Health support services abd challenges for west African immigrant mothers of children with special health needs: An interview study in suburban areas on Swedish cities
2019 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesis
Sustainable development
The essay/thesis is mainly on sustainable development according to the University's criteria
Abstract [en]
The aim of this study was to investigate and understand how west African immigrant mothers of children with neuropsychiatric disability are been supported by the Lss service provider. Method: Qualitative semi- structured interviews were conducted with seven participants , therein four were west African mothers of children with neuropsychiatric disability, and three were Lss service workers. The interviews were transcribed and then later thematically analysed. The Result shows that there are challenges for the mothers to understand the supportive information avaliable because of language barriers, therefore making it difficult for the Lss to know whom to provide structural services to, thus there are no health promotional interventions mapped out for the mothers. A total of five main themes and ten subthemes emerged . Conclusion: The findings from this study showed that west African immigrant mothers of children with neuropsychiatric disability in Sweden have a cultural perception that disability is outlawed and prohibited, and their insufficient knowledge on the importance of health literacy affects the Lss from providing sustainable rehabilitation and structural services.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2019. , p. 24
Keywords [en]
West African immigrant mothers health and wellbeing, children with neuropsychiatric disorder, Health policy, promotional intervention for immigrant mothers in Sweden
National Category
Social Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-30210OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-30210DiVA, id: diva2:1330092
Subject / course
Public health science
Educational program
Bachelor programme in Health Promotion through sustainable development
Presentation
Högskolan i Gävle, Gävle (English)
Supervisors
Examiners
2019-06-252019-06-252025-10-02Bibliographically approved