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Migrants and Health in Portugal


 
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1. Title Title of document Migrants and Health in Portugal
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country B. Bäckström; Universidade Aberta, CEMRI; Portugal
 
3. Subject Discipline(s) sociology of health; migration studies; health and society
 
3. Subject Keyword(s) immigration; access to health care services; health office, integration
 
4. Description Abstract

The aim of this research is to atain knowledge on immigrant´s health related problems and to identify their dificulties when acesing health care services. The article describes immigrant´s dificulties when acesing health care services that are visiting the health ofice at a National Immigrant Support Centre.


Design: : A qualitative study was conducted, analysing available documentation and observing the health isues dealt with at the National Immigrant Support Centre’s (CNAI) Health Ofice. The 148 cases are mainly immigrants coming from Portuguese speaking African countries for health purposes. Immigrants from Brazil have more restricted aces, and feel discrimination on the part of the services. Immigrants from Eastern Europe come in search of information and have communication dificulties. Obstacles are related to the lack of knowledge of the law, but also to the failure of puting the law into practice. The ofice has had a great demand of users seeking information and in acesing
the health care system.


Results: The cases analysed are mainly nationals from Portuguese Speaking African Countries (PSAC), Brazil and countries in Eastern Europe. The majority of the immigrants coming from PSAC are patients receiving treatment under international Cooperation Agreements requesting financial and social support. Immigrants from Brazil have more restricted aces and feel greater discrimination on the part of the services. New Labour Migrants from Eastern Europe, on the other hand, come in search of information and are known to have communication dificulties.


Conclusions: Legislation in Portugal provides aces to health care to al citizens, regardles of their legal condition and origin. However, some immigrants have had significant dificulties with aces to Portugal’s National Health Service. The obstacles are not only related to the lack of legal knowledge, but also to the failure of puting the law into practice, which requires atention by the institution
responsible for efective and comprehensive coordination. The ofice has had a great demand of users seeking information, who, above al, wish to solve their problems and dificulties in acesing the health care system.
 
5. Publisher Organizing agency, location University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
 
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7. Date (YYYY-MM-DD) 2014-12-15
 
8. Type Status & genre Peer-reviewed Article
 
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9. Format File format PDF
 
10. Identifier Uniform Resource Identifier https://hcs.pitt.edu:443/ojs/index.php/hcs/article/view/160
 
10. Identifier Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5195/hcs.2014.160
 
11. Source Title; vol., no. (year) Health, Culture and Society; Vol 7, No 1 (2014): Cohabitation of Traditional and Modern Medicine in Madagascar: anthropological analyses
 
12. Language English=en en
 
13. Relation Supp. Files Brief note (20KB)
 
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15. Rights Copyright and permissions Copyright (c) 2014