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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

open access: yesInternational 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   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Teachers’ Global Perceptions and Views, Practices and Needs in Multicultural Settings

open access: yesEducation 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Perinatal health outcomes and care among asylum seekers and refugees: a systematic review of systematic reviews

open access: yesBMC Medicine, 2018
BackgroundGlobal migration is at an all-time high with implications for perinatal health. Migrant women, especially asylum seekers and refugees, represent a particularly vulnerable group.
N. Heslehurst   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Detention of refugees [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ, 2006
Australia has given up mandatory detention because it damages detainees' mental health M ore than 7 million of the world's 17 million refugees remain “warehoused” under conditions of confinement,1 raising serious human rights issues about the treatment of people fleeing oppression.
Mina Fazel, Derrick Silove
openaire   +3 more sources

Structural and socio-cultural barriers to accessing mental healthcare among Syrian refugees and asylum seekers in Switzerland

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2020
Background: Due to their experiences of major stressful life events, including post-displacement stressors, refugees and asylum seekers are vulnerable to developing mental health problems.
N. Kiselev   +12 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Measuring the health impact of human rights violations related to Australian asylum policies and practices: A mixed methods study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This article has been made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund - Copyright @ 2009 Johnston et al.BACKGROUND: Human rights violations have adverse consequences for health.
A Edwards   +42 more
core   +5 more sources

“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

open access: yesConflict 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence of mental disorders in young refugees and asylum seekers in European Countries: a systematic review

open access: yesEuropean Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2018
The European Union member states received about 385,000 asylum applications from children and adolescents below 18 years in 2015, and 398,000 in 2016. The latest political crises and war have led to an upsurge in refugee movements into European countries,
C. Kien   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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

open access: yesTrials, 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   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Duelling identities in refugees learning through open,online higher education [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This paper reports on a qualitative study of the transition experiences of refugees studying through open and online higher education. Online, open education programmes have considerable potential to provide flexible access to education for refugees ...
Brown, Mark   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

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