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Modelling and predicting forced migration. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2023
Migration models have evolved significantly during the last decade, most notably the so-called flow Fixed-Effects (FE) gravity models. Such models attempt to infer how human mobility may be driven by changing economy, geopolitics, and the environment ...
Haodong Qi, Tuba Bircan
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Valuable Beyond Vulnerable: A Scoping Review on the Contributions of Older Forced Migrants in Post-migration Recovery

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
During times of crisis, including pandemics, climate change, and forced migration, much of the discourse in ageing research and intervention centers on the vulnerabilities of older adults. Unfortunately, the valuable contributions of older adults to post-
Prince Chiagozie Ekoh, Christine A. Walsh   +1 more
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Surveys about attended births appear to be deceptive in CAR: are the population saying what they think NGO’s want to hear?

Conflict and Health, 2021
Background Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and donors often promote certain practices to a community, such as in-facility births and then evaluate the efficacy of those interventions, in part, by surveying those populations.
Philippe Wol, Christina Kay, Leslie Roberts   +2 more
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Post-traumatic stress reactions and doctor-certified sick leave after a workplace terrorist attack: Norwegian cohort study

BMJ Open, 2020
ObjectiveTo explore the association between the psychosocial work environment and the risk of sick leave among governmental employees with symptom-defined post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after a workplace bomb attack.DesignA prospective study on ...
Trond Heir, Maria Teresa Grønning Dale, Alexander Nissen, Mona Berthelsen   +3 more
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The Eritrean Military/National Service Programme: Slavery and the Notion of Persecution in Refugee Status Determination

Laws, 2021
Despite the overwhelming evidence of human rights violations within the Eritrean Military/National Service Programme (“MNSP”), adjudication of asylum applications made by Eritreans remains a challenge.
Sara Palacios-Arapiles
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New Vulnerabilities for Migrants and Refugees in State Responses to the Global Pandemic, COVID-19

Social Sciences, 2021
This article examines the global pandemic, COVID-19, through the lens of responses to vulnerable migrants, asking what state responses mean for the future of human rights values and for humanitarian interventions.
Claudia Tazreiter, Simon Metcalfe
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Social interactions, experiences with adverse life events and depressive symptoms in individuals with visual impairment: a cross-sectional study

BMC Psychiatry, 2020
Background Knowledge about the high rates of depression in people with visual impairment (VI) remains unclear. The study aimed to examine whether depressive symptoms in people with VI were associated with social isolation, perceived social support and ...
Audun Brunes, Trond Heir
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Evaluating the feasibility of a group psychosocial intervention for migrant and host community women in Ecuador and Panamá: protocol for a multi-site feasibility cluster trial

Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2022
Background Community- and strengths-based psychosocial interventions are central to mental health and psychosocial support guidelines, but rigorous evidence regarding the effectiveness of these interventions is limited.
M. Claire Greene, Annie Bonz, Maria Cristobal, Carolina Vega, Lena S. Andersen, Alejandra Angulo, Andrea Armijos, María Esther Guevara, Lucia Benavides, Alejandra de la Cruz, Maria Jose Lopez, Arianna Moyano, Andrea Murcia, Maria Jose Noboa, Abhimeleck Rodriguez, Jenifer Solis, Daniela Vergara, Jodi Scharf, Priya Dutt, Milton Wainberg, Wietse A. Tol   +20 more
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Chronic pain, mental health and functional impairment in adult refugees from Syria resettled in Norway: a cross-sectional study

BMC Psychiatry, 2022
Background Limited research exists on pain and especially the co-occurrence of pain and mental ill health in general refugee populations. The present study aimed to approximate the prevalence of chronic pain (CP) among adult refugees from Syria resettled
Alexander Nissen, Kamila Angelika Hynek, David Scales, Per Kristian Hilden, Melanie Straiton   +4 more
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'There’s no media for refugees': Information and communication in camps on the Thai-Burma border

Pacific Journalism Review, 2017
This article uses the example of camps on the Thai-Burma border to highlight the exclusion of refugees from the common world and subsequent omission of their voices from news coverage. Moreover, the article argues that this exclusion weakens the supposed
Victoria Jack
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