Family first: Community-based supports for refugees.

Pejic, Vanja; Hess, Robyn S.; Miller, Gloria E.; Wille, Alice M.

doi:10.1037/ort0000189

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“…Publications in this category are studies focusing on health promotion and access to care, mainly implemented in the USA (19/36), Europe (12/36), and Canada (2/36), and in Australia (2/36) and Asia (1/36), mostly in between 2007–2018 [ 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 84 , 85 , 86 , 87 , 88 , 89 , 90 , 91 , 92 , 93 , 94 , 95 , 96 , 97 , 98 , 99 ]. The populations addressed included racial and ethnic minorities; migrants (further specified as elderly, farm workers, or irregular); refugees (Syrian, apartment-dwelling, youth, older adult, and more); immigrants (elderly or recent); and minority children.…”

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“…Single interventions that emerged constituted of: providing health information [ 64 , 65 ], cultural brokering through ambassadors [ 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 ], bilingual advocacy and interpretation [ 73 , 74 ], and a community garden project addressing a sense of community and adoption of a healthy dietary pattern [ 75 ]. Complex interventions, on the other hand, concerned community-academic partnerships [ 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 ], community-based nursing initiatives [ 82 , 83 , 84 ], home-based health services [ 83 ], programs on prevention, and healthcare services for the uninsured [ 85 ].…”

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“…Additionally, reducing discrimination [92]; the promotion of understanding of human values [84,93]; targeted outreach strategies with specific focus on health education, health promotion, disease screening, and prevention [94]; community collaboration and advocacy [74,88,91,[93][94][95][96]; raising awareness on health risks [85,86,95]; and culturally and linguistically sensitive approaches [69,71,73,74,85,87,88,91,94,97,99].…”

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Community-Based Healthcare for Migrants and Refugees: A Scoping Literature Review of Best Practices

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Background: Strengthening community-based healthcare is a valuable strategy to reduce health inequalities and improve the integration of migrants and refugees into local communities in the European Union. However, little is known about how to effectively develop and run community-based healthcare models for migrants and refugees. Aiming at identifying the most-promising best practices, we performed a scoping review of the international academic literature into effective community-based healthcare models and interventions for migrants and refugees as part of the Mig-HealthCare project. Methods: A systematic search in PubMed, EMBASE, and Scopus databases was conducted in March 2018 following the PRISMA methodology. Data extraction from eligible publications included information on general study characteristics, a brief description of the intervention/model, and reported outcomes in terms of effectiveness and challenges. Subsequently, we critically assessed the available evidence per type of healthcare service according to specific criteria to establish a shortlist of the most promising best practices. Results: In total, 118 academic publications were critically reviewed and categorized in the thematic areas of mental health (n = 53), general health services (n = 36), noncommunicable diseases (n = 13), primary healthcare (n = 9), and women’s maternal and child health (n = 7). Conclusion: A set of 15 of the most-promising best practices and tools in community-based healthcare for migrants and refugees were identified that include several intervention approaches per thematic category. The elements of good communication, the linguistic barriers and the cultural differences, played crucial roles in the effective application of the interventions. The close collaboration of the various stakeholders, the local communities, the migrant/refugee communities, and the partnerships is a key element in the successful implementation of primary healthcare provision.

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“…Most of the studies were qualitative (n = 20) [26,31,39,42,49,57,68,[70][71][72][73][74][75][76][77][78][79][80][81][82] and RCT studies (n = 18) [ 23,34,36,38,44,58,64,[83][84][85][86][87][88][89][90][91][92][93]. A total of 14 of the studies lacked a clear methods section or the methods were inadequately reported [27,28,30,32,33,45,55,56,59,66,[94][95][96]…”

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Parent Support Programmes for Families Who are Immigrants: A Scoping Review

Hamari

Konttila

Merikukka

et al. 2021

J Immigrant Minority Health

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Parental support is of paramount importance in the promotion of positive parenting, strengthening parenthood and protecting children from disadvantages due to immigration experiences. The aim was to describe what is known about parent support programmes targeted to families who are immigrants. Electronic databases and the grey literature were systematically and comprehensively searched with no time/language restrictions. JBI approach and PRISMA-ScR were used to guide the review. N = 88 articles were sourced. Interventions were targeted to improve parental practices, skills and family wellbeing, usually through group-based methods. Most interventions included components of positive parenting and family communication. Identifying the needs of the target group and cultural tailoring were reported to be highly important in gaining acceptability, promoting engagement and producing benefits. Parent support programmes for families who are immigrants potentially improve positive parental practices and families’ wellbeing. There are many applicable and effective interventions to be exploited.

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“…Collaborating with refugee support organizations and other community organizations may be another effective method in providing culturally sensitive psychiatric care to refugee populations. (Pejic, Hess, Miller & Wille, 2016). While our case draws from a refugee experience in the US, the principles of the proposed screening model could be applied to any country accepting refugees throughout the world.…”

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Depression and suicidality in an Afghan refugee: A case report

Morrow¹,

Krishna

2019

Transcult Psychiatry

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We report the case of a young male refugee from Afghanistan who presented after a violent suicide attempt, likely precipitated in part by discrimination and social isolation experienced after immigrating to the United States. Common psychiatric comorbidities associated with immigration from war-torn nations are reviewed with a particular emphasis on how adequate screening and additional resources for vulnerable refugees during and after immigration continues to be an unmet need. Our findings suggest that there is a critical need and additional studies should be conducted, not only to identify at risk refugee populations but also to prevent potentially violent behavior. Our findings also suggest a lack of an optimal screening tool and shed light on the struggles of refugees, particularly those from Afghanistan.

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Family first: Community-based supports for refugees.

Cited by 15 publications

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Community-Based Healthcare for Migrants and Refugees: A Scoping Literature Review of Best Practices

Community-Based Healthcare for Migrants and Refugees: A Scoping Literature Review of Best Practices

Parent Support Programmes for Families Who are Immigrants: A Scoping Review

Depression and suicidality in an Afghan refugee: A case report

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