Healthcare Barriers of Refugees Post-resettlement

Post-War Medical Resettlement

The immediate post-war period following a modern war brings in its train many complications and difficulties ; much planning and thought ; not a little heart-burning, worry, and doubt. Though there is no longer danger and destruction ; nevertheless, sometimes a new fear is born. What is to happen to me after the war ? How shall I find my feet in civil life again ? Shall I find employment or sha...

The Resettlement Experiences of Refugees from El Salvador

Mental health problems and post-migration stress among multi-traumatized refugees attending outpatient clinics upon resettlement to Norway.

Refugees have often been exposed to multiple traumas making them prone to mental health problems later. The aim of this study is to describe the prevalence and symptom load of psychiatric disorders in refugees admitted to psychiatric outpatient clinics and to investigate the relationship between multiple exposure to traumatic events, the severity of traumatic symptoms and post-migration stresso...

Primary healthcare for refugees: The Ponton experience

Occupational upheaval during resettlement and migration: findings of global ethnography with refugees with disabilities.

There is an emerging interest in issues of occupational justice and occupational deprivation within contemporary occupational therapy practice and theory. To inform this emerging agenda, research with populations at risk of occupational injustice is crucial. This study used a global ethnography framework to explore disabled refugees' access to occupational participation in the context of the U....