working Paper Katja Makowsky author 208630 Yağmur Sezer Efe author 105 department 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. Methods: 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. Results: 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. Discussion: 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. https://www.hsbi.de/publikationsserver/download/6827/6828/Manuscript 24.03.2026.docx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.documentno https://www.hsbi.de/publikationsserver/download/6827/6829/Tables.docx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.documentno https://www.hsbi.de/publikationsserver/download/6827/6830/Title pageKM.docx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.documentno 2026 eng German healthcare systemfactors affecting the potential use of health servicesfemale Turkish migrantstheir children urn:nbn:de:hbz:bi10-6827010.57720/6827 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. <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 @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} } 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> 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>. K. Makowsky, Y. Sezer Efe, UTILIZATION AND USE OF HEALTH SERVICES BY FEMALE TURKISH MIGRANTS AND THEIR CHILDREN LIVING IN GERMANY, 2026. 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>. 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> 68272026-04-15T14:43:46Z2026-04-20T10:12:25Z