In Sweden, migrants have poorer sexual and reproductive health compared to the general population. Health literacy, in form of cognitive social skills enabling access promoting activities, is often among migrants, partly due language cultural barriers. Culturally sensitive education provides a strategy for enhancing literacy. Since 2012, specially trained civic communicators provided rights information newly arrived refugees Skåne, Sweden. The aim this study was explore how on perceived by...

Purpose Sexual harassment in contexts of higher education is a well-documented problem with far reaching consequences for individuals and organizations. Questions remain about how sexual conceptualized what implications these conceptualizations have designing programmes to prevent respond university settings. This study aimed understand students conceptualize harassment, focussing on the influence perceived norms organizational structures as explanatory mechanisms.

Language and different sexual health discourses constitute barriers to the uptake of information on reproductive rights among migrants. Challenges remain with regards design implementation culturally appropriate programmes interventions. This study explored role civic communicators in increasing access migrants resettling Sweden. Twenty in-depth interviews were conducted analysed using qualitative content analysis. Findings illustrate potential identifying needs, deconstructing...

Some groups of migrants have increased vulnerability to Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) transmission partly due a lower uptake disease preventive activities targeting the general population in receiving country. Limited access economic social resources poor language skills may exacerbate exposure sexual risks utilization health services.To explore migrant specific predictors for STI/HIV-testing among Syrian Iraqi Sweden investigate potential...

Abstract Background Health literacy-related challenges are expected to increase with age due a discrepancy between individual capacity and health care demands. Knowledge about associations literacy age-related outcomes among older adults is scarce. This important address promote optimal in adults. The study aims investigate the association status explore differences younger old oldest Methods Cross-sectional using SWEOLD population-based data from 2022, national representative sample of...

Background Gender-based violence (GBV) is an internationally widespread human rights and public health issue, known to be exacerbated underreported in humanitarian settings among conflict-affected populations. A combination of factors including increased vulnerability, lack protection marginalization are believed increase the risk for GBV such as displacement refugee camps. An understanding these populations needed inform improve future policy changes interventions. This qualitative study...

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Global health and sustainable development have increasingly been recognised as important parts of medical education, yet education on these issues remains fragmented scarce. In 2020, a bill to reform the national curricula across all Swedish schools was introduced, including greater emphasis global development. This study aimed explore perspectives key stakeholders in role education.This qualitative based semi-structured interviews with 11 broadly defined faculty board members (dean and/or...

Growing evidence suggests that young migrants are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence. As often lack family and social networks, professionals the recipients of disclosures This study aimed explore how experience migrants' A qualitative design was used, based on 14 semi-structured interviews with a range from public sector civil society in southern Sweden. The data were analysed using content analysis. overarching theme developed 'coming across hidden problem violence an excluded...

Women who are subjected to violence affected by the traumatic event but also resultant negative or positive social situations arising from manner in which society works. The aim of this study was investigate, against background a incident, significance events that occur after act itself. picture victimization and how it is experienced complex. Two case studies illustrate attempts assaulted women gain redress, they show made more difficult secondary traumatization. An analytical model gives...

Abstract Background Migrants constitute a growing share of the European population. Refugees and migrants in Europe have higher risk for poor sexual reproductive health than native-born These differences can be explained by limited access to care, family planning prevention. Newly arrived Sweden are offered programme encompassing civic orientation provided mother tongue communicators. MILSA web-based education platform aims secure national standard orientation. Over three-year period, 200...