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Academic refugees [PDF]

International Psychiatry, 2009
At the end of last year, a symposium was held at the British Academy in London to celebrate a 75th anniversary. The anniversary was of the establishment in 1933 of a unique organisation: the Academic Assistance Council, now the Council for Assisting Refugee Academics (CARA); the Council in 1937 became formally incorporated as the Society for the ...
Robert, Boyd, John, Akker, Laura, Wintour   +2 more
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Assessment of the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) among UNRWA* health staff in Jordan concerning mental health programme pre-implementation: a cross-sectional study

International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2020
Background Mental health is a major public health priority, especially among refugees. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) started to integrate mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) into its primary ...
Yassir Turki, Suha Saleh, Shatha Albaik, Yasmeen Barham, Dorien van de Vrie, Yousef Shahin, Majed Hababeh, Merve Armagan, Akihiro Seita   +8 more
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“We need good nutrition but we have no money to buy food”: sociocultural context, care experiences, and newborn health in two UNHCR-supported camps in South Sudan

BMC International Health and Human Rights, 2018
Background Determinants of newborn health and survival exist across the reproductive life cycle, with many sociocultural and contextual factors influencing outcomes beyond the availability of, and access to, quality health services.
Stephanie Gee, Josep Vargas, Angel M. Foster   +2 more
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Mental health of health professionals and their perspectives on mental health services in a conflict-affected setting: a qualitative study in health centres in the Gaza Strip during the COVID-19 pandemic

BMJ Open, 2023
Objectives To explore how primary care health professionals perceive their own mental health in a conflict-affected setting during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic and to explore their perspectives on mental health services.Methods The Gaza Strip faces a
Akihiro Seita, Mengxin Tan, Teisi Tamming, Yuko Otake, Safa'a Aburahma, Anas Shishtawi, Yahya El-Daour, Khalil Hamad   +7 more
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Refugee Students’ Psychosocial Well-Being: The Case of a Refugee Hospitality Centre in Greece

Societies, 2023
Education can be important for assisting the psychosocial well-being of marginalized communities such as refugees and contributes to the effective processing of feelings and isolation prevention by mitigating the long-term effects of trauma and ...
Nektaria Palaiologou, Viktoria Prekate
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The refugee's tale [PDF]

QJM, 2003
Valentina and Aferdita are both refugees from the former Yugoslavia who see me at the surgery. Their stories, on the face of it at least, are very different. (I have changed names and some other details here to preserve their anonymity.) Valentina is of Serbian Christian origin and comes from Sarajevo.
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Exploring the key socio-economic challenges facing youth refugees in the Western Cape [PDF]

, 2012
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references.This study explored the key socio-economic challenges facing youth refugees in the Western Cape. The study was carried out on a purposive sample of twelve youth refugees.
Shawa, Elizabeth HL
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Teachers’ Global Perceptions and Views, Practices and Needs in Multicultural Settings

Education Sciences, 2022
Multiculturalism and globalization are common traits of western societies, and affect the way people interact and communicate. In such a context, this study comes to investigate teachers’ perceptions, practices and needs towards global and intercultural ...
Zoe Karanikola, Glykeria Katsiouli, Nektaria Palaiologou   +2 more
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“The more children you have, the more praise you get from the community”: exploring the role of sociocultural context and perceptions of care on maternal and newborn health among Somali refugees in UNHCR supported camps in Kenya

Conflict and Health, 2019
Background Maternal and neonatal survival are key components of population health and may be particularly vulnerable in humanitarian contexts of civil unrest and displacement.
Stephanie Gee, Josep Vargas, Angel M. Foster   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Music therapy versus treatment as usual for refugees diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials, 2018
Background Meta-analyses of studies on psychological treatment of refugees describe highly varying outcomes, and research on multi-facetted and personalized treatment of refugees with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is needed.
Bolette Daniels Beck, Steen Teis Lund, Ulf Søgaard, Erik Simonsen, Thomas Christian Tellier, Torben Oluf Cordtz, Gunnar Hellmund Laier, Torben Moe   +7 more
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