Psicologia della Salute
Volume 2011, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 29-51

Immigrants and health: Causes of illness, care behavior and access to health system in Latin American, Chinese and Filipino immigrants. a pilot study in Milan, Italy [Immigrati e salute: Cause di malattia, comportamenti di cura e accesso ai servizi sanitari in soggetti sudamericani, cinesi e filippini. Uno studio pilota sul territorio milanese] (Article)

Ripamonti C.A. , Preti E. , Bassanini A. , Castelli A.
  • a Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Italy
  • b Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Italy
  • c Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Italy
  • d Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Italy

Abstract

The present work investigates the relationships between health, health services and immigrants in Milan (Italy) and nearby areas. Three populations were involved, Latin American, Chinese and Filipino. It was hypothesized that culture and popular traditions influence the way people face health problems and health care behaviors. Therefore, this work aims to investigate health behaviors in case of disease, immigrants relationships with the health system and immigrants representations about the causes of cancer. A free list interview was administered to 114 subjects from the three populations. In addition, a semi structured interview was administered to 10 general practitioners and 15 doctors working in health centers for immigrants. Results point out the importance to consider health beliefs and health needs of people belonging to cultures different than ours, in order to implement functional and effective response from the health system. Copyright © FrancoAngeli.

Author Keywords

Doctors immigrants Health transculturality Health system Centers for immigrants

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Link
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ISSN: 17210321
Original Language: Italian