Barriers to health access among Filipinos in Spain: results from interviews with immigrants DOI Creative Commons
Melynn Grace Parcon, Sara Darias Curvo, Cristo Manuel Marrero González

и другие.

Frontiers in Human Dynamics, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 7

Опубликована: Март 12, 2025

Introduction Immigrants across the globe face significant healthcare access barriers. Beyond fundamental right to health, well-being of immigrant populations directly impacts overall health host country. Despite presence over 200,000 Filipino immigrants in Spain, existing literature on their and remains limited. Methods A face-to-face, interview-based, qualitative study consisting 8 individual interviews (7 women 1 man) 2 focus groups: (7) men (5) were carried out. Participants recruited through convenience snowball sampling. Data was analyzed thematically. Results Barriers encountered by divided into 3 subthemes: socio-cultural (health-seeking behavior, diet, endures suffering), socio-economic (family dynamics, working conditions, education), services related (negative experiences). community organizations faith helped manage stress. Conclusion To improve access, literacy integration must be promoted. Before coming equipped with cultural linguistic knowledge mitigate work stress facilitate assimilation. Structural changes promoted both countries such as streamlining immigration processes reduce economic burden ensuring a healthy workplace for immigrants.

Язык: Английский

Barriers to health access among Filipinos in Spain: results from interviews with immigrants DOI Creative Commons
Melynn Grace Parcon, Sara Darias Curvo, Cristo Manuel Marrero González

и другие.

Frontiers in Human Dynamics, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 7

Опубликована: Март 12, 2025

Introduction Immigrants across the globe face significant healthcare access barriers. Beyond fundamental right to health, well-being of immigrant populations directly impacts overall health host country. Despite presence over 200,000 Filipino immigrants in Spain, existing literature on their and remains limited. Methods A face-to-face, interview-based, qualitative study consisting 8 individual interviews (7 women 1 man) 2 focus groups: (7) men (5) were carried out. Participants recruited through convenience snowball sampling. Data was analyzed thematically. Results Barriers encountered by divided into 3 subthemes: socio-cultural (health-seeking behavior, diet, endures suffering), socio-economic (family dynamics, working conditions, education), services related (negative experiences). community organizations faith helped manage stress. Conclusion To improve access, literacy integration must be promoted. Before coming equipped with cultural linguistic knowledge mitigate work stress facilitate assimilation. Structural changes promoted both countries such as streamlining immigration processes reduce economic burden ensuring a healthy workplace for immigrants.

Язык: Английский

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