This study tries to integrate different methods for research on refugee resettlement, which denotes the scholarship that intends compare specific issues in two or more contexts and societies under their diverse socio-cultural settings. The aims represent a holistic picture allows greater understanding of resettlement proposes developing appropriate methodology studies do state public administra...

BACKGROUND Legal status and other resettlement stressors are known to impact mental health of asylum seekers and refugees. However, the ways in which they interact with treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with these populations is still poorly understood. The aim of this study was to examine whether legal status and other resettlement stressors influence outcomes of a trauma-focus...

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...

Canada admits between more than 200,000 immigrants every year. National policy emphasizes rigorous selection to ensure that Canada admits healthy immigrants. However, remarkably little policy is directed to ensuring that they stay healthy. This neglect is wrong-headed: keeping new settlers healthy is just, humane, and consistent with national self-interest. By identifying personal vulnerabiliti...

This study explores the relationships between forest cover change and the village resettlement and land planning policies implemented in Laos, which have led to the relocation of remote and dispersed populations into clustered villages with easier access to state services and market facilities. We used the Global Forest Cover Change (2000–2012) and the most recent Lao Agricultural Census (2011)...

BACKGROUND Psychological distress has been well identified in recently resettled refugee groups; however, evidence on psychological distress over time is not conclusive. Australia has welcomed a large refugee population in recent decades, including Iraqis who currently form one of the largest groups being resettled in Australia. METHODS This study aimed to explore psychological distress in tw...

The Somali population in New Zealand is a rapidly growing one that should be of interest to mental health professionals due to their experience of resettlement stressors and the refugee histories of many Somali. Many factors contribute to barriers and difficulties between mental health professionals and Somali clientele. We present here some of the cultural and religious issues influencing Soma...

The present study was conducted in Delanta (Ethiopia) to examine the use of medicinal plants and investigate the impacts of the 1984/85 resettlement program on the local people's knowledge on herbal medicine and its uses. The research was conducted with 72 informants in six study sites through semistructured interviews, group discussion, and market survey. In this study, 133 species belonging t...

BACKGROUND Refugees and asylum seekers often struggle to use general practice services in resettlement countries. AIM To describe and analyse the literature on the experiences of refugees and asylum seekers using general practice services in countries of resettlement. DESIGN AND SETTING Literature review using systematic search and narrative data extraction and synthesis methodologies. Inte...