhanced treatment group also received mobile text messages designed to encourage walking adherence and improve acculturation. Participants were asked to complete two structured questionnaires, the Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale and the Acculturative Stress Scale, to evaluate the intervention programs. At the end of the program, both groups exhibited decreased depression scores, but the decrease in the enhanced treatment group was more significant both at weeks 12 and 24. Acculturative stress was also found to have decreased at weeks 12 and 24. Our findings show the walking program reduced the depressive symptoms and acculturative stress levels among the Korean-Chinese women in this study. Further studies will be needed to analyze the relationship between walking step count and mental health considering exercise intensity.

scholarly journals Perceptions of Decision-making in Accessing Reproductive Healthcare Services of Urban Women

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-20
Author(s):  
Md Mahbubur Rahman ◽  
Taniza Tabassum ◽  
Md Shafiqur Rahman ◽  
Abu Noman Mohammed Mosleh Uddin ◽  
Mushtaq Ahmad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Antenatal Care ◽  
Family Size ◽  
Urban Women ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Reproductive Health Services ◽  
The Family ◽  
Reproductive Healthcare

Introduction:  Women’s healthcare during the reproductive period of life, especially decisions involving her own health is generally one of the least concerns to the common people. Women’s autonomy in decision-making within the family is fairly debatable and determines the health service seeking behaviour. Objective: To find out the perceptions about key persons involved in decision-making for accessing reproductive healthcare services as well as factors that influence those decisions among urban women of Bangladesh. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted by key informant interviewing (KII) of 72 respondents about their perceptions of decision-making in women’s reproductive health services in Dhaka South City Corporation during the period of January 2019 to April 2019. Health professionals of various levels, administrators, family heads were selected as key informants by purposive sampling method. An open-ended semi-structured questionnaire was used for data collection. Result: Among the key informants, more than half were doctors (58.3%). The majority of the respondents were female (72%) and having educational qualification up to graduate level (40.3%). Majority of the informants (73.9%) mentioned ‘both parents’ as key persons in under 18 marriage of their daughters; 57.1% of respondents opined that ‘Factors like social environment, social status, uncertainty to find better groom, dowry etc.’ influences in decision-making. All of the respondents felt antenatal care ‘essential’ and about half of them (50.0%) mentioned the importance of complication detection and treatment during pregnancy. According to the respondents, ‘mother-in-law’ is the key person in women’s decision-making regarding antenatal care (65.3%) and ‘husband’ is the key person regarding selection of the place of delivery and postnatal care (79.2%, 72.2%) respectively. Half of the respondents (50%) expressed the family size determination in an urban area is done mutually by ‘both partners’ while the role of the ‘husband’ is still perceived important (41.7%). Majority expressed that economic condition of the family (63.9%) have an influence in determining family size by the respondents. According to more than half of the respondents (52.8%), both partners take part in decision-making regarding family planning. Conclusion: Although the educated employed women enjoy some degree of autonomy in urban areas of Bangladesh, the decision-making in accessing woman’s reproductive healthcare services is directed by the husband. Involvement of both partners in decision-making is essential for better utilization of reproductive health services. Journal of Armed Forces Medical College Bangladesh Vol.14(1) 2018: 15-20

Nurses' Use of Global Information Systems for Provision of Outreach Reproductive Health Services to Internally Displaced Persons

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (S1) ◽  
pp. s35-s38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masood A. Shaikh
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Internally Displaced Persons ◽  
Global Information ◽  
Reproductive Health Services ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Global Information Systems ◽  
Reproductive Healthcare

AbstractIntroduction:A long and protracted civil war compounded by the occurrence of nature-related disasters have forced thousands of Somalis to take refuge in camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) to escape violence and seek shelter. Dwellers of these camps have limited accessibility to and affordability of the fractured healthcare facilities located in nearby towns. A free, outreach, mobile, reproductive healthcare delivery system staffed with nurses and using an ambulance guided by a global information systems (GIS) map was established to address the accessibility and affordability issues hindering provision of quality reproductive healthcare to the women in the IDP camps and in the outskirts of Baidoa City, Somalia.Methods:All 14 IDP camps in Baidoa City were visited to determine the number of families/huts, and to acquire their global positioning system (GPS) central point locations. Global information systems (GIS) shape files containing major roads, river, and dwellings, and straight-line distances from the base clinic to each IDP camp were computed. The objective of creating and using this specially designed map was to help nurses in determining which camps realistically could be visited on a given day, and how best to access them considering the security situation and the condition of rain-affected areas in the city.Results:Use of the GIS map was instrumental in facilitating the delivery of healthcare services to IDPs and ensuring that resources were adequately utilized. Free healthcare services were provided each work day for the month long duration of the project; 3,095 consultations were provided, inclusive of 948 consultations for children under the age of 16 years, and delivery of three babies.Conclusions:Creation and use of a simple, need-specific GIS map in this pilot project effectively aided the logistical planning and delivery of mobile, outreach reproductive health services by directing the ambulance and nurses safely to accessible IDP camps in an area marred with long and protracted disasters from both natural and human causes.

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