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Mourão, S. & Bernardes, S. (2014). Understanding immigrants’ adherence to child health surveillance services in Portugal?: Highlights from a grounded theory. In 2nd World Congress of Health Research. (pp. 53-53). Viseu: Elsevier.

S. S. Mourão and S. G. Bernardes,  "Understanding immigrants’ adherence to child health surveillance services in Portugal?: Highlights from a grounded theory", in 2nd World Congr. of Health Research, Viseu, Elsevier, 2014, vol. 46, pp. 53-53

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	author = "Mourão, S. and Bernardes, S.",
	title = "Understanding immigrants’ adherence to child health surveillance services in Portugal?: Highlights from a grounded theory",
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AB  - : Immigrant children are a vulnerable group regarding
health. Evidence suggests lower rates of their adherence to health
services (vs non-immigrants, Javier et al, 2009), in general, and
child health surveillance services (CHSS), in particular. Although the
promotion of immigrant children’s adherence to CHSS may be an
important step in promoting their health, little is known about the
determinants of their (caregivers’) behavior.
Objectives: This study aimed to develop a Grounded Theory (GT)
on the determinants of adherence to CHSS, of Cape Verdean and
Brazilian immigrant child caregivers in Portugal.
Methods: 5 Focus Groups (n = 19) and 17 in-depth interviews were
conducted, with Cape Verdean, Brazilian and Portuguese child
caregivers, from heterogeneous socioeconomic conditions. Data was
analyzed using the GT methodology of Strauss and Corbin (1990).
Results: Adherence to CHSS is a nuclear and multidimensional
concept with several determinants at different levels of analysis.
Some of these main determinants are: immigrants’ socioeconomic
conditions; (lack of)support for children’s care in the host country;
(cultural)beliefs about recommended interventions; the degree
of similarity between consults/health-care providers of origin
and host countries; (cultural)differences between caregivers’ and
health-care providers’ practices.
Conclusions: These findings may contribute to incresase the
knowledge about immigrants’ (non)adherence behaviors, especially
those that aim at health promotion. Also, our À ndings may point to
important direction for further research and intervention aiming
at the improvement of immigrants’ adherence to CHSS in Portugal.
ER  -