Addressing Healthcare Challenges for Migrant Populations II

Thursday, 10 July 2025: 15:00-16:45
Location: FSE032 (Faculty of Education Sciences (FSE))
RC15 Sociology of Health (host committee)
RC31 Sociology of Migration

Language: English

Migrants often encounter difficulties in receiving equal healthcare compared to native-born individuals. These discrepancies arise from various factors, including socio-economic position, legal barriers to accessing healthcare services, and issues related to trust, language, and discrimination that affect healthcare-seeking behaviour. With a focus on addressing healthcare challenges within diverse societies, this session invites presentations on migration and health, particularly emphasizing studies relevant for shaping policy, education, or training in healthcare systems. Topics may, for example, encompass migrant-healthcare interactions, socio-cultural differences in perceptions of illness and health, or initiatives aimed at promoting equal access to healthcare services. Both quantitative and qualitative studies are welcome.
Session Organizers:
Sigrun OLAFSDOTTIR, Iceland and Andrey TIBAJEV, Institute for Futures Studies, Sweden
Chair:
Sigrun OLAFSDOTTIR, Iceland
Oral Presentations
Professionals’ Perspectives on Barriers for Timely Antenatal Care for Migrant and Ethnic Minority Women in the UK and the Netherlands
Shuby PUTHUSSERY, University of Bedfordshire, United Kingdom; Anne VERSTRAETEN, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Ona ILOZUMBA, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Language Assistance for Migrants in US Healthcare: The Impact of Interpreters in Hospital Outpatient Clinics
Susan BELL, Drexel University, USA
What Participation in Socio-Health Services? the Organisational Dimension of Services for Migrants Analysed through Representations, Structures and Networks.
Alba ANGELUCCI ANGELUCCI, University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy; Francesca ZALTRON, University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy
Breaking the Cycle: Reforming Healthcare Access for Migrant Tea Workers in Wayanad, Kerala, India
Silpa B DAS, India
Migrants Vulnerable to HIV: Adapting to Health Systems and the Response of Receiving Countries
Ksenia ERITSYAN, HSE University, Russian Federation; Daniel KASHNITSKY, Paris Cité University, France; Vladimir KOZLOV, Eurasian Technological University, Kazakhstan; Zinaida ABROSIMOVA, Regional Expert Group on Migration and Health, Georgia
The Lazarus Effect: Decolonizing Social Death through Migrant Caregiving
Anthony JIMENEZ, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
Distributed Papers
Cultural Polycentricity: A Strengths-Based Approach to Diversity in Australian Aged Care
Catriona STEVENS, Edith Cowan University, Australia; Simone MARINO, Australia
Migrant Voices : A Web-Based Respondent-Driven Sampling Approach for the Study of Health and Health Care Use Among Newly Arrived Migrants in Belgium
Veerle BUFFEL, VUB, Belgium; Tulya Su GUVEN, VUB, Belgium; Ahmad Wali YAR, VUB, Belgium; Eva VAN BELLE, VUB, Belgium
Midwifery and Migration. Networks of Support to Address Sexual and Reproductive Health in Migrant Women in México.
Olga OLIVAS HERNANDEZ, CONAHCYT/ El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Mexico
Facilitators of and Barriers to Access to Mental Health Support within Transnational Contexts: Narratives of Foreign Filipino Domestic Helpers in Hong Kong SAR
Jan Erron CELEBRADO, Lingnan University Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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