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Health-related integration interventions for migrants by civil society organizations: an integrative review
Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Education. Halmstad University, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8173-9242
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Number of Authors: 52021 (English)In: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, ISSN 1748-2623, E-ISSN 1748-2631, Vol. 16, no 1, article id 1927488Article, review/survey (Refereed) Published
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Purpose: Migrants are a vulnerable group concerning health and integration. Civil society organizations are deemed important for the integration and health of migrants and have been encouraged to help. This study explored health and acculturation, as expressed in research into health-related integration interventions for migrant groups provided by civil society organizations. Methods: Databases, journal websites and reference lists were searched in an integrative review. Thirteen articles were found and analysed using concepts of health strategies/perspectives and of acculturation with regard to general and health culture. Results: Studies were divided between two primary spectrums: 1) assimilation-integration and 2) integration-separation spectrum. Spectrum 1 interventions tend to promote assimilation into the present host culture and into a Western view of health. They are mostly driven by representatives of the host culture. Spectrum 2 interventions are characterized by a greater openness concerning the home-culture understandings of health, alongside an appreciation of the home culture in general. They are mostly migrant-driven. Conclusions: The different acculturating approaches in migrant and native-driven civil society organizations call for an awareness of their guiding health and acculturation assumptions and their applied perspectives and strategies. This awareness is considered crucial in order to achieve desired health and acculturation outcomes.

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2021. Vol. 16, no 1, article id 1927488
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Acculturation, civil society, health, integration, integrative review, intervention
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-195663DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2021.1927488ISI: 000656302000001PubMedID: 34053417OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-195663DiVA, id: diva2:1587922
Available from: 2021-08-26 Created: 2021-08-26 Last updated: 2025-02-20Bibliographically approved

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