Nursing of Refugee and Asylum Seeker Families: An Integrative Review

Somatisation: illness perspectives of asylum seeker and refugee patients from the former country of Yugoslavia

BACKGROUND Somatisation is particularly challenging in multicultural contexts where patients and physicians often differ in terms of their illness-related beliefs and practices and health care expectations. This paper reports on a exploratory study aimed at better understanding how asylum seeker and refugee patients from the former country of Yugoslavia who were identified by their physicians a...

ASYLUM SEEKER ACCOMMODATION PROCESS Refugee Council proposal for a community- based pilot

Settling Ulysses: An Adapted Research Agenda for Refugee Mental Health

Refugees and asylum seekers arriving in Europe during the 2015/2016 wave of migration have been exposed to war conditions in their country of origin, survived a dangerous journey, and often struggled with negative reception in transit and host countries. The mental health consequence of such forced migration experiences is named the Ulysses syndrome. Policies regarding the right to residency ca...

A systematic review of studies with a representative sample of refugees and asylum seekers living in the community for participation in mental health research

BACKGROUND The aim was to review the literature to identify the most effective methods for creating a representative sample of refugee and asylum seeker groups living in the community to participate in health and mental health survey research. METHODS A systematic search of academic and grey literature was conducted for relevant literature with 'hidden' groups published between January 1995 a...

Australia's treatment of refugee and asylum seeker children: the views of Australian paediatricians.

OBJECTIVE Australia's response to refugees and people seeking asylum is a matter of national debate. We sought to determine the knowledge and attitudes of paediatricians about refugee and asylum seeker issues (both onshore and offshore). DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS In November 2013, we emailed a questionnaire web link to all Australian general and community paediatricians registered with...