“…Despite some critique of the clinical paradigm's dominance within the service and descriptions of the cultural challenges of working in a multidisciplinary team environment, in talking about the (dis)engagement/lack of engagement of First Nation Australian young people and young people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, few participants reflected on how the culture of the service itself may affect its accessibility. Rather, most participants directed focus to the culture of the Other and to the relational context as core explanations for why cohorts of young people who experience greater vulnerabilities within the broader community (Botfield, Newman, & Zwi, 2018; Priest et al., 2013) are under‐represented amongst the service's users.…It's the culture, because their culture's different to our culture. I can quite understand why they would be the ones that disengage because they would probably find it harder to bring it up at home with their parents and that sort of thing.…”
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“…Despite some critique of the clinical paradigm's dominance within the service and descriptions of the cultural challenges of working in a multidisciplinary team environment, in talking about the (dis)engagement/lack of engagement of First Nation Australian young people and young people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, few participants reflected on how the culture of the service itself may affect its accessibility. Rather, most participants directed focus to the culture of the Other and to the relational context as core explanations for why cohorts of young people who experience greater vulnerabilities within the broader community (Botfield, Newman, & Zwi, 2018; Priest et al., 2013) are under‐represented amongst the service's users.…It's the culture, because their culture's different to our culture. I can quite understand why they would be the ones that disengage because they would probably find it harder to bring it up at home with their parents and that sort of thing.…”
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“…All interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, de-identified and coded in NVivo 10. Thematic analysis was undertaken, as described by Braun and Clarke, 24 and iterative categorisation 25 was then applied to the coded data. In addition to earlier intercoder testing activities, final themes were discussed and agreed on by all authors.…”
“…Taboo: SRH is 'no man's land' SRH taboo, shaped by cultural and generational differences, emerged as an important factor shaping the way refugee and migrant men perceive and access SRH. 24,[28][29][30]39,47,50 Studies pointed out that Australian culture is perceived to be 'quite relaxed' 28 and 'more open to discussing sexual health issues' 30,50 by refugee and migrant men, making 'discussion of sexual health and HIV related issues appeared to be more acceptable'. 24 In their country of origin, however, refugee and migrant men 'do not have courage to talk about sexual healtheven with a doctor'.…”
Australia's National Men's Health Strategy 2020-2030 identifies refugee and migrant men from culturally and lingustically diverse backgrounds as priority groups for sexual and reproductive health (SRH) interventions. The paucity of SRH research focusing on refugee and migrant men is a significant gap to advance men's health and policy. Hence, this review aimed to synthesise the available evidence on refugee and migrant men's SRH needs, understandings and experiences of accessing services after resettlement in Australia. A systematic search of peer reviewed literature in PubMed, Scopus, and PsyInfo was made. A World Health Organization framework for operationalising sexual health and its relationship with reproductive health was used to map the identified studies. The socio-ecological framework was applied to thematically synthesise data extracted from individual studies and identify factors that influence the SRH of refugee and migrant men. We included 38 papers in the review. The majority of sexual health studies ( 16) were about sexually transmitted infections (STIs), mainly HIV ( 12), followed by sexual health education and information (5) and sexual functioning (3). Reproductive health studies focused on contraceptive counselling and provision (3), antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care (1) and safe abortion care (1). Several factors influenced refugee and migrant men's SRH, including a lack of access to SRH information, language barriers and stigma. We found that SRH literature on refugee and migrant men focuses on STIs, meaning other areas of SRH are poorly understood. We identified key gaps in research on experiences of, and access to, comprehensive SRH care.
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