The current study examines the risk-inducing effects of unemployment and the protective effects of language facility on the mental health of Southeast Asian refugees resettling in Canada. Rates of depression and of unemployment declined dramatically during the first decade after arrival. Although language fluency also improved during this period, approximately 8% of the sample spoke no English ...

BACKGROUND Slum-resettlement communities are increasingly adopting urban lifestyles. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and identify correlates of hypertension among residents aged 20-59 years of a slum-resettlement colony. MATERIALS AND METHODS A community-based cross-sectional study was done from 2010 to 2012 in NandNagri, a slum-resettlement area in east Delhi. 310 particip...

BACKGROUND This study aims to examine the possible impacts of resettlement on birth rates by using the length of stay variable in the 2000 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). METHODS Data in all three rounds of Gambella Administrative Region's Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) are analyzed. The neighboring administrative region of Benishangul-Gumuz is used as a control. The multivariate a...

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....

Knowledge of soil spatial variability is important in natural resource management, 22 interpolation and soil sampling design, but requires a considerable amount of geo-referenced 23 data. In this study, mid-infrared spectroscopy in combination with spatial analyses tools is 24 being proposed to facilitate landscape evaluation and monitoring. Mid-infrared spectroscopy 25 2 (MIRS) and geostatisti...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate BMI change among pediatric refugees resettling in Providence, RI. METHODS Retrospective chart review of pediatric refugees from the initial evaluation to year 3 post-resettlement at Hasbro Children's Hospital. Primary outcome of interest was within person change in BMI percentile at each time point. RESULTS From 2007-2012, 181 children visited the clinic. Initial preva...

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