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An Assessment of the Colorado Refugee Services Program With Recommendations for Improvement [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Summarizes findings on the structure and services of the state's refugee resettlement program from document reviews, interviews, and focus group discussions.

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Reducing response bias in reports of trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder: An application of the nonverbal response card in a survey of youth in Burkina Faso

open access: yesJournal of Traumatic Stress, EarlyView.
Abstract Response bias for sensitive questions in face‐to‐face interviewer‐administered surveys is a common problem. Our objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of the nonverbal response card (NVRC) in soliciting responses to questions about lifetime trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms.
David P. Lindstrom   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adaptive reuse of abandoned buildings for refugees: lessons from European context [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The ongoing refugee crisis is described as the most important concern since the Second World War, which has caused a great displacement of people. Many of these immigrants have been departing towards Mediterranean countries, as first-line states, seeking
Mehan, Asma, Razavivand, Haniye
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Potentially morally injurious events and posttraumatic stress symptom change across the military‐to‐civilian transition: A prospective study

open access: yesJournal of Traumatic Stress, EarlyView.
Abstract This prospective study examined whether exposure to potentially morally injurious events (PMIEs), specifically self‐attributed transgressions, other‐attributed transgressions, and experiences of betrayal, predicted change in posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and reintegration difficulty during the military‐to‐civilian transition (MCT). U.S.
Walter J. Sowden   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

No. 76: Refugee Entrepreneurial Economies in Urban South Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
More than 60% of the world’s refugees now live in urban areas, according to the UNHCR. The social and economic impacts of refugee movements are therefore increasingly being felt in the towns and cities of host nations.
Crush, Jonathan   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Integrating Long‐Read Nanopore Sequencing for Precision Resolution of Genomic Variants in Dystonia

open access: yesMovement Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Although many individuals with dystonia present with features indicative of single‐gene etiologies, obtaining definitive genetic diagnoses can be challenging. Objective We assessed the value of nanopore‐based long‐read sequencing (LRS) in achieving molecular clarification of dystonic syndromes.
Ugo Sorrentino   +30 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hannah Ingraham: Loyalist Refugee [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Every war produces refugees. Some flee a few hundred metres out of the path of an advancing army, others cross oceans and continents in search of safety. From the Huron survivors of Iroquois attacks in the seventeenth century to African and Asian victims
MacLeod, Peter
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How to Keep Them Inside? Organizational and Motivational Factors That Influence Volunteer Retention for Refugee Aid Organizations

open access: yesNonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Refugee aid organizations depend to a large extent on volunteers. These organizations have difficulties retaining volunteers. The question then is: what can refugee aid organizations do to keep their' volunteers inside? Prior work suggests that satisfaction with the organization and motivations to continue volunteering may be of particular ...
Maikel Meijeren   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Crisis and displacement in Somalia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Can displacement shocks offer opportunities to change theparameters of response to protracted refugee ...
Lindley, Anna
core   +1 more source

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