Improved
health of asylum seekers and
new arrivals
Prestudy and implementation –
in
Sweden
Health Screening, percentage of asylum seekers. Number of
them.
39%
44%
43%
?%
Stress from migration
The situation which caused the escape
from the home country
During the escape
During the asylum phase and the
establishment in a new country
Purpose of Prestudy:
To reinforce positive health trends after arrival
to Sweden…
Four Target Areas:
For people with a need of care for mental illness:
Increase the availability of first-line interventions and
culture adapted psychiatric care and trauma treatment
For all asylum seekers and new arrivals:
More and improved medical screening to identify people
in need of somatic and psychological treatment.
More and improved social and health information,
enhanced health promotion and prevention
To manage and follow up: Give access to a digital tool
designed for the dissemination efforts and follow up of
the actions given.
Seven methods and two supporting tools
have been developed and/or tested
during the prestudy
Severe mental
illness
Telephone/video support
Basic education
of specialists
Mild to
moderate
mental
illness
Health
education and
support
Cognitive
behavioralal
therapy (in
progress)
All
Basic
education in
migration and
menthal illness
Health
Screening
Digital tool for
follow-up
Health information
Cultural and
language adapted
Digital tool for knowledge
exchange
Development of local operations to national
scalable efforts - the process
Identification of local
good examples of
efforts
Further development of
the initiative with
national experts and
local businesses
Practical test in a
”pilot County”
Scalable and national
dispersible development
of the effort
June – December 2016
 Granted money from the ministry of social affairs (~3 m €)
 Scaling up!
- From 1 county to 21
- Offering education to all regions in methods and support
tools
Timeplan
2 June
Start-up and
offer to
participate
August
Assesement
of local
needs
September
Planning
Traning of trainers
October December
Local
implementation
Need for further development - efforts
Severe
menthal
illness
Mild to
moderate
mental
illness
All
• Transcultural diagnosis support and
education in transcultural diagnosis
and treatment
• Training in specialized trauma
treatment
• Introduction training for health
professionals
Specialized clinics in primary care
• Health information and group
education
• School based actions
• Basic education of professionals on children
and youngsters
• Health information (to be further developed)
• Health examinations (to be further
developed)
More info at: www.uppdragpsykiskhalsa.se
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