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Conflict and Health, 2021 Background Navigating health systems in host countries can be a challenge for refugees, particularly in a multi-provider system such as Lebanon. Syrian refugees in Lebanon face a high burden of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) including diabetes mellitus.
Flora Haderer +5 more
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Visual impairment and employment in Norway
BMC Public Health, 2022 Background Past studies have suggested lower employment of people with visual impairment. Reasons for this are less known. This study aimed to examine the employment rates among people with visual impairment, and its association with sociodemographic ...
Audun Brunes, Trond Heir
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Balancing forces in migration [PDF]
Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 2018 The integrated molecular interactions of proteins can create active biological networks whose material properties and actions can impact a variety of physiological processes. Chief among these is the ability to generate and respond to physical forces.
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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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BJPsych Open, 2021 Background The causes of delayed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are debated, and the validity of late-onset PTSD has been questioned. Aims We aimed to examine predictors of delayed PTSD in a community sample of survivors of a natural disaster ...
Trond Heir +3 more
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A cell membrane model that reproduces cortical flow-driven cell migration and collective movement [PDF]
, 2023 Many fundamental biological processes are dependent on cellular migration. Although the mechanical mechanisms of single-cell migration are relatively well understood, those underlying migration of multiple cells adhered to each other in a cluster, referred to as cluster migration, are poorly understood.
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Climate, conflict and forced migration
Global Environmental Change, 2019 Despite the lack of robust empirical evidence, a growing number of media reports attempt to link climate change to the ongoing violent conflicts in Syria and other parts of the world, as well as to the migration crisis in Europe. Exploiting bilateral data on asylum seeking applications for 157 countries over the period 2006-2015, we assess the ...
Guy J. Abel +3 more
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Trials, 2022 Background Schools are natural environments in which to enhance young people’s social and emotional skills, mental health, and contact between diverse groups, including students from refugee and immigrant backgrounds.
Reeta Kankaanpää +11 more
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Strengths-based community action as a source of resilience for children affected by armed conflict
Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 2016 Psychosocial and mental health supports for war-affected children frequently are limited by a deficits focus. Current research and practice indicate the value of a strengths-based approach that supports children's resilience and supports a positive ...
M. G. Wessells
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Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 2020 The ongoing civil war in Syria created the world’s largest refugee crisis since World War II. As exile continues for many Syrians, this study aimed to explore what refugees perceive as their major needs and plans for the future in comparison to what ...
Mitra Naseh +4 more
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