2017
DOI: 10.36251/josi.125
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Community-based interventions for building social inclusion of refugees and asylum seekers in Australia: A systematic review

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“…Maintaining strong social connections is predictive of positive health and wellbeing outcomes (Gadermann et al, 2016;Power et al, 2015). Connectedness is strongly linked to better mental health outcomes across the lifespan (Haslam et al, 2017); it has the potential to improve confidence, positive feelings, and life satisfaction (Jose, Ryan and Pryor, 2012), but can also insulate people from potentially harmful life experiences, including poverty and displacement as a refugee or asylum seeker (Mahoney and Siyambalapitiya, 2017).…”
Section: Connectedness and Health And Wellbeingmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Maintaining strong social connections is predictive of positive health and wellbeing outcomes (Gadermann et al, 2016;Power et al, 2015). Connectedness is strongly linked to better mental health outcomes across the lifespan (Haslam et al, 2017); it has the potential to improve confidence, positive feelings, and life satisfaction (Jose, Ryan and Pryor, 2012), but can also insulate people from potentially harmful life experiences, including poverty and displacement as a refugee or asylum seeker (Mahoney and Siyambalapitiya, 2017).…”
Section: Connectedness and Health And Wellbeingmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, due to geographic displacement and dispersal, they are often bereft of social capital. This research demonstrated the paucity of a well-considered community-based intervention to expand networks, increase social inclusion and connectedness among refugee women (Mahoney and Siyambalapitiya, 2017). We provided a tool for making use of, and increasing, community social capital, an underutilized resource.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 93%
“…Basing on the existing gap of cultural knowledge with regard to policies related to refugees, and in the face of current escalating global refugee situation, the urgency to design culturally appropriate interventions that will improve the wellbeing of refugees is increasing. Among the factors raised by Mahoney and Siyambalapitiya (2017) as the facilitators of program effectiveness are those that consider communication skills and build upon refugees’ pre-resettlement skills and experience. Our intervention was neither paternalistic nor prescriptive, it merely provided a tool that opened up a store of resources which could be used according to cultural needs and personal preferences.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Unexpectedly, because of the preparatory and final discussions held with Eritrean leaders throughout the study, community-based interventions were recommended with education and employment considered to be advantageous. Studies in Australia have shown that community-based interventions are effective in facilitating the inclusion and social participation of refugees [40]. Thematic analysis of the group dynamics suggest that a community/group approach would be more appropriate for the Eritrean mothers than a one-on-one approach and social work interventions should construct interventions around a community or group model.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%