scholarly journals Finding Keys: A Systematic Review of Barriers and Facilitators for Refugee Children’s Disclosure of Their Life Stories

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 242-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. C. C. (Carla) van Os ◽  
A. E. (Elianne) Zijlstra ◽  
E. J. (Erik) Knorth ◽  
W. J. (Wendy) Post ◽  
M. E. (Margrite) Kalverboer
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Life Stories ◽  
Life Story ◽  
Health Assessment ◽  
Host Community ◽  
Refugee Children ◽  
Mental Health Assessment ◽  
Time To Build ◽  
Self Protection ◽  
Therapeutic Settings

The systematic review presented in this article aims to reveal what supports and hampers refugee children in telling their, often traumatic, life stories. This is important to ensure that migration decisions are based on reliable information about the children’s needs for protection. A systematic review was conducted in academic journals, collecting all available scientific knowledge about the disclosure of life stories by refugee minors in the context of social work, guardianship, foster care, asylum procedures, mental health assessment, and therapeutic settings. The resulting 39 studies were thoroughly reviewed with reference to what factors aided or hampered the refugee children’s disclosure of their life stories. The main barriers to disclosure were feelings of mistrust and self-protection from the side of the child and disrespect from the side of the host community. The facilitators for disclosing life stories were a positive and respectful attitude of the interviewer, taking time to build trust, using nonverbal methods, providing agency to the children, and involving trained interpreters. Social workers, mentors, and guardians should have time to build trust and to help a young refugee in revealing the life story before the minor is heard by the migration authorities. The lack of knowledge on how refugee children can be helped to disclose their experiences is a great concern because the decision in the migration procedure is based on the story the child is able to disclose.

scholarly journals Prevalence of sexual violence among refugees: a systematic review

2019 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliana De Oliveira Araujo ◽  
Fernanda Mattos de Souza ◽  
Raquel Proença ◽  
Mayara Lisboa Bastos ◽  
Anete Trajman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Health Assessment ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Bibliographic Databases ◽  
Refugee Camps ◽  
Protection Measures ◽  
Mental Health Assessment ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers

OBJECTIVE: To synthesize data about the prevalence of sexual violence (SV) among refugees around the world. METHODS: A systematic review was conducted from the search in seven bibliographic databases. Studies on the prevalence of SV among refugees and asylum seekers of any country, sex or age, whether in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese, were eligible. RESULTS: Of the 2,906 titles found, 60 articles were selected. The reported prevalence of SV was largely variable (0% to 99.8%). Reports of SV were collected in all continents, with 42% of the articles mentioning it in refugees from Africa (prevalence from 1.3% to 100%). The rape was the most reported SV in 65% of the studies (prevalence from 0% to 90.9%). The main victims were women in 89% of the studies, all the way, especially when still in the countries of origin. The SV was perpetrated particularly by intimate partners, but also by agents of supposed protection. Few studies have reported SV in men and children; the prevalence reached up to 39.3% and 90.9%, respectively. Approximately one-third of the studies (32%) were carried out in refugee camps and more than half (52%) in health services using mental health assessment tools. No study has addressed the most recent migratory crisis. Meta-analysis was not performed due to the methodological heterogeneity of the studies. CONCLUSIONS: SV is a prevalent problem affecting refugees of both sexes, of all ages, throughout the migratory journey, particularly those from Africa. Protection measures are urgently needed, and further studies, with more appropriate tools, may better measure the current magnitude of the problem.

CAMINO: Integrating context in the mental health assessment of immigrant Latinos.

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 453-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle A. Silva ◽  
Manuel Paris ◽  
Luis M. Añez
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Assessment ◽  
Mental Health Assessment

Vocational Development in Emerging Adulthood

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael W. Pratt ◽  
M. Kyle Matsuba
Keyword(s):  
Turning Point ◽  
Life Stories ◽  
Life Story ◽  
Emerging Adult ◽  
Vocational Development ◽  
Data Set ◽  
The World ◽  
Key Concepts

Chapter 6 reviews research on the topic of vocational/occupational development in relation to the McAdams and Pals tripartite personality framework of traits, goals, and life stories. Distinctions between types of motivations for the work role (as a job, career, or calling) are particularly highlighted. The authors then turn to research from the Futures Study on work motivations and their links to personality traits, identity, generativity, and the life story, drawing on analyses and quotes from the data set. To illustrate the key concepts from this vocation chapter, the authors end with a case study on Charles Darwin’s pivotal turning point, his round-the-world voyage as naturalist for the HMS Beagle. Darwin was an emerging adult in his 20s at the time, and we highlight the role of this journey as a turning point in his adult vocational development.

Mental health assessment of altruistic non-directed kidney donors: An EAPM consensus statement

2018 ◽  
Vol 107 ◽  
pp. 26-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Potts ◽  
Frank Vitinius ◽  
Yesim Erim ◽  
Gabor Gazdag ◽  
Robert Gribble ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Consensus Statement ◽  
Health Assessment ◽  
Kidney Donors ◽  
Mental Health Assessment

scholarly journals Is the Travel Bubble under COVID-19 a Feasible Idea or Not?

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 5717
Author(s):  
Jo-Hung Yu ◽  
Hsiao-Hsien Lin ◽  
Yu-Chih Lo ◽  
Kuan-Chieh Tseng ◽  
Chin-Hsien Hsu
Keyword(s):  
Health Beliefs ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Health Assessment ◽  
Willingness To Participate ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Statistical Validation ◽  
Mental Health Assessment ◽  
Expert Opinions ◽  
Wait And See ◽  
Travel Decisions

The present study aimed to understand Taiwanese people’s willingness to participate in the travel bubble policy. A mixed research method was used to collect 560 questionnaires, and SPSS 22.0 software was used for the statistical validation and Pearson’s performance correlation analysis. Expert opinions were collected and the results were validated using multivariate analysis. Findings: People were aware of the seriousness of the virus and the preventive measures but were not afraid of the threat of infection. They looked forward to traveling to heighten their enthusiasm, relieve stress, and soothe their emotions. However, the infection and death rates have been high, there have been various routes of infection, and it has been difficult to identify the symptoms. The complex backgrounds of people coming in and out of airports, hotels and restaurants may create pressure on the participants of events. In addition, the flawed policies and high prices resulted in a loss of confidence in the policies and a wait-and-see attitude toward tourism activities. Thus, travel decisions (0.634), physical and mental health assessment (0.716), and environmental risk (−0.130) were significantly (p < 0.05) related to travel intentions, and different issues were affected to different degrees, while health beliefs had no significant effect (p > 0.05).

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