Applying a community-based participatory research approach to improve access to healthcare for Eritrean asylum-seekers in Israel: a pilot study

Abstract Background Israel hosts approximately 50,000 asylum seekers, most of them from Eritrea. Exclusive policies restrict their access to healthcare. In 2013, local activists partnered with Eritrean asylum seekers to assess health needs as well as willingness to pay for health insurance among the...

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Main Authors: Nora Gottlieb, Tomer Weinstein, Jonah Mink, Habtom M. Ghebrezghiabher, Zebib Sultan, Rachel Reichlin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:Israel Journal of Health Policy Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13584-017-0185-9