Title:	Access to primary healthcare among Burmese migrants in London : cross-sectional descriptive study
Author:	Aung, Nyein Chan
Institution:	Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute, Basel
Graduate date:	2009-12-21 (W3C-DTF)
Document:	Abstract-Nyein Chang Aung_2009.pdf
Description: In the recent decade, the migrant population in the UK increased dramatically and policy regarding free access to health care by migrants had been restricted in 2004 April by the National Health Service (NHS). Burmese migrants, being one of the ethnic minority groups in the UK, having an estimated population size of 10,000, may have faced some degree of difficulties/problems in access to and utilisation of health care. Although several research studies have been conducted on migrant health issues in the UK, to date, no research has been carried out with the primary focus on Burmese migrants’ health access. The major aim of the proposed study is to explore the level of knowledge and extent of health care services utilisation and barriers toward health care utilisation among Burmese migrants in London...
Classification:	2009 (LCSH)
Language:	English
Date Of Record Creation:	2011-12-08 22:14:22 (W3C-DTF)
Date Of Record Release:	2011-12-09 04:20:32 (W3C-DTF)
Date Last Modified:	2011-12-09 04:22:08 (W3C-DTF)