By Angela van den Broek, Ellen Kleijnen en Saskia Keuzenkamp, summary.

Dutch government policy is aimed at ensuring that the reach of general government provisions is as wide among young members of ethnic minorities and their parents as among the indigenous Dutch population. Experience in practice has however revealed differences between ethnic groups in the use of these provisions. This report seeks an explanation for the differences in the use of four types of provisions: parenting support services, special education services, general practitioner services and  provisions in the area of sexual health. To what extent do the different ethnic groups form part of the target groups of these provisions? Do migrants have a different attitude to the use of these provisions? Or do other obstacles play a role? In short: which factors determine the ethnic differences in the use of provisions?

This publication was produced at the request of the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) in the context of the Diversity in youth policy monitor.

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