Table 5 The contents of the health assessment
Agree totally | Agree partly | Disagree partly | Disagree totally | Missing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Issues in relation to the health assessment | n = 315 (%) | ||||
The health assessment is primarily guided by the individual asylum seeker’s health needs, rather than by checklists | 37 (11.8) | 126 (40.0) | 51 (16.2) | 36 (11.4) | 65 (20.6) |
Information about the Swedish health care system is routinely given in connection with the health assessment | 110 (34.9) | 91 (28.9) | 34 (10.8) | 19 (6.0) | 61 (19.4) |
Vaccination status is always checked with children | 219 (69.5) | 17 (5.4) | 7 (2.2) | 3 (1.0) | 69 (21.9) |
Vaccination against Rubella is always offered to fertile women | 37 (11.8) | 48 (15.2) | 31 (9.8) | 101 (32.1) | 98 (31.1) |
Sexual health issues are routinely checked within the health assessment | 45 (14.3) | 100 (31.8) | 60 (19.1) | 41 (13.0) | 69 (21.9) |
TB test is a rule at the health assessment | 192 (61.0) | 42 (13.3) | 12 (3.8) | 12 (3.8) | 57 (18.1) |
HIV test is a rule at the health assessment | 228 (72.4) | 20 (6.4) | 4 (1.3) | 6 (1.9) | 57 (18.1) |
Information on how to prevent HIV and other STIs is routinely communicated | 37 (11.8) | 76 (24.1) | 72 (22.9) | 65 (20.6) | 65 (20.6) |
Information booklets on HIV and other STIs is available at the healthcare center | 39 (12.4) | 52 (16.5) | 51 (16.2) | 107 (34.0) | 66 (21.0) |