A guide for immigrants about health care system in Finland : Terveysnetti
Muhumed, Ibrahim (2011)
Turun ammattikorkeakoulu
2011
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 1.0 Suomi
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2011120917893
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2011120917893
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The main purpose of this thesis was to make up-to-date bilingual guideline and brochures for the immigrants in Finland on Finnish health care system. The aim of this project was to produce a web-page material written in simplified English in Turku University of Applied Sciences’ Terveysnetti internet pages. Terveysnetti is a website which provides useful health information. The webpages are available at: http://terveysnetti.turkuamk.fi/eng/guide/index.html
The bachelor thesis contained two parts: Literature and guideline part. The literature part covered briefly Finnish history, population, Finnish health care system, immigrants in Finland, history of immigration, and immigration policy. The booklet part included information about health care centers, how to visit doctor or nurse, maternity and child welfare, dental care, emergency number 112 and mini dictionary.
The guideline was written in simplified English and translated into Somali language. It presented the characteristics of Finnish health care system. Bachelor’s thesis was aimed to promote the health of immigrants as they face cultural differences, language problems and insufficient information on the health care system in Finland.
As the health of the immigrants in Finland was not yet studied well and the literature in English on this field was insufficient, the objective of this study was to teach the immigrants to Finnish health care system and also to ease the challenges that health care professionals face when giving care to immigrant patients.
As a further study, the author suggests translating the guideline into other official languages so as all immigrants can benefit from it.
The bachelor thesis contained two parts: Literature and guideline part. The literature part covered briefly Finnish history, population, Finnish health care system, immigrants in Finland, history of immigration, and immigration policy. The booklet part included information about health care centers, how to visit doctor or nurse, maternity and child welfare, dental care, emergency number 112 and mini dictionary.
The guideline was written in simplified English and translated into Somali language. It presented the characteristics of Finnish health care system. Bachelor’s thesis was aimed to promote the health of immigrants as they face cultural differences, language problems and insufficient information on the health care system in Finland.
As the health of the immigrants in Finland was not yet studied well and the literature in English on this field was insufficient, the objective of this study was to teach the immigrants to Finnish health care system and also to ease the challenges that health care professionals face when giving care to immigrant patients.
As a further study, the author suggests translating the guideline into other official languages so as all immigrants can benefit from it.