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Evaluation of a Health-Management Course for Recently Settled Immigrants
Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation. Unit of Research, Education and Development, Östersund Hospital, Östersund, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3466-5150
The Coordination Agency of the Region of Jämtland, Östersund, Sweden.
Unit of Research, Education and Development, Östersund Hospital, Östersund, Sweden.
2022 (English)In: Journal of International Migration and Integration, ISSN 1488-3473, E-ISSN 1874-6365, Vol. 23, no 1, p. 365-381Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This study aims to evaluate an intervention, consisting of nine weeks of health-management course, combined with social and working life orientation and language instruction for recently settled immigrants in Sweden. One hundred one participants in the intervention groups and 48 participants in the control group participated. The intervention consisted of a health management course combined with social and working life orientation and the control group participated in the regular local authority program for social and working life orientation. Measurement instruments were health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and registration of work rate. Several participants in the groups were in work, primarily in subsidized employment, after six months. Recently settled men were employed to a greater extent than the women, where poorer physical and mental health could be observed among women in this study. Participants in the intervention and the control groups had maintained HRQoL from pre-intervention to six months post-intervention. More studies investigating the participants experiences of the health-managing course but also more homogenous measurements in studies for recently settled immigrants are needed.

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Springer, 2022. Vol. 23, no 1, p. 365-381
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Civic orientation, Health promotion school, Health-related quality of life, Migration, Recently arrived
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Public Health, Global Health and Social Medicine
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-184462DOI: 10.1007/s12134-021-00828-yISI: 000656364500001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85107299351OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-184462DiVA, id: diva2:1566045
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Region Jämtland HärjedalenAvailable from: 2021-06-14 Created: 2021-06-14 Last updated: 2025-02-20Bibliographically approved

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