Table 1 Agenda for future Australian and international research
From: A critical interpretive synthesis of migrants’ experiences of the Australian health system
Agenda for future research examining migrants’ interactions with destination country health systems | |
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Cultural diversity | 1) Explicitly acknowledge and engage with the diversity within and across the regions and countries that individuals migrate from 2) Examine culture as it intersects with other aspects of migrants’ identities (such as migration status, socioeconomic status, sexuality, age) to influence their care experiences |
Linguistic diversity | 3) Take into account differences in English language ability, rather than simply categorising migrants as “non-English-speaking” 4) Explicitly acknowledge and engage with the linguistic diversity that can exist within groups hailing from apparently homogenous regions and countries (including differences in dialects) |
Fluidity and multiplicity of migrants’ identities | 5) Understand the shifting and multiple identities migrants assume during their care encounters and its policy implications with regards to responsiveness -related expectations and policy/practice responses 6) Consider how migrants’ identities evolve over time in the host country, as well as pre- and post-migration, and the impact on their expectations and experiences of care 7) Understand how migrants’ identities and care experiences are relationally constructed during their interactions with health professionals and their “counter-identities” and the implications for cultural competence/responsiveness |