21 July 2023

Thematic Focus: People with Disabilities & Older People

Short piece:

"We have a duty to promote disability inclusive refugee responses to achieve the highest attainable standard of health in the European region," BMJ, 381:p1416 (June 2023) [free full-text]

Reports & book chapters:

Key Considerations: Disability-Inclusive Humanitarian Action and Emergency Response in South and Southeast Asia and Beyond (Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform, 2023) [text]
- See also related blog post.

"Migration and ageing: the nexus and its backdrop," Chapter 1 in Handbook on Migration and Ageing (Edward Elgar, July 2023) [free full-text]

Respuesta Integrada en Comunidades Aisladas: Un meta-análisis comparativo de nuestra respuesta humanitaria en áreas fronterizas de Venezuela y Colombia (Convite & HelpAge, May 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"COVID-19-related stigma among older adults residing in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh," Stigma and Health, Online First, 13 July 2023 [free full-text

"Editorial: Education, forced migration, and disability," Frontiers in Education, 18 July 2023 [open access]
- Summarizes the four contributions to this research topic. 

"Finding the Familiar in Rural America: How a Rural Lifestyle Helps Older Karen Adapt to Life in the United States," Anthropology & Ageing, vol. 44, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

"'The food is not enough': disability and food aid technologies in a Ugandan refugee settlement," Africa, vol. 92, no. 4 (2022) [open access]

"Host Communities and Elderly Refugees in Post-Apartheid South Africa: A Discourse of Conflict and Peaceful Co-Existence," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 13 July 2023 [open access]

"Prevalence and determinants of self-reported functional status among older adults residing in the largest refugee camp of the world," BMC Geriatrics, 23:345 (June 2023) [open access]
- Focuses on the Rohingya in Bangladesh.

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