Welfare Research into marginal Communities in Finland: Insider Perspective in Health and Social Care University of Tampere. Depa

How do migrants living in Finland experience social and health care services? What expectations and needs do migrants have and what is the everyday reality? This exceptional collection of qualitative studies is drawn from a year-long community research project funded by the Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. The idea of the project was unique: key persons were drawn from migrant communities resident in Finland who then carried out qualitative social and health research on their own communities through in-depth interviewing. The three studies in this collection represent important first steps towards developing a dialogue with migrant communities in Finland on how to enhance and improve social and health care services to underrepresented and marginalized communities. Josephine Adjekughele´s study focuses on the experiences of women from the African continent in the Finnish child/maternal health care system. Arman Haghseresht´s study explores the health care experiences of Iranian asylum-seeking families. Dr. Judith Strompl of the University of Tartu, Estonia, interviews Estonian and Russian sex workers at the Prostitution Counselling Centre, Helsinki. With an introduction by Kris Clarke of University of Tampere that contextualises the circumstances of migrants living in Finland, the conclusion offers important policy recommendations for the future development of multicultural social and health care services in Finland.