Tactics employed by healthcare providers in Denmark to determine the vaccination needs of asylum-seeking children: a qualitative study

• Published in: BMC health services research Vol. 18; no. 1; p. 859
• Main Authors: Nakken, Cathrine S, Norredam, Marie, Skovdal, Morten
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 14.11.2018; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adolescent; Aged; Allied Health Personnel - organization & administration; Asylum-seeking children; Care and treatment; Child; Child, Preschool; Children & youth; Denmark; Documentation; Families & family life; Female; Health care; Health Personnel - organization & administration; Health services; Healthcare workers; Humans; Immunization; Infant; Interviews; Male; Measles; Medical care needs assessment; Medical personnel; Medical screening; Methods; Middle Aged; Needs Assessment; Nurses; Parents; Professional ethics; Professional Practice - organization & administration; Public health; Qualitative Research; Referral and Consultation; Refugee children; Refugees; Refugees - statistics & numerical data; Tactics; Vaccination; Vaccines; Denmark; Europe; Germany; Tactics; Asylum-seeking children; Immunization; Vaccination; Denmark; Healthcare workers; Refugee children

Many asylum-seekers to Denmark come from war-torn countries where conflict and insufficient health care infrastructures disrupt vaccine programmes and result in very few children and their families presenting documentation of vaccinations on their arrival in asylum-centers. There is a need to explor...