Table 3 Characteristics of the studies included in the review
First author (year) | Data collection | Participants | Data analysis | Services referred in the study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Boyer LE (2001) [40] | Interviews in participant’s homes | 20 Hispanic women 18/65 years of age | Content analysis/Analysis for themes, patterns and categories | Primary health care |
Buki LP (2004) [41] | Focus groups (5 FG) | Latina women (n = 58) from Mexico (n = 13), Puerto Rico (n = 10), Cuba (n = 12), El Salvador (n = 12) and South America (n = 11). | Grounded theory/Analysis for themes, patterns and categories | Primary health care |
Pinzon-Perez H (2005) [42] | Semi-structured interviews | Migrant Latina women (n = 51) | Phenomenological approach | Primary health care |
Goodman MJ (2006) [43] | Focus group (9 FG) | Latino patients (n = 70) | Content analysis | Primary health care |
Gany FM (2006) [44] | Focus groups (13 FG) | Caribbean (2FG), Cantonese/Chinese (2FG), Mandarin/Chinese (1FG), Haitian community (2FG), Korean Community (2FG), Latino community (4FG). Total 108 (44 M, 64 F) | Inductive analysis techniques: Analysis for themes, patterns and categories. | Primary health care |
Natale-Pereira A (2008)[45] | Focus groups (5 FG) | Latino staff members from 5 community based organizations in New Jersey (8 M, 28 F) | Grounded theory | Primary health care |
Simpson JL (2008) [46] | In depth interviews (n = 7) | Muslim Arabic Women (n = 7) | Phenomenological approach | Primary health care |
Wu MC (2009)[47] | Focus Groups (4FG) | Korean Migrants (Community Women n = 15) | Content Analysis | Mental Health Services |
Cristancho S (2004) [48] | Focus groups: "focused small groups discussions" (n = 19) | Hispanic migrants 181 from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Colombia, Cuba and Puerto Rico | Analysis for themes, patterns and categories | Non-specified |
Garces I (2006) [49] | Focus group (8 FG, n = 54) | Migrant Latina women (n = 54) | Identification of categories in Theoretical model (PEN-3) | Non-specified |
McGuire S (2006) [50] | In depth semi structured interviews (n = 22) | Indigenous Oaxacan women (n = 22) | Dimensional coding/Theoretical and operational memos/Explanatory matrix. | Non-specified |
Harari N (2008) [51] | Semi-structured interviews (n = 50) | Latino migrant (32 F, 18 M) | Content analysis/Analysis for themes and categories | Non-specified |