European migrant children and young people’s views and experiences of healthcare

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Sime, Daniela; Thomas, Felicity, ed. (2026) European migrant children and young people’s views and experiences of healthcare. In: Handbook of Migration and Health. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham. (In Press)

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Abstract

This chapter draws on research with migrant children and young people who had migrated with their families from Central and Eastern Europe to the UK. Although understanding users’ views of healthcare provision is key to informing policy and practice, the views of migrant groups in relation to experiences of healthcare, in particular those of children and young people, are rarely explored. In order to address this gap, this chapter examines first the wider context of the physical and mental health status of migrant children and adults, the social determinants that influence migrant children’s health outcomes and issues in their access to and use of healthcare services post-migration. The main focus is on young people’s views of health service provision, the barriers they face in relation to health service use and the strategies migrant families adopt to overcome perceived shortcomings in provision, including adopting a transnational use of health services.

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Sime, Daniela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3207-5456; Thomas, Felicity
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