Probing the context of vulnerability: Zimbabwean migrant women’s experiences of accessing public health care in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorLawack, Vivienne
dc.contributor.authorMutambara, VM
dc.contributor.authorMulu, NNT
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-22T09:27:20Z
dc.date.available2021-09-22T09:27:20Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractSouth Africa has a professed inclusive health policy that articulates that everyone is entitled to have access to healthcare services, regardless of nationality and citizenship. However, several challenges exist for migrant women in South Africa, in accessing this health care. This paper, based on the experiences of Zimbabwean migrant women residing in Durban, focuses on their experiences of seeking and accessing health-care services in South Africa. Using a qualitative study design, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 22 purposively sampled female participants aged 25–49 years. This paper employs a structural-violence analysis to probe the underlying factors that make it challenging for Zimbabwean migrant women to access public health-care services in South Africa. The findings of this paper highlight that the lack of valid immigration documentation, often makes it challenging for participants to access services from public hospitals and clinics. The findings also reveal that the state of the South African public healthcare system predisposes migrant women to health risks.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLawack, V., Mutambara, VM., Mulu, NNT., et al. (2021) "Probing the context of vulnerability: Zimbabwean migrant women’s experiences of access", in AHMR African Human Mobilty Review - Vol. 7 (No. 1), JAN-APR 2021.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/6755
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAfrican Human Mobility Review (AHMR)en_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectMigrationen_US
dc.subjectAccess to healthcareen_US
dc.subjectViolenceen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectMigrationen_US
dc.subjectWomenen_US
dc.subjectImmigrationen_US
dc.subjectQualitative researchen_US
dc.subjectSemi-structured interviewsen_US
dc.subjectPublic hospitalen_US
dc.subjectPublic healthcareen_US
dc.subjectPublic health facilitiesen_US
dc.titleProbing the context of vulnerability: Zimbabwean migrant women’s experiences of accessing public health care in South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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