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Job satisfaction among Syrian healthcare workers in refugee health centres

Human Resources for Health, 2021
Background Achieving universal health coverage is subject to the availability, accessibility, acceptability, and quality of health workers. Countries that host refugees and migrants, such as Turkey, must strengthen the capacity of their health systems to
Monica Zikusooka, Omur Cinar Elci, Habibe Özdemir   +2 more
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Assessing the Mental Health of Refugees Using the Refugee Health Screener-15 [PDF]

Western Journal of Nursing Research, 2020
In 2017, 352 refugees were relocated to the Kansas City, Kansas area. As part of the relocation process, newly arrived refugees receive physical and mental health screenings. This study is a retrospective analysis of the results of 92 Refugee Health Screener-15 (RHS-15) surveys collected from February to December 2017 and interviews with the healthcare
Martha B. Baird, Rebecca Cates, Marjorie J. Bott, Carol Buller   +3 more
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The mental health of refugees [PDF]

International Psychiatry, 2007
Concerns about the fate of refugees, displaced because of war or famine and in some cases by genocide, are now expressed almost daily in news broadcasts and other media. This is a global problem, but currently there is a particular focus on the needs of Africa, and the terrible internal conflicts that are occurring in countries such as Sudan and ...
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Refugee Mothers Mental Health and Social Support Needs: A Systematic Review of Interventions for Refugee Mothers

Europe's Journal of Psychology, 2022
Refugee mothers endure and are at risk for depression, post-traumatic stress, suicidality, and anxiety. There is a gap in the literature regarding interventions for refugee mothers’ mental health and well-being.
Kim Roger Abi Zeid Daou
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Addressing female genital mutilation in Europe: a scoping review of approaches to participation, prevention, protection, and provision of services

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2018
Background Public and policy attention to female genital mutilation (FGM) in diaspora communities has increased in Europe, but research remains limited and misinformation abounds.
Helen Baillot, Nina Murray, Elaine Connelly, Natasha Howard   +3 more
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Implementation of an Iraqi women’s behavioral health support group: Lessons learned in a pre and post US election climate

International Journal of Whole Person Care, 2018
The Colorado Refugee Wellness center is an integrated primary and behavioral health care provider for newly arrived refugees resettling in the City of Aurora, CO.
Winnie Hunter, Shruti Dasgupta, Enas Alsharea, Emma Williams   +3 more
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Barriers to access to mental health care services in the Cape Metropole, faced by refugee and asylum seeker women who have been exposed to trauma [PDF]

, 2013
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references.Through use of a phenomenological design, this qualitative study investigated barriers to accessing mental health care by female refugees living in the Cape Metropole who have mental health problems ...
Warton, Giselle
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Facilitators and barriers in implementing the Minimum Initial Services Package (MISP) for reproductive health in Nepal post-earthquake

Conflict and Health, 2018
Background Following the Nepal earthquake in April 2015, UNFPA estimated that 1.4 million women of reproductive age were affected, with approximately 93,000 pregnant and 28,000 at risk of sexual violence.
Anna Myers, Samira Sami, Monica Adhiambo Onyango, Hari Karki, Rosilawati Anggraini, Sandra Krause   +5 more
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A scoping review of FGM in humanitarian settings: an overlooked phenomenon with lifelong consequences

Conflict and Health, 2022
Background Female genital mutilation (FGM) is widely recognized as a human rights violation. Little is known about FGM rates and practices in humanitarian settings, and about the impact of crisis on the drivers and consequences of FGM.
Shatha Elnakib, Janna Metzler
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The health profile of newly-arrived refugee women and girls and the role of region of origin: using a population-based dataset in California between 2013 and 2017

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2019
Background There has been an increasing number of refugee women globally; yet, there is little recent data describing the health profile of refugee women by region of origin in the United States.
May Sudhinaraset, Nuny Cabanting, Marisa Ramos   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source