A5050229098- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Migration, Refugees, and Integration
- Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees
- Global Peace and Security Dynamics
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Peacebuilding and International Security
- Cambodian History and Society
Ghent University
2015-2018
Ghent University Hospital
2015-2016
Resilience research with war-affected populations has long conceptualized resilience as the absence of psychopathology and operationalized it by use standardized measures. However, literature on increasingly highlights importance also including indicators positively valued functioning well contextually sensitive resilience. This study used a participatory approach to examine contextual conceptualization youth in aftermath war northern Uganda, defined groups stakeholders (youths, parents,...
This article examines the roles of brokers in conducting research a (post-)conflict context and uses this analysis as lens to rethink reflexive ethics humanitarian research. Drawing on fieldwork Gulu, northern Uganda, paper analyses ambiguous position brokers, complex social space which they navigate. The outlines how pursuit opportunities trying meet expectations other players, use strategies such concealing information for researchers, or actively promoting project rather than merely...
Prisoners constitute a high-risk population, particularly for infectious diseases. The aim of this study was to estimate the level risk in prisons five different European countries by measuring what extent prison system adheres WHO/UNODC recommendations. Following methodology used previous French survey, postal/electronic questionnaire sent all Austria, Belgium, Denmark and Italy collect data on availability several recommended HIV-HCV prevention interventions HBV vaccination prisoners. A...
Abstract References to uncertainty are omnipresent in literature on forced displacement. This article presents a critical interpretative synthesis of about refugee situations and explores common assumptions that underlie the narrative uncertainty. The analysis shows appears be inherent situations. Also, is mainly seen as constraining abnormal experience. We critically question these try illustrate how they tend obscure both processes render uncertain varied ways which can understood made...
Resilience and self‐reliance have become central in humanitarian responses to refugee situations. Based on a two‐year longitudinal qualitative study, this article explores how South Sudanese youngsters Uganda imagine act towards their futures, questions what resilience can mean the temporary space of camp. Youngsters need accustomed future without substantial progress, or be ready play game chance. As such, policy not only reveals powerlessness youth, but also limits project seek actual solutions
Abstract The reintegration of formerly recruited youth typically engenders a range relational and social challenges, affecting both the communities to which they return. Yet, research rarely studies perspectives community members, hampering design much‐needed community‐based interventions. This study aimed understand how in northern Uganda experience deal with challenges during youths who were into Lord's resistance army (LRA). was undertaken 2012 Lira district. Participatory Ranking...
"Depoliticising Migration: Global Governance and International Migration Narratives." Journal of Human Development Capabilities, 17(2), pp. 298–299