de Los Reyes Wendy, Farhan Sarah, Bin Zakaria Nasir, Saw Anne
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
University of Massachusetts-Boston, Boston, MA, USA.
J Health Psychol. 2025 May;30(6):1189-1195. doi: 10.1177/13591053241288539. Epub 2024 Oct 18.
Research suggests that preventive healthcare needs are high among U.S. refugees from Myanmar; yet no studies have examined healthcare patterns among U.S. Rohingya refugees. We examined participation in preventive cancer screening, healthcare access barriers, and facilitators in a community-based sample of 308 Rohingya refugees in Chicago, Illinois. Descriptives were conducted for the participation rates to preventive cancer screenings, indicated by age and gender. Chi-square tests were used to examine gender differences in barriers and facilitators in healthcare. Participants reported low participation in preventive screenings (e.g. 89.2% never received a Papanicolaou (pap) test). Healthcare access barriers were observed: 82.8% uninsured, 81.2% not knowing where to go for healthcare needs, and 55.1% needed interpretation, with men less likely to have had a doctor's visit in the past year or a regular provider. Findings highlight the urgent need to further develop or tailor interventions to address the healthcare needs for resettled Rohingya refugees.
研究表明，美国来自缅甸的难民对预防性医疗保健的需求很高；然而，尚无研究调查过美国罗兴亚难民的医疗保健模式。我们在伊利诺伊州芝加哥市的308名罗兴亚难民的社区样本中，研究了预防性癌症筛查的参与情况、医疗保健获取障碍及促进因素。对按年龄和性别划分的预防性癌症筛查参与率进行了描述性统计。卡方检验用于研究医疗保健方面障碍和促进因素的性别差异。参与者报告称预防性筛查的参与率较低（例如，89.2%的人从未接受过巴氏试验）。观察到了医疗保健获取障碍：82.8%的人未参保，81.2%的人不知道去哪里满足医疗需求，55.1%的人需要口译服务，男性在过去一年看医生或有固定医疗服务提供者的可能性较小。研究结果凸显了迫切需要进一步制定或调整干预措施，以满足重新安置的罗兴亚难民的医疗保健需求。
