The experience of healthcare professionals of General Hospital of Mytilene "Vostanio" dyring immigrant and refugee care

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Unit:
ΠΜΣ Διεθνής Ιατρική - Διαχείριση Κρίσεων Υγείας
Library of the School of Health Sciences
Deposit date:
2017-06-21
Year:
2017
Author:
Vetsika Dimitra
Supervisors info:
Στεργιόπουλος Σπυρίδωνας, Επ. Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Κοντός Μιχαήλ Επ. Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Καραβοκύρος Ιωάννης Επ. Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Η εμπειρία των επαγγελματιών υγείας του Γενικού Νοσοκομείου Μυτιλήνης "Βοστάνειο" κατά τη φροντίδα προσφύγων και μεταναστών
Languages:
Greek
Translated title:
The experience of healthcare professionals of General Hospital of Mytilene "Vostanio" dyring immigrant and refugee care
Summary:
Introduction: During the last two years, a vast majority of people attempted to travel from Middle East countries as well as Africa towards Europe. One of the entrance gates was Lesvos.
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to explore the experience of healthcare providers of General hospital of Mytilene during refugee and immigrant care.
Method: The sample was consisted of 150 healthcare professionals with 81,9% participation. The collection of data was formulated via a questionnaire based on the following topics: a) Language -Communication b) Culture c) Religion d) General Attitudes.
Results: Healthcare providers faced a lot of communication problems, they recognize the need of interpretation services as well as the effect of cultural and religious beliefs on health care. They are also aware of the need for gender matching.
Conclusions: The results can be found useful in designing appropriate interventions for healthcare providers, in order to improve the quality of care services.

Key Words: healthcare providers, refugees, immigrants, communication, culture, religion.
Main subject category:
Health Sciences
Keywords:
Healthcare providers, Refugees, Immigrants, Communication
Index:
No
Number of index pages:
0
Contains images:
Yes
Number of references:
80
Number of pages:
86
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