Facilitators and Barriers to Health-Seeking Behaviours among Filipino Migrants: Inductive Analysis to Inform Health Promotion

Maneze, D; DiGiacomo, M; Salamonson, Y; Descallar, J; Davidson, PM

Facilitators and Barriers to Health-Seeking Behaviours among Filipino Migrants: Inductive Analysis to Inform Health Promotion

Maneze, D DiGiacomo, M Salamonson, Y Descallar, J Davidson, PM

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Citation:: BioMed Research International, 2015, 2015 pp. ? - ? (9)
Issue Date:: 2015-02-12

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dc.contributor.author	Maneze, D	en_US
dc.contributor.author	DiGiacomo, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Salamonson, Y	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Descallar, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Davidson, PM	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Allotey, P	en_US
dc.date.available	2015-01-22	en_US
dc.date.issued	2015-02-12	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	BioMed Research International, 2015, 2015 pp. ? - ? (9)	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	2314-6141	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/33324
dc.description.abstract	Understanding factors that influence health-seeking behaviour of migrants is necessary to intervene for behaviour change. This paper explores Filipino migrants’ perceptions of facilitators and barriers to maintaining health in Australia. Open-ended survey item responses reflecting factors that assisted and hindered health following migration to Australia were inductively analysed. Three hundred and thirty-seven of the 552 survey respondents (61%) provided open-ended responses. Responses were grouped into two major categories: individual factors, including personal resources and cultural influences, and environmental factors encompassing both the physical conditions in the host country and health service access. Awareness of practices that enhance health was a major personal facilitator of health-seeking behaviour; however, competing priorities of daily living were perceived as barriers. Cultural beliefs and practices influenced health-seeking behaviour. Despite high self-rated English language skills in this population, new migrants and the elderly cited communication difficulties as barriers to accessing health services. Insight into facilitators and barriers to health-seeking behaviour in this less researched migrant population revealed tools for enhancing engagement in health promotion programs addressing healthy lifestyle.	en_US
dc.publisher	Hindawi Publishing Corporation	en_US
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dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1155/2738	en_US
dc.title	Facilitators and Barriers to Health-Seeking Behaviours among Filipino Migrants: Inductive Analysis to Inform Health Promotion	en_US
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Abstract:

Understanding factors that influence health-seeking behaviour of migrants is necessary to intervene for behaviour change. This paper explores Filipino migrants’ perceptions of facilitators and barriers to maintaining health in Australia. Open-ended survey item responses reflecting factors that assisted and hindered health following migration to Australia were inductively analysed. Three hundred and thirty-seven of the 552 survey respondents (61%) provided open-ended responses. Responses were grouped into two major categories: individual factors, including personal resources and cultural influences, and environmental factors encompassing both the physical conditions in the host country and health service access. Awareness of practices that enhance health was a major personal facilitator of health-seeking behaviour; however, competing priorities of daily living were perceived as barriers. Cultural beliefs and practices influenced health-seeking behaviour. Despite high self-rated English language skills in this population, new migrants and the elderly cited communication difficulties as barriers to accessing health services. Insight into facilitators and barriers to health-seeking behaviour in this less researched migrant population revealed tools for enhancing engagement in health promotion programs addressing healthy lifestyle.

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