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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Refugee health"”.
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The Implementation of Refugee Health Policies and Services in Virginia's Local Health Districts
In 1997, the Virginia Refugee Health Program coordinated a protocol and reimbursement structure to encourage health departments to perform initial health screenings on refugees settling in the Commonwealth by establishing four recommended levels of assessment. This thesis is concerned with these …
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Health of Afghan Refugees in Iran and Germany – Population and Health Systems Perspectives
… worldwide, of whom more than 36 million were refugees including over 6 million refugees from Afghanistan. Iran and Germany are the primary host countries for Afghan refugees in the Middle Eastern and European regions, respectively. Globally, host countries encounter major impediments in …
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The Making of a 'Crisis': Syrian Refugees and the Politics of Health in Jordan
In recent years, the pace at which apparent refugee and health ‘crises’ – and their humanitarian responses – are being subsumed within foreign policy agendas appears to be accelerating. From the Syrian ‘refugee crisis’ in Europe in 2015, to the outbreak of Ebola, the Zika virus and, more recently, …
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Negotiating and Constructing Place: African Immigrant and Refugee Women’s Experiences Seeking Reproductive Health Information, Services and Support
African immigrant women and refugee women face disproportionate reproductive health risks and adverse outcomes compared with the Canadian population. The diversity of African women and complexity of the migration process suggest the need for contextualized knowledge to better understand these …
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Mental health in forcibly displaced adults in Germany: Access and barriers to mental health service utilization, the impact of an insecure asylum status, and the moderating effect of perceived social support
… 2022, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) published a new record with 100 million people being forcibly displaced worldwide (UNHCR, 2022). Compared to populations that were not forced to leave their home country, prevalence rates of mental disorders are comparably high in …
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Culture Care Beliefs, Meanings and Practices Related to Health and Well-Being of South Sudanese "Lost Boy and Lost Girl" Refugees
… care beliefs, meanings and practices related to health and well-being of South Sudanese "Lost Boy and Lost Girls" following resettlement in the United States. Leininger's theory of culture care diversity and universality and the ethnonursing method provided the organizing framework for studying …