Providing care to refugees through mainstream general practice in the southern health region of New Zealand: a qualitative study of primary healthcare professionals' perspectives.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To explore the perspectives of primary healthcare (PHC) professionals providing care to refugees through mainstream general practice. DESIGN:Qualitative exploratory design with semistructured interviews subjected to inductive thematic analysis. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS:Nine general practices enrolled in the Dunedin Refugee Resettlement Programme, in New Zealand (NZ)'s southern health region. Participants included nine general practitioners and six practice nurses. RESULTS:Three analytical constructs were identified: relational engagement with refugees, refugee healthcare delivery and providers' professional role shaped by complexity. Building meaningful relational connections involved acknowledging refugees' journeys by getting to know them as people. This was instrumental for th

SUBMITTER: Richard L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6955505 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature