Al-Smadi, Ahmed Mohammad Tawalbeh, Loai Issa Gammoh, Omar Salem Ashour, Ala Fawzi Shajrawi, Abedalmajeed Attarian, Hrayr
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Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing
WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a syndrome of chronic widespread pain, typically associated with fatigue, sleep, cognitive dysfunction and disordered mood. FM may limit an individual's ability to participate in everyday work and social activities, thereby making it difficult to maintain normal relationships with other individual...
Wachter, Karin Cook Heffron, Laurie Dalpe, Jessica
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Journal of interpersonal violence
Gaps in knowledge remain regarding how and from whom women resettling to the United States as refugees seek help for intimate partner violence (IPV), and what happens when they do. This study examined ways in which women seek help for IPV across varied contexts and at different times both pre- and postresettlement. Researchers used a purposive samp...
Helou, Mariana Van Berlaer, Gerlant Yammine, Kaissar
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Pathogens and global health
Since the beginning of the Syrian crisis in 2011, the region has witnessed a major population displacement. Lebanon, a country with a population of 4.2 million, has welcomed around one million refugees. A rise in the incidence of Measles, Hepatitis A and Leishmaniosis was noted. This paper aims to document the incidence of outbreaks along with the ...
Ambrosetti, Elena Dietrich, Hans Kosyakova, Yuliya Patzina, Alexander
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Frontiers in Sociology
In this study, we focus on the evolution of refugees’ well-being in the first years after their arrival in Germany. In contrast to other immigrants (e.g., labor migrants), refugees experience higher risks of unexpected and traumatic events and insecurity before and during their migration and face various legal and structural barriers in the receivi...
Shahin, Wejdan Stupans, Ieva Kennedy, Gerard
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Ethnicity & health
Objective: To evaluate beliefs, and attitudes about health of refugees with chronic conditions such as diabetes mellitus type 2, hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and posttraumatic stress disorder and the consequent effects on self-care in comparison to resident populations.Design: A systematic review methodology was used. PubMed...
Tuteja, Amita Riggs, Elisha Sanci, Lena Mascarenhas, Lester VanVliet, Di Sangster, Katrina McGuinness, Kimberley Temple-Smith, Meredith
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Frontiers in Communication
Interpreters work with health care professionals to overcome language challenges during sexual and reproductive (SRH) health discussions with people from refugee backgrounds. Disclosures of traumatic refugee journeys and sexual assault combined with refugees’ unfamiliarity with Western health concepts and service provision can increase the interpre...
Mosley, Elizabeth A. Pratt, Michelle Besera, Ghenet Clarke, Lasha S. Miller, Heidi Noland, Tracy Whaley, Bridget Cochran, Jennifer Mack, Amber Higgins, Melinda
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Frontiers in Global Women's Health
Refugee women face numerous and unique barriers to sexual and reproductive healthcare and can experience worse pregnancy-related outcomes compared with U.S.-born and other immigrant women. Community-based, culturally tailored programs like Embrace Refugee Birth Support may improve refugee access to healthcare and health outcomes, but empirical stud...
Jones, Bethan L Finnerty, Fionnuala Richardson, Daniel
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Journal of public health (Oxford, England)
Forced migration is at record levels, leading many European countries to seek to limit immigration or control access to public services. The UK has introduced upfront healthcare charging for overseas patients, with exceptions for certain groups and services. Confusion over these regulations amongst healthcare professionals risks care being inapprop...
Atoloye, Abiodun T. Nur, Habiba Wengreen, Heidi Archuleta, Martha
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Health Equity
Nutrition education provides an avenue to address nutrition behavior change needs and prevents chronic disease in refugee communities. Previous studies have consistently identified cultural uniqueness as one of the barriers to meeting the needs of the refugee communities effectively. This current perspective describes the barriers and opportunities...
Hamrah, Mohammad Shoaib Hoang, Ha Mond, Jonathan Pahlavanzade, Bagher Charkazi, Abdurrahman Auckland, Stuart
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Early intervention in psychiatry
Refugees and asylum seekers are at high risk of mental health problems such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. Elucidating the occurrence and correlates of these problems in specific resettled refugee populations may be helpful in informing tailored prevention and health promotion programs. We sought to elucidate the occurrenc...
