Austria - 2011
Is there evidence that migrant or minority women are particularly vulnerable in accessing and receiving effective health care services?
- Code:
- RED93
- Key Area:
- Health And Social Protection
- Strand(s):
- Discrimination
| Short Answer |
Although there is a lack of data there is some evidence that migrant or minority women are particularly vulnerable in accessing and/or receiving effective health care services |
| Qualitative Info |
Although there is a lack of data there is some evidence that migrant or minority women are particularly vulnerable in accessing and/or receiving effective health care services. The Austrian Migration- and Integrationreport 2003 indicates that the health risk for migrant women is significantly higher than that of women with Austrian origin. The yearbook migration & integration reports that women with migration background less frequently visit a gynaecologist. This observation is also underpinned by the available data in the area of early diagnosis which reveal that there are significant deficits with regard to the use of respective medical methods especially by female migrants from Turkey and former Yugoslavia: only 55 per cent of the female migrants aged 40 years and older have undergone a mammography in the last three years (in comparison to 76 per cent of Austrian women) and only 32 per cent of women from Turkey or the former Yugoslavia have undergone a cervical smear (compared to 56 per cent of Austrian women). Source: http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_Service/STS/Web_Jahrbuch_72dpi.pdf; Fassmann, Heinz/Stacher, Irene (ed.) (2003): Österreichischer Migrations- und Integrationsbericht. Wien. |
| Data | |
| Groups affected/interested | Migrants |
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| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Health and social protection |
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