Migrant children long term conditions
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Identifying the additional care needs of migrant children with long-term conditions: A qualitative study of patient, family carers and provider perspectives
IRAS ID
262722
Contact name
Jill Thompson
Contact email
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 11 months, 26 days
Research summary
Summary of Research
It is well established that migrant populations have additional health care needs that are shaped by their experiences in their home country, their migration journeys and their experiences once arrived in their host country. However, little is known about the health care needs of migrant children and this has implications for their interactions with health services in the United Kingdom.This project will seek to address this gap in the knowledge by exploring the additional health needs of migrant children with a focus on four long term conditions: brittle bone disease, chronic pain, HIV/AIDS and rheumatology.
Working in partnership with clinician’s from the psychology services at Sheffield Children’s Hospital (SCH), we will undertake interviews with migrant children who are currently receiving treatment from SCH for one of the four conditions, and their family carers. We will identify children’s and family carers’ experiences of the long term condition prior to, during and since migration and seek to explore similarities and differences in the treatment that they have received during these different stages. We will also talk to professionals who treat migrant children at SCH to identify the things that contribute towards a good clinical interaction between migrant children, their family carers and health professionals and potential challenges.
The findings from this project will enable health professionals to have a better understanding of migrant children’s additional health needs and will be used to inform the development of tools to enhance treatment agreements between professionals and migrant children and their families.
Summary of Results
This study set out to explore the additional needs of migrant children accessing Sheffield children's hospital. Unfortunately, we began recruitment as COVID-19 hit the UK. Recruitment to the study was very difficult and we only spoke to 4 young people. The limited data collected has impacted on our abilities to provide any tangiable findings.REC name
East of Scotland Research Ethics Service REC 2
REC reference
19/ES/0089
Date of REC Opinion
30 Sep 2019
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion