scholarly journals Expanding Our Community: Independent and Interdependent Factors Impacting Refugee Successful Community Resettlement

10.18060/1956 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 306-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
DeBrenna LaFa Agbényiga ◽  
Salamatu Barrie ◽  
Valentina Djelaj ◽  
Stepanie J. Nawyn
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
Support Network ◽  
Refugee Resettlement ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Refugee Families ◽  
Physical Health Outcomes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Mental And Physical Health ◽  
The U.S

Evidence suggests that despite the aid from resettlement agencies, many refugees find the resettlement process extraordinarily stressful and have reported significant negative mental and physical health outcomes. The literature on refugee resettlement often focuses on the challenges that these individuals encounter in their new environment. However, less research has focused on community barriers and lack of support issues that can prevent refugees from resettling in the U.S. Using qualitative data collected from Burmese and Burundian refugee groups, this article examines the impact of social structures on the resettlement process. Results indicate that gaps in service delivery such as employment and housing are affected by support from the resettlement agencies and the refugees’ social support network. Results of this study contribute to the knowledge based on how best to assist refugee families.

Hate Crimes and Race-Based Trauma on Latinx Populations: A Critical Review of the Current Research

2020 ◽  
pp. 152483802097968
Author(s):  
Sarah Lockwood ◽  
Carlos A. Cuevas
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Violence ◽  
Hate Crime ◽  
The United States ◽  
Hate Crimes ◽  
Crime Victimization ◽  
Physical Health Outcomes ◽  
Trauma Responses ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Mental And Physical Health ◽  
Do So

Traditionally, the literature has sought to understand the impact of racial minority status and trauma as it relates to interpersonal violence, domestic violence, and sexual assault. What has not been as extensively reviewed and summarized is how racially or ethnically motivated hate crimes impact the mental health of minorities—particularly Latinx/Hispanic groups. This review aims to summarize the current body of literature on the intersection of race-motivated hate crime and trauma responses within Latinx community. To do so, the theoretical foundation for this inquiry will build from a race-based trauma perspective. Specifically, this review connects existing frameworks for race and trauma and integrates literature that examines Latinx or Hispanic populations that have experienced discrimination, bias, or hate crime as a result of their identity or perceived identity. The importance of situating bias or hate events within the trauma literature stems from a lack of overall formal evaluation of these events, and how these occurrences are historically overlooked as a traumatic stressor. The findings of this review suggest that (1) experiencing racially motivated victimization can cause adverse mental and physical health outcomes in Latinxs and (2) currently, there is only one study that has examined the impact of hate crime on Latinxs in the United States. This leaves the field with unanswered questions about the impact of hate crime victimization among Latinxs, which is an ever-growing area in need of attention.

Family Caregivers of Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Outcomes Associated With U.S. Services and Supports

2014 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather J. Williamson ◽  
Elizabeth A. Perkins
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Disabilities ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Service System ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities ◽  
Physical Health Outcomes ◽  
Services And Supports ◽  
Caregiving Roles ◽  
Mental And Physical Health ◽  
The U.S

Abstract Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in the U.S. predominantly live with their family caregivers. As care delivery and support systems vary widely globally, consideration of caregiver outcomes specifically in the U.S. context is needed. A systematic literature review was conducted to identify U.S. family caregiver outcomes and their association with existing services and supports for family caregivers of adults with IDD. Twenty-four articles were compiled using the PubMed, Web of Knowledge, PsychInfo, and CINAHL databases. Studies report economic, mental, and physical health outcomes from caregiving roles. The need for comprehensive caregiver assessment is discussed. Understanding and responding to the changing needs of family caregivers is vital to the U.S. disability service system to effectively prioritize formal resources and services.

More Delicate than a Flower, yet Harder than a Rock

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunaina Marr Maira
Keyword(s):  
Self Determination ◽  
Refugee Families ◽  
Afghan Refugee ◽  
History Of ◽  
Indigenous Sovereignty ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The U.S

This chapter addresses the invisibility of Afghan Americans and the absence of Afghan solidarity activism, arguing that Afghans in the U.S. are erased by a racialized discourse of humanitiarianism. The “Af-Pak” war is based on the notion of humanitarian rescue, of women and backward “others,” and degraded sovereignty, produced through a long history of colonial interventions in Afghanistan. The chapter also discusses the ways in which youth from Afghan refugee families grappled with questions of self-determination and indigenous sovereignty and the impact of displacement and suffering.

An Evaluation of Adventure Education Components in a Residential Learning Community

2002 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 296-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew J. Bobilya ◽  
Lynn D. Akey
Keyword(s):  
Learning Community ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Adventure Education ◽  
Support Network ◽  
Academic Learning ◽  
Ropes Course ◽  
Residential Learning Community ◽  
Transferable Skill ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

The intent of this research project was to assess the impact of the out-of-class experiential components in a residential Learning Community Program. More specifically, the purpose of the study was to gain information from the students' perceptions of the impact that participation in an adventure education program (high or low ropes course) had on their in-class learning and their overall experience at the university. Qualitative data indicated that participation on the ropes course impacted the Learning Community students' in-class learning in the following ways: enhancing a connection to other students, faculty and the university; promoting increased self-learning and transferable skill development; and developing a support network for academic learning. The qualitative data also indicated that Learning Community students' overall experience at the university was affected largely by the connection developed with other students, faculty and the university.

scholarly journals Monoculturals and Biculturals: Similarities and Differences in Health and Social Outcomes

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roxanne Moadel-Attie ◽  
Sheri R. Levy ◽  
Bonita London
Keyword(s):  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Intergroup Contact ◽  
Psychosocial Outcomes ◽  
Cultural Identities ◽  
Physical Health Outcomes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

Social Identity Theory posits that social identities (cultural identities in particular) are critical to individual’s self-concepts, often predicting relative costs and benefits in terms of social and health outcomes. In accordance with this theoretical framework, we aimed to explore psychosocial outcomes for monocultural and bicultural individuals. We conducted an online survey at Stony Brook University, collecting data from 339 undergraduates about their cultural identification, social behaviors, and mental and physical health outcomes. The results of our exploratory study, analyzed via hierarchal regression, indicated that there were no significant differences between monoculturals and biculturals in terms of mental and physical health. However, there were significant differences between these groups in regards to desired intergroup contact, indicating that biculturals and individuals with high identity mismatch exhibited a higher propensity for intergroup contact than monoculturals and those with low identity mismatch, respectively. Accordingly, beyond the impact of maintaining multiple cultural identities and strength of identity, identity mismatch plays a significant role in psychosocial outcomes.

scholarly journals A Social Safety Net: Developing a Model of Social-Support Figures as Prepared Safety Stimuli

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erica A. Hornstein ◽  
Naomi I. Eisenberger
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Fear Learning ◽  
Social Safety Net ◽  
Physical Health Outcomes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Mental And Physical Health ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
Safety Signals ◽  
Improve Health

Although the presence of social-support figures (e.g., close friends and family members) is known to increase feelings of safety, reduce threat responses, and improve health, the route by which these effects occur is not well understood. One explanation is that social-support figures are members of a powerful category of safety signals—prepared safety stimuli. Here, we review research demonstrating that social-support figures act as prepared safety stimuli and explore the impact that these unique safety stimuli have on fear-learning processes. According to recent work, the presence of social-support figures both reduces fear acquisition and enhances fear extinction, ultimately decreasing perceptions of threat. These findings shed light on the route by which social support buffers against threat and illustrate the unique properties of prepared safety stimuli and how they might be used to improve mental and physical health outcomes.

Long-term medical consequences of the crisis at the US–Mexico Border

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 638-639
Author(s):  
Marcela Almeida ◽  
Maxwell R Rovner
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Physical Health Outcomes ◽  
Human Rights Organizations ◽  
Adverse Childhood ◽  
The Us ◽  
Mexico Border ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

Abstract The recent changes in policy at the Southern American Border have urged a number of medical entities and social and human rights organizations to become vocal about its possible long-term outcomes in the lives of the affected families. This reaction is supported by robust scientific evidence on the impact of adverse childhood experiences and perceived racial discrimination, among others, on mental and physical health outcomes.

scholarly journals Refugee Resettlement in the U.S.: The Impact of Contextual Factors on Psychological Distress

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 354-361
Author(s):  
Laura M. Ramzy ◽  
Danielle M. Jackman ◽  
Adam Soberay ◽  
Jamie Pledger
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Refugee Resettlement ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The U.S
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