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Food Security Among Asylum Seekers in Melbourne

open access: yesAustralian 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
exaly   +2 more sources

Narratives of Service Provision: A Dialogical Perspective on the ‘Support’ of Asylum Seekers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This chapter focuses upon some of the narratives of housing and ‘support’ service provision set against the backdrop of the support of asylum seekers in the United Kingdom. Since 1999 specific asylum seeker support teams have been established within a
Brown, Philip
core   +4 more sources

Health and social needs of asylum seekers and Ukrainian refugees in Lithuania: A mixed-method protocol

open access: yesFrontiers 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   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cultural competency among Lithuanian nurses and preparedness to work with intercultural immigrants: A quantitative study protocol

open access: yesFrontiers 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   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pregnant asylum seekers [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ, 2010
McCartney mentioned Aspinall and Watters’ report, which highlights poorer pregnancy outcomes among refugees.1 2 Let there be no doubt about what poorer means: asylum seekers and refugees are more likely than the general population to die during pregnancy or childbirth.3 Maternal health complications and neonatal deaths and …
Burchett, Helen ED, Bragg, Ros
openaire   +2 more sources

Presentational state power : temporal and spatial influences over asylum sector decision makers. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Previous analyses of forced migration have drawn attention to the increasing discretion held by asylum sector decisionmakers. According to these accounts, as the state reacts to the political risks associated with asylum migration control, responsibility
Gill, Nicholas
core   +5 more sources

Women asylum seekers and refugees in West Yorkshire: opportunities, constraints and the role of agency [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
The aim of this thesis is to add to the knowledge about asylum seekers and refugees in the LJK by looking specifically at the experiences of women, who have often been overlooked.
Hunt, Lisa
core   +6 more sources

Self-administered EMDR therapy: potential solution for expanding the availability of psychotherapy for PTSD or unregulated recipe for disaster?

open access: yesBJPsych 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
doaj   +1 more source

How does team diversity relate to the willingness to collaborate with asylum seekers? It depends on the diversity dimensions investigated and boundary conditions.

open access: yesPLoS 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   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Gory Details: Asylum, Sexual Assault, and Traumatic Memory

open access: yesSexes, 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
doaj   +1 more source

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