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ADESÃO À VIGILÂNCIA DE SAÚDE INFANTIL POR POPULAÇÕES IMIGRANTES CABO VERDIANAS E BRASILEIRAS EM PORTUGAL
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Ethnic minorities’ and immigrants’ therapeutic (non)adherence : What is the role of social and cultural contexts?
Publication . Mourão, Susana Sofia Monteiro; Bernardes, Sónia Gomes da Costa Figueira
Immigrants and ethnic minorities have been identified as vulnerable groups in health, in general, and
in what concerns therapeutic non-adherence (TA) in particular; i.e., (not)following health-care
providers’ therapeutic recommendations. The general aim of this paper is presenting a literature review
of immigrants’/ethnic minorities’ TA determinants.
We will start by highlighting the reasons as to why immigrants’/ethnic minorities’ therapeutic
(non)adherence should be a topic of concern. Then, we will present a review of the main determinants
of immigrants’/ethnic minorities’ TA, at different levels of analysis (e.g., broad structural level; social
and community networks; material and social conditions) and emphasize that non-adherence among
immigrants/ethnic minorities is mostly non-intentional, seeing as how it is associated with issues such
as: low socio-economic conditions, language barriers and cultural mismatches.
Finally, we will highlight the role of health-care providers in tackling this health-related problem and
reflect about the importance of promoting development and training of health-care providers’
multicultural abilities.
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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SFRH/BD/96783/2013