Ezidi voices: The communication of COVID-19 information amongst a refugee community in rural Australia- a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is growing evidence that government health information related to COVID-19 has failed to adequately reach culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) populations in Australia. Refugees are a unique sub-set of the CALD communities and are subject to numerous barriers preventing adequate health care, both pre- and post-migration. The barriers are accentuated during emergencies, such as a pandemic, as a result of an intersection of various social and economic inequalities. The recently resettled Ezidi refugee community in a regional area of Australia is an example of a community sitting at the intersection of various inequities and thus at greater risk from COVID-19. The purpose of this study is to describe the experiences of the Ezidi in a regional area with COVID-1

SUBMITTER: Healey SJR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8777446 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature