International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care: Volume 17 Issue 1

Posttraumatic stress among Eritrean unaccompanied refugee minors in Ethiopia

Natnael Terefe Arega

Unaccompanied refugee minors (URMs) are known to be subjected to several potentially traumatic life events, risking more mental health problems than other populations of same age…

Barriers and facilitators to cervical screening for Filipino women – a narrative literature review

Floor Christie-de Jong, Siobhan Reilly

Mortality rates of cervical cancer are high amongst Filipino women; however, uptake of cervical screening is low. The purpose of this paper is to identify known barriers and…

Health professionals confront the intentional harms of indefinite immigration detention: an Australian overview, evaluation of alternative responses and proposed strategy

Michael Dudley, Peter Young, Louise Newman, Fran Gale, Rohanna Stoddart

Indefinite immigration detention causes well-documented harms to mental health, and international condemnation and resistance leave it undisrupted. Health care is non-independent…

Factors affecting health care utilization of immigrants living in North of Turkey

Mehmet Korkmaz, Ilknur Aydın Avci

This paper aims to determine factors affecting health-care utilization of immigrants living in North of Turkey and make a case assessment about this factors and general health…

Health literacy in the domain of healthcare among older migrants in Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia). Findings from a cross-sectional survey

Eva-Maria Berens, Kristin Ganahl, Dominique Vogt, Doris Schaeffer

Health literacy (HL) is considered an important prerequisite for informed, self-determined health decisions. HL research among older migrants is scarce, but especially important…

Developing movement experiences with refugees to the United States who have undergone trauma

Rebekka Dieterich-Hartwell, Craig Haen, Girija Kaimal, Sabine Koch, Augusta Villanueva, Sherry Goodill

The purpose of this study is to investigate what resources recent refugees to the USA tap into and how collaborative expressive movements were experienced with regard to coping…

Experiences and perceptions of body weight among Turkish immigrant women in Norway

Erin Yildirim Rieger, Laura Terragni, Elzbieta Anna Czapka

The purpose of this study is to explore beliefs and experiences of Turkish immigrant women in Norway related to body weight, nutrition and exercise practices.