New beginnings, new challenges : health & housing of asylum seekers and refugees in their early post-migration period in Sweden DOI Creative Commons

Charlotta van Eggermont Arwidson

Опубликована: Дек. 12, 2024

<p dir="ltr">Asylum seekers and recently resettled refugees are at an increased risk of poor mental health. Besides pre-migration experiences, the early post-migration period in host countries presents numerous challenges that can negatively impact their health well-being, including such as housing, socioeconomic difficulties. Additionally, Sweden has adopted more restrictive migration policies, which leading to a growing tension between needs policy objectives reducing migration. Gaining deeper understanding day-to-day faced during post- is crucial effectively address mitigate potential adverse on asylum refugees.</p><p dir="ltr"><b>Study I</b>, cross-sectional population-based survey, utilized generic EQ-5D- 5L scale assess health-related quality life index value study population 1,215 individuals from Syria who Sweden. The results showed most frequently reported problem EQ-5D-5L was depression/anxiety, low associated with being woman, older age, social support. <b>Study II</b> qualitative based semi-structured interviews fourteen two accommodation centers Sweden, exploring experiences living these centers. indicated were heavily influenced by uncertainty process constraints imposed limited resources housing conditions, often described frozen life. This source constant worry, concerns about long-term effects Despite challenges, highlighted care practices arose spontaneously among residents, reflecting shared concern for each other's well-being. III</b>, utilizing same data collection used Study II, explored COVID-19 pandemic. findings revealed conditions shaped how pandemic experienced. feeling increasingly excluded society, sentiment reinforced response authorities perceived lacking or unique situation. IV</b> register-based prospective longitudinal cohort includes all adult received residence permits 2010 2012. investigated association type (institutional self-organized) prescriptions antidepressants anxiolytic medication, well specialized in- outpatient visits diagnoses CMDs, over five-year follow-up after granted refugee status. had lived institutional greater having higher likelihood compared those self-organized housing.</p><p dir="ltr">The thesis emphasizes importance shaping particular focus key factors distress. It also suggests collective tends be harmful than housing. Overall, advocate context-sensitive interventions addressing individual, community, structural factors, improving alleviating strengthening support networks prevent issues. calls transparent fast-tracked process.</p><h3>List scientific papers</h3><p dir="ltr">I. Gottvall, M., Sjölund, S., <b>Arwidson, C.</b>, & Saboonchi, F. (2020). Health-related Syrian Quality Life Research. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-019-02323-5" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-019-02323-5</a></p><p dir="ltr">II. <b>van Eggermont Arwidson, Holmgren, J., Gottberg, K., Tinghög, P., Eriksson, H. (2022). Living life: seekers' Conflict Health 2022, 16(1):1-47. href="https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-022-00480-y" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-022-00480-y</a></p><p dir="ltr">III. H., K. (2024). (Over)crowded house: while BMC Public Health, 24(1): 622. href="https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18089-6" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18089-6</a></p><p dir="ltr">IV. P. Housing its healthcare utilization common disorders Sweden: A nationwide study. [Submitted]</p>

Язык: Английский

Measurement tools used to assess individual health assets among refugee populations: a scoping review DOI Creative Commons
Temesgen Muche, Andrew Hayen, Angela Dawson

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Health Promotion International, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 40(1)

Опубликована: Янв. 17, 2025

Abstract Forced migration is increasing globally, which has detrimental effects on the physical and mental health of refugees, who may face significant challenges accessing healthcare services. However, refugees also possess considerable strengths or assets that can protect against various challenges. Identifying strengthening individual critical to promoting their mitigating these Yet, there a paucity data refugees’ assets, including tools measure them. Therefore, this scoping review aimed identify summarise available measurement assess refugees. We conducted comprehensive literature search using six electronic databases Google without restrictions publication dates. used Arksey O’Malley’s methodological framework approach streamline processes. Forty-one eligible studies were included, from 28 asset identified. Of these, 11 tested for validity in refugee populations. Among validated tools, reliability scores measures outcomes, resilience (Child Youth Resilience Measure, Wagnild Young's Scale, Psychological Scale), acculturation (Vancouver Index Acculturation Bicultural Involvement Questionnaire), self-esteem (Rosenberg Self-Esteem self-efficacy (Generalized Self-Efficacy ranged good excellent. The findings provide guidance service planners, humanitarian organisations, researchers regarding appropriateness quality be applied are crucial designing culturally sensitive asset-based promotion interventions

Язык: Английский

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Contextualising the WHO Global Research Agenda on Health, Migration and Displacement in Norway invites to a reflection for decolonising research DOI Creative Commons
Esperanza Díaz,

Pierina Benavente

International Journal for Equity in Health, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 24(1)

Опубликована: Март 4, 2025

Migrants and displaced persons are ubiquitously present, yet there is insufficient evidence strategies to provide sustainable, equitable healthcare these populations globally. Migration health research has primarily been led by researchers in the Global North (GN), resulting selective focus that can pose challenges prioritizing socially relevant questions, framing migration as a geographically fragmented problem without globally implementable solutions. This power disbalance recently termed "colonialisation of research". The WHO, through an process including GN South (GS), released "Global Research Agenda on Health, Displacement" (Agenda) 2023 strengthen fair translate priorities into policy practice. WHO invites all countries contextualise Agenda´s core themes identify national gaps priorities. With this purpose, National Network for Health held workshop Bergen, Norway, April 2024. Norwegian were compared those from discussed light decolonisation research. align with but differ due context. Contextualizing specific countries, such highlights need local relevance while addressing global inequities can, unintentionally, maintain unresolved challenge colonialism Future should critically examine epistemological ideological underpinnings ensure outcomes.

Язык: Английский

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New beginnings, new challenges : health & housing of asylum seekers and refugees in their early post-migration period in Sweden DOI Creative Commons

Charlotta van Eggermont Arwidson

Опубликована: Дек. 12, 2024

<p dir="ltr">Asylum seekers and recently resettled refugees are at an increased risk of poor mental health. Besides pre-migration experiences, the early post-migration period in host countries presents numerous challenges that can negatively impact their health well-being, including such as housing, socioeconomic difficulties. Additionally, Sweden has adopted more restrictive migration policies, which leading to a growing tension between needs policy objectives reducing migration. Gaining deeper understanding day-to-day faced during post- is crucial effectively address mitigate potential adverse on asylum refugees.</p><p dir="ltr"><b>Study I</b>, cross-sectional population-based survey, utilized generic EQ-5D- 5L scale assess health-related quality life index value study population 1,215 individuals from Syria who Sweden. The results showed most frequently reported problem EQ-5D-5L was depression/anxiety, low associated with being woman, older age, social support. <b>Study II</b> qualitative based semi-structured interviews fourteen two accommodation centers Sweden, exploring experiences living these centers. indicated were heavily influenced by uncertainty process constraints imposed limited resources housing conditions, often described frozen life. This source constant worry, concerns about long-term effects Despite challenges, highlighted care practices arose spontaneously among residents, reflecting shared concern for each other's well-being. III</b>, utilizing same data collection used Study II, explored COVID-19 pandemic. findings revealed conditions shaped how pandemic experienced. feeling increasingly excluded society, sentiment reinforced response authorities perceived lacking or unique situation. IV</b> register-based prospective longitudinal cohort includes all adult received residence permits 2010 2012. investigated association type (institutional self-organized) prescriptions antidepressants anxiolytic medication, well specialized in- outpatient visits diagnoses CMDs, over five-year follow-up after granted refugee status. had lived institutional greater having higher likelihood compared those self-organized housing.</p><p dir="ltr">The thesis emphasizes importance shaping particular focus key factors distress. It also suggests collective tends be harmful than housing. Overall, advocate context-sensitive interventions addressing individual, community, structural factors, improving alleviating strengthening support networks prevent issues. calls transparent fast-tracked process.</p><h3>List scientific papers</h3><p dir="ltr">I. Gottvall, M., Sjölund, S., <b>Arwidson, C.</b>, & Saboonchi, F. (2020). Health-related Syrian Quality Life Research. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-019-02323-5" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-019-02323-5</a></p><p dir="ltr">II. <b>van Eggermont Arwidson, Holmgren, J., Gottberg, K., Tinghög, P., Eriksson, H. (2022). Living life: seekers' Conflict Health 2022, 16(1):1-47. href="https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-022-00480-y" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-022-00480-y</a></p><p dir="ltr">III. H., K. (2024). (Over)crowded house: while BMC Public Health, 24(1): 622. href="https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18089-6" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18089-6</a></p><p dir="ltr">IV. P. Housing its healthcare utilization common disorders Sweden: A nationwide study. [Submitted]</p>

Язык: Английский

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