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Refugee Births and the Migrant Health Effect in Syracuse NY
ObjectivesIn Syracuse, NY among 5998 births in a 3-year period (2017–2019), 24% were to foreign-born women, among whom nearly 5% were refugees from...
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Refugee women’s health: needs, knowledge, and behaviors of female refugees
BackgroundRefugees entering the USA undergo initial health screening. However, little guidance on preventative medicine is provided. We examined...
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Cervical Cancer Screening by Refugee Category in a Refugee Health Primary Care Clinic in Calgary, Canada, 2011–2016
Newly arrived refugees and refugee claimants experience low cervical cancer screening (CCS) rates in Canada. We investigated CCS at a dedicated...
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Gendered Health Outcome Among Somali Refugee Youth in Displacement: A Role of Social Support and Religious Belief
This study examines the factors influencing physical health status, specifically focusing on the gender differences in risk and promotive factors...
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Implementation gaps in culturally responsive care for refugee and migrant maternal health in New South Wales, Australia
BackgroundRefugee and migrant women are at higher risk of childbirth complications and generally poorer pregnancy outcomes. They also report lower...
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Designing for community engagement: user-friendly refugee wellness center planning process and concept, a health design case study
BackgroundRefugee and immigrant populations have diverse cultural factors that affect their access to health care and must be considered when...
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Asylum seeking and refugee adolescents’ mental health service use and help-seeking patterns: a mixed-methods study
Almost a third of all people who entered Germany to seek protection since 2010 were under the age of 18. Asylum-seeking and refugee (ASR) adolescents...
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“Sometimes that Takes You Going the Extra Mile”: The Role of Providers’ Self-efficacy in Refugee Mental Health Services
To achieve equity for refugee patients in mental health care settings, patient-centered, trauma-informed, and cultural humility practices have gained...
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Blended-ALMAMAR app for inpatient mental health care for refugees: study protocol for a multicenter implementation study within the I-REACH consortium (Internet based REfugee mentAl healtH Care)
BackgroundRefugees are at high risk for develo** mental illnesses. Due to language and cultural barriers, there is need for specifically adapted...
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Access to preventive sexual and reproductive health care for women from refugee-like backgrounds: a systematic review
BackgroundGlobally, the number of forcibly displaced women is growing. Refugee and displaced women have poorer health outcomes compared to migrant...
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Social context factors and refugee children’s emotional health
BackgroundRefugee children face numerous challenges associated with pre-migration trauma and post-migration adaptation. Much research pertaining to...
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“We assist the health system doing the work that should be done by others” – a qualitative study on experiences of grassroots level organizations providing refugee health care during the 2015 migration event in Germany
BackgroundIn Germany, the 2015 mass displacement and resulting population migration exposed regulatory and structural shortcomings with respect to...
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Refugee Health During COVID-19 and Future Pandemics
Purpose of ReviewThis commentary summarizes recent literature pertaining to healthcare challenges and needs during the current pandemic among...
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Conceptualizing Mental Health Through Bhutanese Refugee Lens: Findings from a Mixed Methods Study
Despite the rapidly growing need to understand mental health challenges faced by refugee subpopulations, there is a dearth of literature exploring...
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Promoting the health of refugee women: a sco** literature review incorporating the social ecological model
The health of refugee women after settlement in a new country, can be adversely or positively affected by individual, interpersonal, community, and...
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Long-Term Physical Health Outcomes of Resettled Refugee Populations in the United States: A Sco** Review
Several studies describe the health of recently resettled refugee populations in the US beyond the first 8 months after arrival. This review...
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Public opinions regarding infertility treatment insurance coverage among marginalized patient populations
PurposeTo assess public support for insurance coverage of infertility treatment among marginalized patient groups.
MethodsA cross-sectional, web...
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Using Community-Based Participatory Research to Characterize Health and Lifestyle Behaviors of Montagnards, a Refugee-Origin Asian-American Subgroup
Montagnards, an indigenous multitribal refugee-origin population concentrated in North Carolina, remain an invisible, medically underserved, and...
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Prevention, testing, and treatment interventions for hepatitis B and C in refugee populations: results of a sco** review
Background and aimsRefugees are at higher risk for hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV), but often face unique healthcare barriers to vaccination,...
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Double burden of vulnerability for refugees: conceptualization and policy solutions for financial protection in Iran using systems thinking approach
IntroductionIran is host to one of the world’s largest and longest-standing refugee populations. Although Iran has initiated a basic health insurance...
