Journeys to health: the case of Chilean exiles in the UK
Gideon, Jasmine (2022) Journeys to health: the case of Chilean exiles in the UK. Journal of Refugee Studies 35 (3), pp. 1089-1106. ISSN 0951-6328.
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Abstract
Taking the idea of refugee 'journeys to health' (Newbold and McKeary, 2018) as a point of departure this paper examines the case of Chilean exiles in the UK. Reflecting on interviews conducted with Chilean exiles the analysis highlights how the health-related challenges that many people have experienced change over time. For some the passing of time has enabled people to make sense of what happened to them following the military coup in Chile in 1979 and this has helped them to 'move on'. For others, on-going challenges remain, for example a number of people still experienced PTSD. The paper also reflects on the difficulties encountered by refugees when dealing with formal health providers. While all of the respondents had full entitlements to NHS services the paper reflects on the informal barriers that continue to shape refugees' engagement with health care providers and limit their ability to address health concerns.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication following peer review. The version of record is available online at the link above. |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Jasmine Gideon |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Sep 2020 09:18 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 18:03 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/40678 |
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