A Review of Health Beliefs and Their Influence on Asylum Seekers and Refugees’ Health-Seeking Behavior

Hamed Ahmadinia

A Review of Health Beliefs and Their Influence on Asylum Seekers and Refugees’ Health-Seeking Behavior

Hamed Ahmadinia

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This article reviews health beliefs, and attitudes of asylum seekers and refugees, using an adapted framework of the Health Belief Model. The systematic review included 15 peer-reviewed records retrieved from CINAHL, Medline, PubMed, PsycINFO, and PsycArticles. Findings of this review show culture, tradition, fate or destiny, psychological factors, family, friends, and community were crucial influential factors in shaping asylum seekers, and refugees’ perceived barriers, fear, severity, and susceptibility in their health-seeking activities. In addition, knowledge and awareness related to the benefits of using modern healthcare services were motivators for different ethnic groups to take care of their personal health. Healthcare providers, educational programs, and support from family, friends, and community had noteworthy influence on triggering the health-related decision-making process among asylum seekers and refugees. This study offers practical implications for healthcare providers and public health community to devise culturally relevant strategies that will effectively target asylum seekers and refugees with diverse cultural, traditional and attitudinal beliefs about healthcare and health seeking activities. This is one of the descriptive review studies on asylum seekers and refugees’ health beliefs and their health-seeking behavior based on ethnicity grounds.

Originalspråk	Engelska
Titel på värdpublikation	Well-Being in the Information Society
Undertitel på värdpublikation	When the Mind Breaks - 9th International Conference, WIS 2022, Proceedings
Redaktörer	Hongxiu Li, Chenglong Li, Maehed Ghorbanian Zolbin, Robert Krimmer, Jukka Kärkkäinen, Reima Suomi
Förlag	Springer
Sidor	161-178
Volym	1626
ISBN (tryckt)	978-3-031-14831-6
Status	Publicerad - 18 aug. 2022
MoE-publikationstyp	A4 Artikel i en konferenspublikation
Evenemang	Well-Being in the Information Society: When the Mind Breaks - University of Turku , Turku, Finland Varaktighet: 25 aug. 2022 → 26 aug. 2022 https://wis.fi/

Publikationsserier

Namn	Communications in Computer and Information Science
Volym	1626 CCIS
ISSN (tryckt)	1865-0929
ISSN (elektroniskt)	1865-0937

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Konferens	Well-Being in the Information Society: When the Mind Breaks
Förkortad titel	WIS 2022
Land/Territorium	Finland
Ort	Turku
Period	25/08/22 → 26/08/22
Internetadress	https://wis.fi/

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Acknowledgement. This paper and the research behind it would not have been possible without the exceptional support of my supervisors, Dr Kristina Eriksson-Backa & Dr Shahrokh Nikou; and this research was supported by the grant from Finnish Cultural Foundation.

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Ahmadinia, H. (2022). A Review of Health Beliefs and Their Influence on Asylum Seekers and Refugees’ Health-Seeking Behavior. I H. Li, C. Li, M. Ghorbanian Zolbin, R. Krimmer, J. Kärkkäinen, & R. Suomi (Red.), Well-Being in the Information Society: When the Mind Breaks - 9th International Conference, WIS 2022, Proceedings (Vol. 1626, s. 161-178). (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 1626 CCIS). Springer. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-14832-3

Ahmadinia, Hamed. / A Review of Health Beliefs and Their Influence on Asylum Seekers and Refugees’ Health-Seeking Behavior. Well-Being in the Information Society: When the Mind Breaks - 9th International Conference, WIS 2022, Proceedings. redaktör / Hongxiu Li ; Chenglong Li ; Maehed Ghorbanian Zolbin ; Robert Krimmer ; Jukka Kärkkäinen ; Reima Suomi. Vol. 1626 Springer, 2022. s. 161-178 (Communications in Computer and Information Science).

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Ahmadinia, H 2022, A Review of Health Beliefs and Their Influence on Asylum Seekers and Refugees’ Health-Seeking Behavior. i H Li, C Li, M Ghorbanian Zolbin, R Krimmer, J Kärkkäinen & R Suomi (red), Well-Being in the Information Society: When the Mind Breaks - 9th International Conference, WIS 2022, Proceedings. vol. 1626, Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol. 1626 CCIS, Springer, s. 161-178, Well-Being in the Information Society: When the Mind Breaks, Turku, Finland, 25/08/22. <https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-14832-3>

A Review of Health Beliefs and Their Influence on Asylum Seekers and Refugees’ Health-Seeking Behavior. / Ahmadinia, Hamed.
Well-Being in the Information Society: When the Mind Breaks - 9th International Conference, WIS 2022, Proceedings. red. / Hongxiu Li; Chenglong Li; Maehed Ghorbanian Zolbin; Robert Krimmer; Jukka Kärkkäinen; Reima Suomi. Vol. 1626 Springer, 2022. s. 161-178 (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 1626 CCIS).

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