Supporting decision-making by a health promotion programme : Experiences of persons ageing in the context of migration

• This study is part of the Promoting Aging Migrants’ Capabilities programme that applied person-centred group meetings and one individual home visit to prolong independence in daily activities among people ≥70 years who had migrated to Sweden from Finland or the Western Balkan region. With the purpose to understand programme outcomes, the study aimed to explore the participants’ everyday experiences of using health-promoting messages exchanged during the programme. Using a grounded theory approach, 12 persons aged 70- 83 years were interviewed six months to one year after their participation in the programme. The participants experienced how using health-promoting messages was a dynamic process of how to make decisions on taking action to satisfy health-related needs of oneself or others immediately or deferring action. Five sub-processes were also identified: gaining inner strength, meeting challenges in available resources, being attentive to what is worth knowing, approaching health risks, and identifying opportunities to advocate for others. The results suggest that the programme could develop personal skills to support older people who have migrated to overcome health-related challenges. They further demonstrate the importance of supporting their health literacy before personal resources hinder action, and call for research on programmes to overcome environmental barriers to health.

Ämnesord

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Hälsovetenskap -- Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Health Sciences -- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (hsv//eng)

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Hälsovetenskap (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Health Sciences (hsv//eng)

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Access and evaluation

Ageing

Emigrants and immigrants

Group intervention

Health care quality

Health literacy

Person-centred approach

aged

aging

clinical article

controlled study

daily life activity

decision making

female

Finland

grounded theory

health hazard

health promotion

home visit

human

male

migrant

skill

Sweden

transcription initiation

transcription regulation

Balkan Peninsula

decision support system

ethnology

geriatric assessment

migration

procedures

program evaluation

psychology

statistics and numerical data

very elderly

Activities of Daily Living

Aged

80 and over

Decision Support Techniques

Humans

Transients and Migrants

Hälsa och välfärd

Health literacy

emigrants and immigrants

ageing

person-centred approach

group intervention

health care quality

access and evaluation

cross-language research

complex interventions

daily occupations

older-people

home visits

literacy

metaanalysis

immigrants

sweden

education

Public

Environmental & Occupational Health

lstein mf

1975

journal of psychiatric research

v12

p189

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