{"id":1398,"date":"2026-08-04T16:06:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T16:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ahmadinia.fi\/index.php\/portfolio\/health-susceptibility-perceptions-among-iranian-afghan-and-tajik-minorities-in-three-nordic-countries\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T17:09:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T17:09:23","slug":"health-susceptibility-perceptions-among-iranian-afghan-and-tajik-minorities-in-three-nordic-countries","status":"publish","type":"academic_item","link":"https:\/\/www.ahmadinia.fi\/index.php\/portfolio\/health-susceptibility-perceptions-among-iranian-afghan-and-tajik-minorities-in-three-nordic-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Susceptibility Perceptions among Iranian, Afghan, and Tajik minorities in three Nordic countries"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Purpose
\nThis research paper aims to delve into the perceptions of health susceptibility among Iranian, Afghan and Tajik individuals hailing from asylum-seeking or refused asylum-seeking backgrounds currently residing in Finland, Norway and Sweden.<\/p>\n

Design\/methodology\/approach
\nSemi-structured interviews were conducted between May and October 2022 involving a sample size of 27 participants. An adapted framework based on the health belief model along with previous studies served as a guide for formulating interview questions.<\/p>\n

Findings
\nNotably influenced by cultural background, religious beliefs, psychological states and past traumatic experiences during migration journeys \u2013 before arrival in these countries till settling down \u2013 subjects\u2019 perception of health concerns emerged significantly shaped. Additionally impacting perspectives were social standing, occupational status, personal\/family medical history, lifestyle choices and dietary preferences nurtured over time, leading to varying degrees of influence upon individuals\u2019 interpretation about their own wellness or illness.<\/p>\n

Practical implications
\nInsights garnered throughout the authors\u2019 analysis hold paramount significance when it comes to developing targeted strategies catering culturally sensitive health-care provisions, alongside framing policies better aligned with primary care services tailored explicitly around singular demands posed by these specific communities dwelling within respective territories.<\/p>\n

Originality\/value
\nThis investigation represents one among few pioneering initiatives assessing perceptions regarding both physical and mental well-being within minority groups under examination across Nordic nations, unveiling complexities arising through intersecting factors like individual attributes mingling intricately with socio-cultural environments, thereby forming unique viewpoints towards health-care belief systems prevalent among such population segments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ahmadinia, H., Heinstr\u00f6m, J., Eriksson-Backa, K., & Nikou, S. (2024). Health Susceptibility Perceptions among Iranian, Afghan, and Tajik minorities in three Nordic countries, International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, 20 (2): 290-304.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"had_date":"2024-01-01","had_date_precision":"day","had_venue":"International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, 20(2), 290\u2013304","had_authors":"Ahmadinia, H., Heinstr\u00f6m, J., Eriksson-Backa, K., & Nikou, S.","had_external_url":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/IJMHSC-03-2023-0028","had_doi":"10.1108\/IJMHSC-03-2023-0028","had_citation":"Ahmadinia, H., Heinstr\u00f6m, J., Eriksson-Backa, K., & Nikou, S. (2024). Health Susceptibility Perceptions among Iranian, Afghan, and Tajik Minorities in Three Nordic Countries. International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, 20(2), 290\u2013304. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/IJMHSC-03-2023-0028","had_meta_label":"Peer-reviewed journal article","had_amount":"","had_location":"","had_topic":"","had_field":"Immigrant health; Health beliefs; Nordic countries","had_method":"Semi-structured interviews","had_data_source":"","had_participants":"","had_platform":"","had_level":"","had_publisher":"Emerald","had_language":"English","had_jufo":"","had_institution":"","had_students":"","had_credits":"","had_format":"Journal article","had_city":"","had_latitude":"","had_longitude":"","had_quantity":"","had_amount_eur":"","had_currency":"","had_country":"","had_project_id":"","had_featured":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[126,63,125],"academic_type":[105],"class_list":["post-1398","academic_item","type-academic_item","status-publish","hentry","tag-health-susceptibility","tag-migration","tag-nordic-countries","academic_type-journal-papers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahmadinia.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/academic_item\/1398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahmadinia.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/academic_item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahmadinia.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/academic_item"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahmadinia.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahmadinia.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/academic_item\/1398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1465,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahmadinia.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/academic_item\/1398\/revisions\/1465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahmadinia.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahmadinia.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1398"},{"taxonomy":"academic_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahmadinia.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/academic_type?post=1398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}