Health Care for Women International
Volume 37, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 118-139

Managing Mental Health Problems Among Immigrant Women Attending Primary Health Care Services (Article)

Straiton M.L.* , Powell K. , Reneflot A. , Diaz E.
  • a Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway, School of Psychology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
  • b School of Population Health, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
  • c Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
  • d Department of Global Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Abstract

Researchers in Norway explore treatment options in primary care for immigrant women with mental health problems compared with nonimmigrant women. Three national registers were linked together for 2008. Immigrant women from Sweden, Poland, the Philippines, Thailand, Pakistan, and Russia were selected for analysis and compared with Norwegian women. Using logistic regression, we investigated whether treatment type varied by country of origin. Rates of sickness leave and psychiatric referrals were similar across all groups. Conversational therapy and use of antidepressants and anxiolytics were lower among Filipina, Thai, Pakistani, and Russian women than among Norwegians. Using the broad term “immigrants” masks important differences in treatment and health service use. By closely examining mental health treatment differences by country of origin, gaps in service provision and treatment uptake may be identified and addressed with more success. © 2016, Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

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mental health service Norway mental health human epidemiology population group statistics and numerical data Population Groups Cultural Competency ethnology Mental Health Services cultural competence Mental Disorders Humans migrant psychology Emigrants and Immigrants female Retrospective Studies adult utilization patient attitude Patient Acceptance of Health Care retrospective study Healthcare Disparities health care disparity primary health care
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85028281584&doi=10.1080%2f07399332.2015.1077844&partnerID=40&md5=49adb895fdba600a8d5669f049d81b4e
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2015.1077844
ISSN: 07399332
Cited by: 8
Original Language: English