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| Help seeking and barriers to utilisation of medical and health social work services among ageing immigrants to Israel from the former Soviet Union | | Author(s) | Varda Soskolne, Gail K Auslander, Ilana Ben-Shahar |
| Journal title | Health & Social Care in the Community, vol 14, no 1, January 2006 |
| Pages | pp 74-84 |
| Source | www.blackwellpublishing.com/hsc |
| Keywords | Jewish ; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ; Health services ; Social work ; Usage [services] ; Social surveys ; Israel. |
| Annotation | There is a need to reduce difficulties in usage of medical services and to enhance awareness about health social work services among immigrants. This study aimed to examine use made of medical and health social work services among ageing recent and long-term immigrants, also factors related to use of these services. 402 participants recruited from a random community sample of immigrants from the former Soviet Union in Israel aged 55+, living in urban areas were interviewed by telephone. An expanded framework of Anderson's behavioural model was used. Independent variables included predisposing, enabling and need variables; and barriers to, or difficulties encountered during use of services were additional variables. A linear regression model was employed for use made of medical services, and a logistic regression model for use made of social work services. Recent immigrants had similar use rates for medical services, but used more social work services than long-term immigrants. While there were few barriers but numerous difficulties encountered in using medical services, there were barriers but negligible difficulties in using social work services. The findings suggest that different factors are associated with the use of non-discretionary versus discretionary (social work) services. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060314212 A |
| Classmark | TKS: 7AA: L: IG: QLD: 3F: 7H6 |
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