Healthcare for Immigrants and Refugees
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025 | Viewed by 376
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Globally, the number of people living outside their countries of birth, either voluntarily or involuntarily, due to war and unrest is increasing. This increase has profound implications for both the countries of origin and destination in terms of healthcare and health-seeking behavior. When migrants and refugees leave their countries of origin, they do not leave their cultural and health beliefs behind; rather, these are all presented to the healthcare settings of their countries of destination, presenting important challenges to receiving optimal healthcare in their new country. Often, migrants and refugees report that they are not familiar with the healthcare system in their new countries and thereby delay access to it, increasing their risk of the end-stage diagnosis of chronic illnesses. Accessibility and equity of healthcare are growing public health issues, and gaining insight into the facilitators and barriers to migrants and refugees accessing healthcare in their new countries continues to be a contemporary phenomenon of interest in research, education, and practice.
In this Special Issue, entitled “Healthcare for Immigrants and Refugees”, we encourage nurses, midwives, and other healthcare providers in the community and healthcare sectors to disseminate findings from empirical studies, systematic reviews, and policy papers among migrants and refugees, humanitarian entrants, and asylum seekers to ensure optimal health outcomes for this growing global population. Research areas may include, but are not limited to, the following: illness and healthcare experiences, health promotion initiatives and evaluations, interdisciplinary and intersectoral approaches, health-seeking behavior for diverse health issues, and screening practices of migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, and humanitarian entrants.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Olayide Oluyemisi Ogunsiji
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- migrants
- refugees
- asylum seekers
- humanitarian entrants
- culturally and linguistically diverse
- healthcare
- equitable access
- health-seeking behavior
- lived experience
- culturally sensitive care
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