Gesundheit! Inclusion in the healthcare sector

Project type
Third-party funded project
Links
Project webseite
Methods
Qualitative
Research fields
Human Rights Research; Migration Research
Objectives
Networking; Research; Transfer
Disciplines
Geography; Medical And Health Sciences; Political Sciences
Topics
Health; Integration And Social Participation; Work / Labour Market
Duration
–
Institutions
  • Centre for Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg – Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg leader
  • Institut für Geographie – Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg partner
Persons
  • Prof. Dr. Petra Bendel leader, CHREN
  • Yasemin Bekyol editor, CHREN
  • Dr. Tobias Weidinger editor
  • Dr. Stefan Kordel editor
Geographical focus
  • Deutschland
Short description

Due to the increasing need for personnel in the healthcare sector as well as apparent gaps in healthcare provision, specialised personnel from abroad has become indispensable. Their recruitment, but above all their sustainable and long-term employment, depends decisively on the working conditions but also on their social inclusion at and beyond the workplace.

This research project aims to improve conditions for precarious workers with a migration history in the healthcare sector. Ultimately it seeks to analyse how to strengthen their willingness to stay in this highly fluctuating sector. Based on qualitative research as well as coaching sessions and workshops with employees and key actors in the healthcare sector, this project aims to

  • define precarious working conditions from the perspective of employees

  • gain scientific knowledge on current conditions in healthcare facilities as well as municipalities with regards to equitable employment of care workers with a migration history working under precarious conditions

  • give practice-oriented impulses and recommendations for improving the professional and social inclusion of care workers at and beyond their workplace

  • support representatives from municipalities, especially those with structural weaknesses, as well as key actors in the healthcare sector with the precise design of concrete measures and packages by means of coaching sessions

Funded by the Mercator Foundation, the project is based at the Centre for Human Rights Erlangen-Nuremberg (CHREN) and started on September 15th, 2022 for a duration of three years. Cooperating project partner is the Institute of Geography at FAU.

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