Health of adolescent refugees resettling in high-income countries

Hirani, Kajal; Payne, Donald; Mutch, Raewyn; Cherian, Sarah

doi:10.1136/archdischild-2014-307221

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“…Similarly, a German cross-sectional survey based on 102 unaccompanied asylum-seeking adolescents aged 12-18 years revealed a complex disease burden of physical disorders with a high prevalence of infections (58.8 %; 20 % with parasites), iron deficiency anemia (17.6 %), and a very low prevalence of non-communicable diseases (<2.0 %; [14]). The high prevalence of physical and in particular communicable disorders is echoed in a review of the health status of adolescent refugees who are resettling in high-income countries [10]. In addition, nutritional deficiencies warrant attention.…”

Section: Physical Health Issues Predominate Upon Arrivalmentioning

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A first assessment of the needs of young refugees arriving in Europe: what mental health professionals need to know

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Anagnostopoulos

Eliez

et al. 2015

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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Section: Physical Health Issues Predominate Upon Arrivalmentioning

confidence: 99%

A first assessment of the needs of young refugees arriving in Europe: what mental health professionals need to know

Hebebrand

Anagnostopoulos

Eliez

et al. 2015

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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“…The proportion that constitutes adolescents remains unknown, as these data are not collected separately 3. Adolescents have unique healthcare needs compared with younger and older age groups 5.…”

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“…Adolescents have unique healthcare needs compared with younger and older age groups 5. Research data in refugees have largely been collected with adolescents being grouped within paediatric or adult cohorts 3. Many research studies are also limited to specific ethnic groups.…”

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Identification of health risk behaviours among adolescent refugees resettling in Western Australia

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“…Complicações secundárias como o abuso de substâncias e a ideação suicida têm também uma prevalência apreciável. A violência associada ao terrorismo e à guerra está associada a um aumento de mortalidade e morbilidade por abuso de substâncias (Hirani, Payne, Mutch, & Cherian, 2015).…”

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“…Importa salientar que baixa literacia em saúde, o estigma cultural relativamente à doença mental ou crenças de saúde tradicionais podem influenciar o compromisso dos refugiados com a psicoterapia e o aconselhamento. As ferramentas de triagem e de diagnóstico podem também não ser sensíveis ou culturalmente apropriadas e isto pode conduzir a falhas de diagnóstico ou a subestimar preocupações de índole psicológica nestas populações (Hirani et al, 2015).…”

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Refugees and Mental Health - Hosting, Understand and Treat

Antunes¹

2017

Psic., Saúde & Doenças

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RESUMO: O número de refugiados no mundo não tem parado de aumentar nos últimos anos. Os refugiados diferem dos outros migrantes por terem sido forçados a deixar os seus países e a eles estarem impedidos de regressar, gozando por essa razão de um estatuto garantido pelo Direito Internacional. A estes juntam-se ainda pessoas que enfrentam riscos similares mas para as quais ainda não foi apurado o seu estatuto. São populações que apresentam uma maior prevalência de problemas de Saúde Mental e que devem ter um tratamento especial. Fez-se uma pesquisa na literatura biomédica, das revisões sistemáticas publicada nos últimos dez anos, sobre Saúde Mental em Refugiados concluindo-se que estes apresentam particularidades especiais que devem ser tidas em conta pelos profissionais e serviços de saúde em termos de prevenção primária, secundária e terciária. Discutem-se questões como a barreira da língua, as diferenças culturais e o papel dos tradutores e mediadores culturais, a organização dos serviços, a intervenção em grupos especialmente vulneráveis como são as crianças, as mulheres, as grávidas e os idosos e abordam-se os problemas mais prevalentes resultantes da exposição ao trauma que assumem nos refugiados particularidades muito específicas. Palavras-Chave: Refugiados, Saúde Mental, Trauma, Revisão ______________________________________________________________________ REFUGEES AND MENTAL HEALTH -HOSTING, UNDERSTAND AND TREAT ABSTRACT:The number of refugees in the world has not stopped increasing in recent years. The refugees differ from other migrants because they were forced to leave their countries and they are prevented from returning, benefiting therefore, from a status guaranteed by international law. To these must be added people who face similar risks but whose status has not be yet been determined. These are populations with a higher prevalence of mental health problems and should have a special treatment. Research in biomedical literature available, systematic reviews published in the last ten years on refugee's mental health led to conclude that these have special characteristics that must be taken into account by professionals and health services in terms of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. Issues addressed include language barriers, cultural differences and the role of translators and cultural mediators, the organization of the services, the intervention in particularly vulnerable groups such as children, women especially pregnant women and the elderly. Discussed are also the most prevalent  Rua Professor Vitorino Nemésio nº 135 7º Dto, 2765-362 Estoril.

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Health of adolescent refugees resettling in high-income countries

Cited by 40 publications

References 51 publications

A first assessment of the needs of young refugees arriving in Europe: what mental health professionals need to know

A first assessment of the needs of young refugees arriving in Europe: what mental health professionals need to know

Identification of health risk behaviours among adolescent refugees resettling in Western Australia

Refugees and Mental Health - Hosting, Understand and Treat

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