Tuck Andrew, Oda Anna, Hynie Michaela, Bennett-AbuAyyash Caroline, Roche Brenda, Agic Branka, McKenzie Kwame
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 2017-33 Russell St, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
J Immigr Minor Health. 2019 Dec;21(6):1306-1312. doi: 10.1007/s10903-019-00856-y.
Unmet health care needs are under explored among refugees. Previously we found unmet health care needs in Syrian refugees may be higher than in the general Canadian population (Oda et al. CMAJ Open 5(2):E354-E358, 2017; Oda et al. J Immigr Minor Health, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-018-0780-z). This follow-up study with Syrian refugees who entered Canada between July 2015 and July 2016 aimed to understand if there are changes in unmet health care needs 6 months to a year after baseline collection. The number reporting unmet needs was high (42.6%). Although some refugees had their needs met, unmet health needs persist, and it seems that they are linked with sponsorship pathway and post-migration socio-economic position. While caution should be used generalizing these results, they do suggest that greater coordination between services may be needed as many of the refugees report unmet needs within months of arriving and continue to report needs after being here for a period up to 2 years.
难民群体中未得到满足的医疗保健需求尚未得到充分研究。此前我们发现，叙利亚难民中未得到满足的医疗保健需求可能高于加拿大普通人群（小田等人，《加拿大医学会杂志·开放版》5(2):E354-E358，2017；小田等人，《移民与少数族裔健康杂志》，2018。https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-018-0780-z）。这项针对2015年7月至2016年7月期间进入加拿大的叙利亚难民的随访研究，旨在了解在基线数据收集后的6个月至1年里，未得到满足的医疗保健需求是否有变化。报告需求未得到满足的人数比例很高（42.6%）。尽管一些难民的需求得到了满足，但未得到满足的健康需求依然存在，而且这些需求似乎与赞助途径和移民后的社会经济地位有关。虽然在推广这些结果时应谨慎，但它们确实表明可能需要加强服务之间的协调，因为许多难民在抵达后的几个月内就报告了未得到满足的需求，并且在抵达这里长达2年的时间后仍继续报告有需求。
