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Systematic and comparative review on health-seeking behaviours of asylum seekers, refugees, and undocumented immigrants in the world

2025· Nordic Journal of Library and Information Studies, 5(1)· 1 min read ·0 comments ·0 reactions
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Systematic and comparative review on health-seeking behaviours of asylum seekers, refugees, and undocumented immigrants in the world
Authors / roleAhmadinia, H., & Eriksson-Backa, K.
Venue / institutionNordic Journal of Library and Information Studies, 5(1)
Publication date2025-01-01
Record typePeer-reviewed journal article
Journal / collectionNordic Journal of Library and Information Studies, 5(1)
PublisherNordic Journal of Library and Information Studies
Suggested citationAhmadinia, H., & Eriksson-Backa, K. (2025). Systematic and comparative review on health-seeking behaviours of asylum seekers, refugees, and undocumented immigrants in the world. Nordic Journal of Library and Information Studies, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.7146/njlis.v5i1.138884
LanguageEnglish
FormatJournal article
ABSTRACT

This review investigates the impact of personal and contextual factors on health-seeking behaviours in terms of health-related information and healthcare service needs and utilization among asylum seekers, refugees, and undocumented immigrants using an adapted framework based on an extended Longo health information model. The 73 peer-reviewed records included in this systematic review were obtained from WoS, Ebsco, and Scopus. This review shows that culture, religion, policy, and systematic inequalities may play three different roles for our studied population, including facilitators, barriers, and health-related information sources. The findings indicated that providing universal health-related information and healthcare services may not meet all of the healthcare needs of our study population. As a result, healthcare providers must take a cross-cultural approach when designing, developing, and delivering specific health promotion programmes, treating patients with respect and attention, and providing health-related information and healthcare services based on ethnic, cultural, religious, and migration statuses.

KEYWORDS
Asylum seekerscontextual factorshealth-seeking behaviourpersonal factorsrefugeesthree-part impactundocumented immigrants

This review investigates the impact of personal and contextual factors on health-seeking behaviours in terms of health-related information and healthcare service needs and utilization among asylum seekers, refugees, and undocumented immigrants using an adapted framework based on an extended Longo health information model. The 73 peer-reviewed records included in this systematic review were obtained from WoS, Ebsco, and Scopus. This review shows that culture, religion, policy, and systematic inequalities may play three different roles for our studied population, including facilitators, barriers, and health-related information sources. The findings indicated that providing universal health-related information and healthcare services may not meet all of the healthcare needs of our study population. As a result, healthcare providers must take a cross-cultural approach when designing, developing, and delivering specific health promotion programmes, treating patients with respect and attention, and providing health-related information and healthcare services based on ethnic, cultural, religious, and migration statuses.

Health-seeking behaviourMigrationSystematic review
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