Table 3.

Description of the Qualitative Papers Included in the Review (n = 4).

Author	Title	Year	Study design	Data Collection Methods	Target sample Sample size Mean age, Sampling Method	Results Elderly women
Emami, A.; Ekman, S.	Living in a foreign country in old age: life in Sweden as experienced by elderly Iranian immigrants	1998	Descriptive qualitative study Invited convenient sample from a register Stockholm City Data service	In-depth interviews Tape recorded, phenomenological-hermeneutics methodology	123 invited. 30 elderly Iranians living in Stockholm were interviewed (18 men and 12 women).	>75 years of age: Gratitude for help and support/ welfare services feel lonely. Only social activity: Spend time with children/other relatives. Hobbies: Daily walking. Considered themselves to be quite healthy, but also described diffuse pain, abdominal pain, headaches and sleeplessness.
Emami, A.; Tishelman, C.	Reflections on cancer in the context of women's health: focus group discussions with Iranian immigrant women in Sweden	2004	Low-income brackets in Sweden	9 Focus group interviews	45 females from 3 age groups; 25–35, 36–45 and 55–70	Menopause seen as positive. The notion of self and body as a whole; “beauty comes from inside”. Acceptance of social roles; women's fate was to be subordinate men. Health as a continuum in life, diseases as part of a normal life.
Kessing, L. L.; Norredam, M.; Kvernrod, A. B.; Mygind, A.; Kristiansen, M.	Contextualising migrants’ health behaviour - a qualitative study of transnational ties and their implications for participation in mammography screening	2013	Convenient sample qualitative interviews	Semistructured interviews; 8 individual interviews and 6 focus group interviews.	N = 29 women, aged 50–69 years. Majority: only primary school education.	Barriers for not attending the screening programme: Inability to read the invitation, lack of transport/emotional or social support, life stressors and competing priorities, as multiple diseases and maintaining relationships with transnational relatives.
Kristiansen, M.; Lue-Kessing, L.; Mygind, A.; Razum, O.; Norredam, M.	Migration from low- to high-risk countries: a qualitative study of perceived risk of breast cancer and the influence on participation in mammography screening among migrant women in Denmark	2014	Phenomenological study.	13 semi-structured interviews (8 individual and 6 group interviews)	29 females Age: 50–69 years	Educational attainment and employment rates were low among the participants, and few had participated in the mammography screening programe. Breast cancer was perceived to be caused by multiple factors, including genetics, health behaviour, stress, fertility and breastfeeding. perceived their risk of developing breast cancer to increase with length of stay in Denmark.