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_id: '6827'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: "Introduction: Migration is a complicated social phenomenon that has a big
    impact on people's access to and use of health care, especially for vulnerable
    groups like women and children. The study was carried out to determine the factors
    affecting the potential use of health services and their usage by female Turkish
    migrants and their children living in Bielefeld, Germany.\r\nMethods: The study
    adopted a qualitative design, and in-depth individual interview interviews were
    used to collect data. Interviews were conducted with 20 female Turkish migrants
    who have children with food allergies between November-December 2023. The data
    were analyzed using the content analysis method. \r\nResults: The ages of the
    female Turkish migrants participating in the study ranged from 31 to 48. A total
    of 4 themes were determined from the codes: 1) Perceptions on health services,
    2) Perceptions of health care service in Germany compared to the country of origin,
    3) Healthcare utilization and comparative perceptions of health systems, and 4)
    Factors that facilitate access to health services and increase satisfaction and
    suggestions for improvement. \r\nDiscussion: Mothers have both positive and negative
    experiences with the German healthcare system, their perceptions of the German
    healthcare system are influenced by their experiences in their home country, there
    are factors that increase their satisfaction, they encounter individual and systemic
    barriers in healthcare service utilization, and they made some suggestions for
    overcoming these barriers.\r\n"
author:
- first_name: Katja
  full_name: Makowsky, Katja
  id: '208630'
  last_name: Makowsky
- first_name: 'Yağmur '
  full_name: 'Sezer Efe, Yağmur '
  last_name: Sezer Efe
citation:
  alphadin: '<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Makowsky, Katja</span> ; <span
    style="font-variant:small-caps;">Sezer Efe, Yağmur </span>: <i>UTILIZATION AND
    USE OF HEALTH SERVICES BY FEMALE TURKISH MIGRANTS AND THEIR CHILDREN LIVING IN
    GERMANY</i>, 2026'
  ama: Makowsky K, Sezer Efe Y. <i>UTILIZATION AND USE OF HEALTH SERVICES BY FEMALE
    TURKISH MIGRANTS AND THEIR CHILDREN LIVING IN GERMANY</i>.; 2026. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.57720/6827">10.57720/6827</a>
  apa: Makowsky, K., &#38; Sezer Efe, Y. (2026). <i>UTILIZATION AND USE OF HEALTH
    SERVICES BY FEMALE TURKISH MIGRANTS AND THEIR CHILDREN LIVING IN GERMANY</i>.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.57720/6827">https://doi.org/10.57720/6827</a>
  bibtex: '@book{Makowsky_Sezer Efe_2026, title={UTILIZATION AND USE OF HEALTH SERVICES
    BY FEMALE TURKISH MIGRANTS AND THEIR CHILDREN LIVING IN GERMANY}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.57720/6827">10.57720/6827</a>},
    author={Makowsky, Katja and Sezer Efe, Yağmur }, year={2026} }'
  chicago: Makowsky, Katja, and Yağmur  Sezer Efe. <i>UTILIZATION AND USE OF HEALTH
    SERVICES BY FEMALE TURKISH MIGRANTS AND THEIR CHILDREN LIVING IN GERMANY</i>,
    2026. <a href="https://doi.org/10.57720/6827">https://doi.org/10.57720/6827</a>.
  ieee: K. Makowsky and Y. Sezer Efe, <i>UTILIZATION AND USE OF HEALTH SERVICES BY
    FEMALE TURKISH MIGRANTS AND THEIR CHILDREN LIVING IN GERMANY</i>. 2026.
  mla: Makowsky, Katja, and Yağmur Sezer Efe. <i>UTILIZATION AND USE OF HEALTH SERVICES
    BY FEMALE TURKISH MIGRANTS AND THEIR CHILDREN LIVING IN GERMANY</i>. 2026, doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.57720/6827">10.57720/6827</a>.
  short: K. Makowsky, Y. Sezer Efe, UTILIZATION AND USE OF HEALTH SERVICES BY FEMALE
    TURKISH MIGRANTS AND THEIR CHILDREN LIVING IN GERMANY, 2026.
date_created: 2026-04-15T14:43:46Z
date_updated: 2026-04-20T10:12:25Z
department:
- _id: '105'
doi: 10.57720/6827
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keyword:
- German healthcare system
- factors affecting the potential use of health services
- female Turkish migrants
- their children
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
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status: public
title: UTILIZATION AND USE OF HEALTH SERVICES BY FEMALE TURKISH MIGRANTS AND THEIR
  CHILDREN LIVING IN GERMANY
type: working_paper
urn: urn:nbn:de:hbz:bi10-68270
user_id: '263827'
year: '2026'
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