PATHS - Department of Design
Promoting Access to Health Services through Participatory Approach: E-Health Intervention to Promote Good Health Seeking (PATHS)
The proposed project investigates the health needs and barriers to healthcare access for Ukrainian Refugee Women (URW) in Norway, Sweden, and Estonia.
Recognizing that migrants often underutilize healthcare services and face unique challenges, the project aims to create a comprehensive understanding of their health-seeking behaviors and perceptions of the healthcare system.
By focusing on URW, the project will design and develop a User-Centered Design (UCD) of Digital Health Interventions (DHI) to improve information dissemination, healthcare access, and support systems.
Utilizing participatory design techniques and involving multidisciplinary teams, the project seeks to enhance integration into Nordic-Baltic healthcare systems and aligns with multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Project number: 196420
Funder: Nordic-Baltic initiative for migration and integration research, NordForsk
Research area: Nordic initiative on Migration and Integration Research
All photos from the meeting in Malmö were taken by Bethina Strandberg-Jensen/NordForsk.
Project Leader
Associate Professor of Design for Health and Innovation
Leader Design 4 health lab and Design for global health
Department of Design
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
ashis.jalote.parmar@ntnu.no
Research Team
Researcher
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
gjertrud.s.moe@ntnu.no
Researcher & Head of Department
Department of Design
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
vikram.s.parmar@ntnu.no
Estonia - University of Tartu
Project Leader at Tartu
Researcher & Professor of Epidemiology
Institute of Family Medicine and Public Health
University of Tartu
anneli.uuskula@ut.ee
Project Director
Institute of Family Medicine and Public Health
University of Tartu
anna.tisler@ut.ee
Lecturer in Environmental Health
Institute of Family Medicine and Public Health
University of Tartu
ene.indermitte@ut.ee
Heiki Eesmaa
Project Manager
Institute of Family Medicine and Public Health
University of Tartu
heiki.eesmaa@ut.ee
Associate Professor in Epidemiology
Institute of Family Medicine and Public Health
University of Tartu
katrin.lang@ut.ee
Sweden - Uppsala university
Senior Lecturer
Department of Women’s and Children Health:
International Child Health and Nutrition
Uppsala university
soorej.jose@uu.se
Iryna Mogilevkina
Researcher
Department of Women’s and Children Health:
Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit
Uppsala university
iryna.mogilevkina@uu.se
Organisation Collaborators
Gunvor Sylvi Berg
Department Manager
Refugee Health Team
Trondheim kommune
gunvor-sylvi.berg@trondheim.kommune.no
Caritas Oslo
International Organization for Humanitarian Work: Migrants and Refugees
Caritas Norge
Herdis Nundal, avdelingsleder nasjonalt arbeid og migrasjon
herdis.nundal@caritas.no