Health workers and Sub Saharan African women's understanding of equal access to healthcare in Norway.

ABSTRACT: This article describes and analyzes conceptions of equal access to healthcare by health workers and Sub Saharan African women living in Norway. The main objective of the study was to find out if there is equal access to healthcare as understood by both the provider and receiver side of healthcare. The two sides have different positions from where to observe and judge the services given, which can give a broader understanding of the healthcare system. Do Sub Saharan African women find healthcare services unjust and discriminating? Do health workers share conceptions of access held by these women? This study used a qualitative fieldwork research design. One hundred interviews were done with health workers and 55 interviews were done with Somali, Gambian and Eritrean women who all had experie

SUBMITTER: Lien IL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8432872 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature