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Violence and reproductive health preceding flight from war : accounts from Somali born women in Sweden
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- Byrskog, Ulrika (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Högskolan Dalarna,Omvårdnad,Internationell mödra- och barnhälsovård (IMCH),Internationell kvinno- & mödrahälsovård och migration/Essén
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- Essén, Birgitta, 1961- (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Internationell mödra- och barnhälsovård (IMCH),Internationell kvinno- och mödrahälsovård och migration/Essén,Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa, Uppsala Universitet
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- Olsson, Pia, 1953- (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Internationell mödra- och barnhälsovård (IMCH),Internationell sexuell och reproduktiv hälsa/Larsson,Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa, Uppsala Universitet
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- Klingberg-Allvin, Marie (författare)
- Högskolan Dalarna,Omvårdnad,School of Education, Health and Social Studies, Dalarna University, Falun, Sweden
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- 2014-08-30
- 2014
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: BMC Public Health. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1471-2458. ; 14
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Abstract
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- Background: Political violence and war are push factors for migration and social determinants of health among migrants. Somali migration to Sweden has increased threefold since 2004, and now comprises refugees with more than 20 years of war experiences. Health is influenced by earlier life experiences with adverse sexual and reproductive health, violence, and mental distress being linked. Adverse pregnancy outcomes are reported among Somali born refugees in high-income countries. The aim of this study was to explore experiences and perceptions on war, violence, and reproductive health before migration among Somali born women in Sweden.Method: Qualitative semi-structured individual interviews were conducted with 17 Somali born refugee women of fertile age living in Sweden. Thematic analysis was applied.Results: Before migration, widespread war-related violence in the community had created fear, separation, and interruption in daily life in Somalia, and power based restrictions limited access to reproductive health services. The lack of justice and support for women exposed to non-partner sexual violence or intimate partner violence reinforced the risk of shame, stigmatization, and silence. Social networks, stoicism, and faith constituted survival strategies in the context of war.Conclusions: Several factors reinforced non-disclosure of violence exposure among the Somali born women before migration. Therefore, violence-related illness might be overlooked in the health care system. Survival strategies shaped by war contain resources for resilience and
Ämnesord
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences (hsv//eng)
- 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)
Nyckelord
- Somali-born women
- maternity care
- qualitative
- thematic analysis
- violence
- wellbeing
- Sweden
- Kvinnor och mäns erfarenheter och upplevelser av könsrelaterat våld i väpnade konflikter
Publikations- och innehållstyp
- ref (ämneskategori)
- art (ämneskategori)
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