HealthIntro - Health Perspective in the Introduction Program

NCT ID: NCT04973215

Last Updated: 2021-07-22

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Total Enrollment: 100000 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-10-31
• Study Completion Date: 2025-05-31

Brief Summary

Health problems seem one major reason for why not all refugees, especially women, fulfill the introduction program (IP) and enter the labour market after the end of the program. This challenges integration, and can lead to increased inequalities in society. The HealthIntro pilot-project and existing knowledge point towards a mismatch between the IP's goal to integrate as many refugees as possible into the labour market as soon as possible, and the demanding situation refugees with complex (health) challenges face after resettlement in the host country. Particular barriers seem related to the little flexibility of the introduction law, difficulties with collaboration between public services and with involving refugees in decision-making regarding program adjustments. It is known that refugees have more health problems than the rest of the population. Additionally, current trends in integration policy result in increasing numbers of refugees with complex challenges in municipalities, often families in which one or several members have health problems. It is therefore of high importance to develop strategies that enable municipalities to work more effectively with these most vulnerable group of refugees in the early phase of resettlement and during the IP.

In collaboration with three North Norwegian municipalities and refugees, the investigators will explore how health problems interconnect with program participation on the national level, the municipal level and in a family context. Moreover, the investigators will use this knowledge to collaboratively generate ideas on how to improve the strategic work in municipalities with refugees with health problems. More specifically, the investigators will link registerdata on a national level, conduct explorative qualitative studies addressing the system level in municipalities, and the family and everday life context of refugee families, and conduct an action research inspired study to initiating change in municipalities.

Detailed Description

This study is funded by The Norwegian Research Council (project number 319050)

Conditions

Refugee Health

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: OTHER
• Study Time Perspective: OTHER

Study Groups

work package 1

all participants in Norwegian introduction program and their family relations

no intervention

Intervention Type: OTHER

this is not an intervention study

work package 2

strategic sample of refugees with health problems currently participating in the introduction program

no intervention

Intervention Type: OTHER

this is not an intervention study

work package 3

3-6 families from which one or more participate in the introduction program and one or more have health problems

no intervention

Intervention Type: OTHER

this is not an intervention study

Interventions

no intervention

this is not an intervention study

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• refugee status
• participate or have participated in the introduction program in Norway

• refugee status
• participate in the introduction program in Harstad, Senja, or Sør-Varanger municipality during the project period and since at least one year at enrollment
• have a self-reported health problem

• has professional experience with refugees in Harstad, Senja, or Sør-Varanger municipality
• currently working in Harstad, Senja, or Sør-Varanger municipality
• above 18 years of age

• refugee status
• living together with family including one or more children
• participate in the introduction program in Harstad, Senja, or Sør-Varanger municipality during the project period and since at least one year at enrollment
• have a self-reported health problem within the family

Exclusion Criteria

• not refugee status
• not participated in the introduction program in Norway

Work package 2:

• no refugee status
• do not participate in the introduction program
• do not have a health problem

• under 18 years of age
• not currently working in Harstad, Senja, or Sør-Varanger municipality

Work package 3:

• no refugee status
• do not participate in the introduction program
• do not live together with family
• do not have a health problem within the family

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 55 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

FAFO Research foundation

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Harstad municipality

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Senja municipality

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Sør-Varanger municipality

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University of Tromso

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Johanna Laue

associate professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Central Contacts

Johanna Laue

Role: CONTACT

johanna.laue@uit.no

004796237993

Sindre Myhr

Role: CONTACT

simy@norceresearch.no

Other Identifiers

237875

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id