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Published in: BMC Public Health 1/2013

Open Access 01-12-2013 | Research article

Contextualising migrants’ health behaviour - a qualitative study of transnational ties and their implications for participation in mammography screening

Authors: Linnea Lue Kessing, Marie Norredam, Ann-Britt Kvernrod, Anna Mygind, Maria Kristiansen

Published in: BMC Public Health | Issue 1/2013

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Abstract

Background

Lower participation rates in mammography screening are common among migrant women compared to native-born women. Explanations of these lower rates have mainly been based on behavioural theories investigating how lack of knowledge, access to services and culture influence the screening behaviour. The aim of the present study was to contextualise screening behaviour by exploring migrants’ transnational ties and their influence on participation in mammography screening in Denmark.

Methods

The study is based on the analysis of qualitative interviews with 29 women residing in greater Copenhagen, Denmark and born in Somalia, Turkey, India, Iran, Pakistan and Arab-speaking countries.

Results

We found that while women had knowledge about breast cancer and mammography screening, it was not prioritised. All women were embedded in transnational ties, which they struggled to retain through emotional and financial obligations, and these current struggles in their everyday life seemed to leave little room for concerns about breast cancer and therefore seemed to contribute to their lower participation in screening.

Conclusions

The study emphasises the need to take into account the multi-layered and multi-sided factors in migrants’ everyday life in order to further understand their health behaviour.
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Metadata
Title
Contextualising migrants’ health behaviour - a qualitative study of transnational ties and their implications for participation in mammography screening
Authors
Linnea Lue Kessing
Marie Norredam
Ann-Britt Kvernrod
Anna Mygind
Maria Kristiansen
Publication date
01-12-2013
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Public Health / Issue 1/2013
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-431

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