A5065058325- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees
- Family Support in Illness
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Health and Conflict Studies
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Children's Rights and Participation
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Social and Educational Sciences
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Healthcare Systems and Technology
- Migration, Refugees, and Integration
Linköping University
2021-2025
Currently, approximately 100 million people are displaced worldwide, including children and young adults. Previous studies showed exposure to violence posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) common in this sub-population. However, we still lack comprehensive data on well-being, mental health, the ability function. This study included 291 adolescent (aged 12-17 years) adult (18-25 refugees recruited nationwide Sweden between 2019 2022. Sociodemographic, health well-being-related (well-being,...
Abstract Children with refugee backgrounds are often exposed to violence and other adverse experiences well-known detrimental consequences on mental health. However, the current group of approximately 40 million child refugees is heterogeneous, stressing importance first-person perspectives in understanding children’s unique needs related migration process. Identifying contextual factors promoting health resilience also essential. For instance, roles children play as active agents...
Introduction According to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), around 40% of 79.5 million forcibly displaced persons in end year 2019 were children. Exposure violence and mental health problems such as posttraumatic stress disorder are frequently reported among migrant children, but there is a knowledge gap our understanding complex longitudinal interplay between individual, social societal risk resilience factors that impact well-being, quality life ability function adapt. There also an urgent...
Studies on experiences of migration in childhood and subsequent health adulthood report conflicting results. While there is limited research the long-term outcomes refugee children as they transition into adulthood, it often observed that experience adverse conditions upon their arrival host country. We examined whether adults with a were more likely to have poorer mental health, general risk-behaviours compared non-refugee migrants Swedish-born peers included nationally representative...
Abstract Background In 2019, 80 million individuals were forcibly displaced. Yet, there is little knowledge on the health of refugees and migrants who self-identify as sexual- or gender minority (SGM). The aim was to examine health-related behaviors in refugee migrant identify SGM, comparison, their heterosexual peers. Methods This study included 168,952 persons aged 16-84 answered Swedish National Public Health Survey 2018 2020. Participants grouped into White heterosexual, SGM. Outcomes...
Abstract Aim To examine whether individuals who migrated to Sweden as refugees in childhood are more likely experience poor mental and general health violence adulthood, compared born Sweden, or were migrants but not refugees. Methods This study included 151,614 answered the Swedish National Public Health Survey 2018 2020. We grouped participants into childhood, non-migrants. Information about outcomes - health, risk behaviors was collected through questionnaires. analyzed associations using...
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