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Food security among asylum seekers in Melbourne

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2015
Objectives: This research explores food insecurity among asylum seekers who are members of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) in Melbourne, Australia. Methods: Structured person‐assisted questionnaires were conducted with 56 asylum seekers.
Fiona H Mckay, Matthew Dunn
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Health and social needs of asylum seekers and Ukrainian refugees in Lithuania: A mixed-method protocol

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
Refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants often do not end up in the places they expected. Because of the pandemic impacts, their exposure to COVID-19 may be increased as a result of crowded camps and detention centers.
Rabie Adel El Arab, Rabie Adel El Arab, Rabie Adel El Arab, Rita Urbanavice, Rita Urbanavice, Agne Jakavonyte-Akstiniene, Agne Jakavonyte-Akstiniene, Marija Skvarcevskaja, Marija Skvarcevskaja, Donatas Austys, Jose Tomas Mateos, Jose Tomas Mateos, Erica Briones-Vozmediano, Erica Briones-Vozmediano, Esther Rubinat-Arnaldo, Esther Rubinat-Arnaldo, Natalja Istomina, Natalja Istomina   +17 more
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Cultural competency among Lithuanian nurses and preparedness to work with intercultural immigrants: A quantitative study protocol

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
IntroductionHealth care providers are increasingly required to provide care to patients from diverse cultural backgrounds. A culturally competent approach could be used to address gaps in the health care of migrants, whether they are refugees, asylum ...
Rabie Adel El Arab, Rabie Adel El Arab, Rabie Adel El Arab, Rita Urbanavice, Rita Urbanavice, Agne Jakavonyte-Akstiniene, Agne Jakavonyte-Akstiniene, Marija Skvarcevskaja, Marija Skvarcevskaja, Donatas Austys, Jose Tomas Mateos, Jose Tomas Mateos, Erica Briones-Vozmediano, Erica Briones-Vozmediano, Esther Rubinat-Arnaldo, Esther Rubinat-Arnaldo, Natalja Istomina, Natalja Istomina   +17 more
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Self-administered EMDR therapy: potential solution for expanding the availability of psychotherapy for PTSD or unregulated recipe for disaster?

BJPsych Open, 2020
BackgroundPost-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) carries a high disease burden worldwide, yet significant barriers exist to providing and accessing treatment for PTSD, particularly in refugee populations and in low- and middle-income countries.
Lauren Z. Waterman, Maxwell Cooper
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How does team diversity relate to the willingness to collaborate with asylum seekers? It depends on the diversity dimensions investigated and boundary conditions.

PLoS ONE, 2022
The successful integration of asylum seekers into the labor market is among the most pressing issues of refugee-receiving countries. We construe co-workers' willingness to collaborate with asylum seekers as a crucial factor for integration and ...
Patrick F Kotzur, Johannes Stricker, Ramona Fricke, Jonathan McPhetres, Bertolt Meyer   +4 more
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Threats and Interventions on Wellbeing in Asylum Seekers in the Netherlands: A Scoping Review

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022
BackgroundMost asylum seekers experience stress, not only due to the reason for fleeing and their travel but also due to their compulsory stay in the asylum seeker center in the Netherlands and the asylum procedure.
Ferdy Pluck, Ferdy Pluck, Ferdy Pluck, Roelof Ettema, Eric Vermetten, Eric Vermetten, Eric Vermetten   +6 more
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The Gory Details: Asylum, Sexual Assault, and Traumatic Memory

Sexes, 2023
For asylum seekers to be granted asylum, they must convince immigration officials that they have been persecuted or that they fear they will be persecuted if returned to their home country.
Connie Oxford
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"Backpack Refugee Rights Advocating" in Greece – Access to Justice through Legal Empowerment

The Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice, 2020
The moment asylum seekers arrive in Greece, they are often denied access to justice on different levels. At the same time international volunteer field advocates or Backpack Refugee Rights Advocates have the goal of assisting asylum seekers to master ...
Magnus Manhart
doaj   +1 more source

Integration in the Shadow of Austerity—Refugees in Newcastle upon Tyne

Social Sciences, 2019
Newcastle upon Tyne, a post-industrial city in the North East of England, has long been committed to hosting refugees. Although the city has suffered drastic cuts in government funding and faces high levels of deprivation, Newcastle declared itself a ...
Matthias Flug, Jason Hussein
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Vitamin D deficiency in refugees in Italy

Reumatismo, 2017
The objective of the research is to determine 25[OH]D serum levels in refugees in Italy. In the following research we have taken into consideration the results of the monitoring of Vitamin D levels in 46 refugees of the Italian Service for protection of ...
L.G. De Filippis, I. Trombetta, T. Novella, M. Alampi   +3 more
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