فنلندا: ضعف التواصل اللغوي عائق أمام حل مشكلات المهاجرين الصحية

- خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

أكدت دراسة صدرت مؤخرًا عن الجمعية القومية للصحة والرفاهية أن المهاجرين أقل استخدامًا للخدمات الصحية العامة، وأقل ترددًا على مراكزه المختلفة، بالرغم من تَعَرُّض قطاع منهم لبعض الأمراض دون علاجها.

وقد أشارت الدراسة إلى أن عدم حصول المهاجرين على العلاج اللازم يرجع إلى ضعف التواصل اللغوي بين المريض والمعالجين، وتعليقًا على ذلك أكدت المتحدثة باسم إدارة الصحة بمدينة "هيلسنكي" أنه من الصعب توفير أقسام خدمات صحية باللغة التي يتكلم بها المهاجرون، ولكن يمكن الاعتماد حينئذ على المترجمين. المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Study: Immigrant health problems often untreated

Immigrants in Helsinki use the public health system less than the general population. According to a fresh survey, though, many mental and physical problems go untreated among the immigration population.

More than 500 Helsinki residents of Russian, Somali and Kurdish background took part in the study, released on Wednesday by the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL).

The report indicates that immigrants on average pose less of a financial burden on the public health system than native-born Finns, as they simply tend to go to the doctor less. However it suggests that perhaps they should make more use of Finland's free medical services.

The study finds that untreated mental health issues are common among foreign-born city dwellers, as well as physical disabilities.

Coordinating the research at the THL was Maryam Fathollahi, a Kurd who came to Finland from Iran with her family as a refugee just over five years ago. Now she has been helping to gather information from other Kurdish immigrants about their health.

Before coming to Finland, she says, many of them suffered persecution and imprisonment. Nearly all had trauma symptoms, while nearly half of Kurdish men had been tortured in their home countries.

Still, few have sought mental health treatment. Many say this is because it is difficult to find such care, while language often poses a problem.

Although the number of foreign doctors and psychologists is on the rise, Anna-Liisa Lyytinen of the city's health department says it is not realistic to be able to offer native-language services to all immigrants. Instead, she says, there will have to be a greater reliance on interpreters.