Conducting post-disaster research with refugee background peer researchers and their communities

Marlowe, Jay; Lou, Lucy; Osman, Mohamud; Alam, Zibulnessa Zeba

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“…As Marlowe et al (2015) describe, the sociocultural and political context of refugees influences integration into any community and needs to be considered. In this study, the diversity of language and culture within Syria was discussed with PRAs during preliminary research team meetings.…”

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Factors supporting settlement among Syrian refugee women: A longitudinal participatory action research study

Kassam

O’Mahony

Clark

2023

Int Health Trends & Persp

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Introduction: Over 13 million Syrians have been forcibly displaced since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011. In response to this humanitarian crisis, several high-income countries have settled thousands of Syrian refugees. In Canada, over 50,000 Syrian refugees have resettled through varying resettlement programs. Half of the refugees are women who are mothers or of child-bearing age, and who experience numerous health disparities. This article reports findings from a larger, Canadian-based study inquiring into the factors supporting and shaping the settlement and integration experiences among women who are Syrian refugees and mothering. Methods: A longitudinal intersectionality-framed participatory action approach was initiated through multiple meetings with a diverse range of non-profit community organizations focused on refugee health and settlement. Through these meetings, sustainable relationships were formed, and trust was built toward further engaging with the Syrian refugee mothering women population. A core group of 4 women were employed as peer research assistants and were integrated across research processes. Results: In total, 40 Syrian refugee mothering women participated in this study. Six themes emerged from data analysis of their lived experiences of resettlement. Four of these themes are published elsewhere. We focus this article on two of the six key findings: harnessing strength-based capabilities, and peer research assistant experiences. Conclusions: The two findings described in this article convey facilitators that add to understanding influences on the mental well-being of Syrian refugee mothering women. Unique to this study is the novel integration of peer research assistants and a model of support which contributes to an ethical and inclusive approach to understanding lived experiences among refugee women. This article highlights how this model benefits the peer research assistant and promotes community engagement among women.

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Section: Conceptualizing Support For Peer Research Assistantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Factors supporting settlement among Syrian refugee women: A longitudinal participatory action research study

Kassam

O’Mahony

Clark

2023

Int Health Trends & Persp

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“…44,45,47 Navigation of the political, socioeconomic and cultural context was a reciprocal area of engagement between the PRA and research team member. As Marlowe et al 49 describe, the socio-cultural and political context of refugees in uences integration into any community and needs to be considered. In this study, the diversity of language and culture within Syria was discussed with PRAs during preliminary research team meetings.…”

Section: Conceptualizing Support For Peer Research Assistantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Facilitators supporting settlement among women who are Syrian refugees and mothering: Findings from a longitudinal participatory action research study

Kassam

O’Mahony

Clark

2022

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Background Over 13 million Syrians have been forcibly displaced since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011. In response to this overwhelming humanitarian crisis, several high income countries have settled thousands of Syrian refugees. In Canada, over 50,000 Syrian refugees have resettled through varying resettlement programs. Half of these refugees are women who are mothers or of child-bearing age. Women who are refugees and mothering comprise a population that experience numerous health disparities including higher rates of depression and anxiety, social exclusion and lower socioeconomic status. This article reports findings from a larger, Canadian-based study inquiring into the factors supporting and shaping the settlement and integration experiences among women who are Syrian refugees and mothering. Methods This study employed a longitudinal intersectionality-framed participatory action approach. This design was initiated through multiple community-based meetings with a diverse range of non-profit organizations focused on refugee health and settlement. Through these meaningful engagements, sustainable relationships were formed and trust was built toward further immersing ourselves within the Syrian refugee mothering women population. Consequential establishment of a core group of 4 women led to the emergence of a peer research assistant model which informed data collection, reflexive analysis, and knowledge mobilization activities. Results In total, 40 Syrian refugee mothering women participated in this study and six themes emerged from data analysis of their lived experiences of resettlement. Four of the themes are published elsewhere. We focus this article on two of the six key findings: harnessing strength-based capabilities, and peer research assistant experiences. Conclusions While multiple barriers continue to exist within recent re-settlement processes of Syrian refugee mothering women, these two findings convey facilitators that add to understanding influences to the mental well-being of this often overlooked population. Unique to this study is the novel integration of peer research assistants and a model of support which contributes to an ethical and inclusive approach to understanding lived experiences among refugee women. This article highlights how this model benefits the peer research assistant and promotes community engagement among women.

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“…Research with any social actors relates to questions of power. One way to reduce power asymmetries between researchers and participants is to involve the latter in data collection and analysis as peer researchers (see, among others, Marlowe et al, 2015;Turner, 2010). As noted above, the engagement of displaced people may contribute to their empowerment, as they will acquire knowledge and skills and will influence the research.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Conducting post-disaster research with refugee background peer researchers and their communities

Cited by 15 publications

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Factors supporting settlement among Syrian refugee women: A longitudinal participatory action research study

Factors supporting settlement among Syrian refugee women: A longitudinal participatory action research study

Facilitators supporting settlement among women who are Syrian refugees and mothering: Findings from a longitudinal participatory action research study

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