Thematic Focus: Children & Families

Opportunity:

Report launch: Refugee Family Reunion: ‘Inaccessible pathways for child relatives’ report launch, London, 17 March 2026 [info]

- Focuses on the UK.

Short pieces:

10 Facts about Children on the Move (International Data Alliance for Children on the Move, Dec. 2025) [text]

The EU’s new age assessment legislation: a persistent threat to the Fundamental Rights of the Child? (RLI Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

Reports:

Family Separation as Policy: The Human Cost for Children (USCRI, Feb. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Growing Up Displaced: Understanding and addressing child protection risks in Uganda (Danish Refugee Council, Feb. 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Ten alarming trends for children in armed conflict (Unicef, Feb. 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Advocacy and Assessment: Ethical Dilemmas and Practice Considerations in Pediatric Asylum Evaluations," American Journal of Bioethics, Latest Articles, 25 Feb. 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on the US.

"Exploring coping strategies among adolescents during COVID-19 and war displacement: A qualitative analysis comparing two crisis settings," Journal of Research on Adolescence, vol. 36, no. 1 (March 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Ukrainian refugees in Germany.

"In the Rays of the Sun, Children Sway: Children’s Movement Processes During a Playful Holistic Movement Intervention in Asylum Centers," Social Sciences, vol. 15, no. 3 (March 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Denmark.

"Protective Paradox: Caregiving in Protracted Crises Across 72 Countries," Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 26 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"Specialised Mental Health Care for Children in Humanitarian Settings: Integrating Local and Community-Owned Approaches," Intervention: Journal of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Conflict-Affected Areas, vol. 23, no. 1 (Dec. 2025) [open access]

"'You can’t just say you need to breastfeed': identifying barriers and solutions to appropriate infant feeding in emergencies," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 11:5 (Feb. 2026) [open access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1 (10 Feb. 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 2 (Americas) (10 Feb. 2026)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Breastfeeding Practices Among Long-standing Refugees in Jordan: Insights from a Cross-sectional Study," Frontiers in Public Health, 13 Aug. 2025 [open access]

"Career Construction Experiences of Syrian Refugee Women in Turkish Higher Education: Opportunities and Obstacles," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 41, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

"Do Resilience and Social Support Mitigate Fear of Deportation Among Latina Mothers?," International Migration, vol. 63, no. 5 (Sept. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on the US.

"'I Will Experience This Trauma Over and Over Again': Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, Forced Migration and Structural Violence," Journal of Interpersonal Violence, OnlineFirst, 3 June 2025 [open access]

"Investigating Gender-based violence against internally displaced women in Debre Berhan, Central Ethiopia: A mixed-methods study using the socio-ecological framework," PLoS One 20(8): e0329840 (Aug. 2025) [open access]

"Resilience among refugee mothers: scoping review of promotion and hindrance factors," BJPsych Open, vol. 11, no. 5 (Sept. 2025) [open access]

"Resettlement and Relational Adjustment: Gender and Liberian Couple Relationships After Forced Migration," Journal of Marriage and Family, Early View, 1 July 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on the US.

"'This caused our journey': The relationship between sexual and gender-based violence and cross-border Sudan to South Sudan migration," Conflict and Health, 19:58 (Aug. 2025) [open access]

"Types of Sexual, Gender Based Violence Faced by Congolese Male Refugees Face [sic] in Kakuma Refugee Camp - Kenya," Journal of the Kenya National Commission for UNESCO, vol. 5, no. 2 (2025) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1 (30 Aug. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues

Short pieces:

Breastfeeding while migrating through Latin America (Doctors without Borders, Aug. 2025) [text]

The Hidden Costs of Celebrating Syrian Women’s ‘Resilience’ and Questions of Return (Borders and Limitations: The IMS Blog, July 2025) [text]

Trump Launches Attack on Refugee Women (CGRS, July 2025) [text]

- See also related commentary in Mother Jones & Los Angeles Times, and blog post on The Asylumist.

Journal articles:

"Acquiring intangible remittances for Ukraine by female war migrants: is there a ‘cumulative advantage effect’?," Comparative Migration Studies, 13:57 (Aug. 2025) [open access]

"Cherchez l'homme? The Wartime Migration of Men in Ukraine: Research Note," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 4 Aug. 2025 [open access]

"Comparison of breastfeeding practice among Iranian and Afghan refugee mothers: a prospective cohort study in Iran," Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 44:263 (July 2025) [open access]

"Exploring disparities and drivers of contraceptive use among Syrian refugee youth: evidence from a mixed-methods study in Jordan," Conflict and Health, 19:48 (July 2025) [open access]

"Gender-based violence and associated factors among internally displaced and refugee women in Africa: A scoping review," International Health Trends and Perspectives, vol. 5, no. 2 (2025) [open access]

"Social cohesion, trust, and utilisation of maternal health services among refugee and host community women in Bangladesh and Kenya," Disasters, vol. 49, no. 4 (Oct. 2025) [open access]

"Social networks and the dead: learning from South Sudanese military widows in exile in Khartoum (Sudan)," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 28 July 2025 [open access]

"Ubiquitous waiting: migrant women, temporariness, and waiting as an affective atmosphere," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 4 Aug. 2025 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues (17 July 2025)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2 (Reprod. & Maternal Health)

Journal articles, focusing on reproductive & maternal health:

"Breastfeeding Practices and Exclusive Breastfeeding among Syrian Refugee Mothers in Jordanian Host Communities," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 11 (2025) [open access]

"Determinants of institutional delivery service utilization among internally displaced vulnerable populations in Benadir region, Somalia: A community based cross-sectional study," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 11 (2025) [open access]

"Investigating the impact of armed conflict, cultural factors, and demographic characteristics on access to family planning services in Northwest Syria: a cross-sectional study," BMC Health Services Research, 25:489 (April 2025) [open access]

"Leveraging telemedicine to explore contraceptive use and attitudes among refugee women: an observational cross-sectional analysis," BMJ Open, vol. 15, no. 3 (March 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on Pakistan.

"Menstrual hygiene management among girls and women refugees in Africa: a scoping review," Conflict and Health, 19:20 (March 2025) [open access]

"Reproductive agency and the acceptability of divorce, abortion, and homosexuality among migrants from the Middle East and Africa living in Sweden: a cross-sectional analysis," International Journal for Equity in Health, 24:53 (Feb. 2025) [open access]

"Reproductive Coercion and Abuse Among Forcibly Displaced Populations Worldwide: Evidence from a Systematic Review," Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, OnlineFirst, 18 March 2025 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1 (7 April 2025)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1 (Africa, Asia & MENA)

Short pieces:

The Gendered Impact of Displacement in East African Refugee Camps (SAIS Review of International Affairs, March 2023) [text]

How often is gender addressed in research on forced displacement? (Development for Peace Blog, March 2023) [text]

- See also related report below.

Why Cultural Contextualization Matters: Books Unbound’s program with Rohingya girls in the world’s largest refugee camp (Refugee Research Online, March 2023) [text]

Reports:

Emerging Evidence on Gender from the Building the Evidence on Forced Displacement Research Program (World Bank, March 2023) [text]

- See also other documents related to the project.

Protection from violence against women in forced displacement: Integrating religion into intersectional and socioecological approaches, Policy Briefing (Univ. of Birmingham, March 2023) [text]

- More info is available on the project page.

She Pays the Highest Price: The Toll of Conflict on Sexual and Reproductive Health in Northwest Syria (Physicians for Human Rights et al., March 2023) [access]

- Follow link for report in English and Arabic, an executive summary in Turkish, and press releases in English and Arabic. 

Journal articles:

"Breastfeeding among South Sudanese refugees in protracted settlements in Adjumani district, Uganda: facilitators and barriers," International Breastfeeding Journal, 18:18 (March 2023) [open access]

"Conceptualizing xenophobia as structural violence in the lives of refugee women in Gauteng, South Africa," Ethnic and Racial Studies, Latest Articles, 3 March 2023 [open access]

"From Exclusionary to Participatory Feminist Peacebuilding in Lebanon: Examining the Roles of Refugees, Migrants and Women in All Their Diversity," Al-Raida Journal, vol. 47, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

"'It Missed Them': A Refugee-Centered Analysis of the Lebanese Women, Peace and Security National Action Plan," Al-Raida Journal, vol. 47, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

"Vulnerable People or Vulnerable Borders? EU External Migration Policies and Gendered Vulnerability," Migration & Diversity, vol. 2, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues (11 March 2023)

Thematic Focus: Gender Issues - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

Eritrean Refugee Women Face Sexual Violence in Tigray (RI Blog, May 2022) [text]

The potential for intra-household crisis between migrated Ukrainian women and stay-behind men (VoxEU, May 2022) [text]

Report on ‘A Lecture on Migration and Sexual Violence’ by Chris Dolan (Refugee Watch Online, May 2022) [text]

Violent Ties: Kinship, Migration, and the Continuity of Reproductive Injustice for Central American Women (Border Criminologies Blog, May 2022) [text]

Reports:

Forced migration and sexual and gender-based violence: findings from the SEREDA project in Wales (Univ. of Birmingham, May 2022) [access]

- Follow link for the report and briefing in Welsh and English. See also related news release

Los procesos migratorios en la incidencia de la violencia contra las mujeres y niñas: Centroamérica, México y República Dominicana (Iniciativa Spotlight, UNDP & IOM, April 2022) [text]

Journal articles:

"Breastfeeding and complementary feeding in fragile settings: the case of Syrian refugees and their host communities in North Lebanon," International Breastfeeding Journal, 17:37 (May 2022) [open access]

"Gender Transformation in Humanitarian Response: Insight from Northeast Nigeria," Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, vol. 4, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

"Gender-Based Violence and Militarism in Conflict Zones: The Experiences of Internally Displaced People from Marawi City," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 29 Nov. 2021 [abstract]

- Note: This open access article has been provisionally accepted but the final formatted text is not yet available.

"Making ‘The Process’: Sexual Vulnerability and Burundian Refugee Boys and Young Men’ Strategies for Onward Migration from Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Uganda," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 26 April 2022 [open access]

"One Step Forward, Two Steps Back? Interpreting 'Particular Social Group' in the European Union," International & Comparative Law Quarterly, vol. 71, no. 2 (April 2022) [open access]

"Opportunities and challenges in preventing violence against adolescent girls through gender transformative, whole-family support programming in Northeast Nigeria," Conflict and Health, 16:26 (May 2022) [open access]

"Refugee and Asylum Seeker Women’s Experiences with Healthcare and Social Environment in Malaysia," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 19, no. 11 (May 2022) [open access]

- Focuses on Rohingya in Malaysia.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender Issues (28 April 2022)

Thematic Focus: Gender Issues - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Seminar: Migrant Women and SGBV: Situated Intersectionality, Resilience and Resistance, 23 March 2022 [info]

Blog posts & press:

Costa Rica: a safe haven for women fleeing domestic violence in Central America? (RLI Blog, March 2022) [text]

Covid-19 and climate crisis worsen inequalities for displaced women and girls (UNHCR, March 2022) [text]

Solutions to forced displacement aren’t complete without gender dimensions (UNHCR Blog, March 2022) [text]

New open access book:

Gender and Migration: IMISCOE Short Reader (Springer, March 2022) [open access]

- "This open access short reader offers a critical review of the debates on the transformation of migration and gendered mobilities primarily in Europe, though also engaging in wider theoretical insights. Building on empirical case studies and grounded in an analytical framework that incorporates both men and women, masculinities, sexualities and wider intersectional insights, this reader provides an accessible overview of conceptual developments and methodological shifts and their implications for a gendered understanding of migration in the past 30 years." Includes a chapter on "Gendering Asylum."

Journal articles:

"Access to preventive sexual and reproductive health care for women from refugee-like backgrounds: a systematic review," BMC Public Health, 22:403 (Feb. 2022) [open access]

"Design and Implementation of the Amenah Early Marriage Pilot Intervention Among Syrian Refugees in Lebanon," Global Health: Science and Practice, vol. 10, no. 1 (Feb. 2022) [open access]

"Humanitarian aid and breastfeeding practices of displaced mothers: a qualitative study in disaster relief camps," Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, vol. 27, no. 12 (Dec. 2021) [open access]

- Focuses on Pakistan.

"The (in)significance of footballing pleasures in the lives of forced migrant men," Sport in Society, vol. 25, no. 3 (2022) [open access]

- Focuses on the UK.

"Promising practices for the monitoring and evaluation of gender-based violence risk mitigation interventions in humanitarian response: a multi-methods study," Conflict and Health, 16:11 (March 2022) [open access]

"The Situation of Women of a Refugee and Immigrant Background in the Netherlands," Studia Europejskie = Studies in European Affairs, vol. 25, no. 3 (2021) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender Issues (11 Feb. 2022)

Thematic Focus: Children & Families

Blog posts:

Childhood Interrupted: The Case of Syrian Refugees (Wilson Center Blog, June 2021) [text]

The Children of China’s Great Migration (COMPAS Blog, June 2021) [text]

Reports & book chapters:

Children and armed conflict: Annual Report of the Secretary-General - Summary 2020 (SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict, June 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Married by exception: Child marriage policies in the Middle East and North Africa (Save the Children, June 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Reimagining Migration Responses in Ethiopia: Learning from migrant children and young people’s experiences, Innocenti Research Report (UNICEF, June 2021) [text]

"Unaccompanied Children on the Move: From Central America to the US via Mexico," Chapter in Dignity in Movement: Borders, Bodies and Rights (E-International Relations, 2021) [open access]

Journal articles:

"Artbooks as witness of everyday resistance: Using art with displaced children living in Johannesburg, South Africa," Global Studies of Childhood, vol. 11, no. 1 (2021) [free full-text]

"Breastfeeding in Refugee Camps: A Child and Maternal Right?," Human Rights Law Review, vol. 21, no. 3 (July 2021) [open access]

"How Children in Germany Experience Refugees: A Contribution from Childhood Studies," Child Indicators Research, Latest Articles, 21 June 2021 [open access]

"Impact of the New Pact on Migration and Asylum on Child Refugees and Unaccompanied Minors," Balkan Social Science Review, vol. 17 (June 2021) [open access]

"A multidimensional measure of wellbeing among youth: a cross-sectional study of the Palestinian refugee youth in Lebanon," The Lancet, vol. 398, spec. issue, no. S47 (July 2021) [abstract]

- See also earlier related working paper.

"Protecting Refugee Students’ Wellbeing After Research," International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 21 June 2021 [open access]

"Study design: Pathways to Independence – A study of unaccompanied minor refugees settled in a Norwegian city municipality," Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, OnlineFirst, 2 July 2021 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1 (22 June 2021)

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 2 (Americas) (22 June 2021)

Thematic Focus: Children

Event:

Seminar: The Child in International Refugee Law, Oxford, 21 February 2018 [info]

News & developments:

"Exclusive: U.S. Memo Weakens Guidelines for Protecting Immigrant Children in Court," Reuters, 22 Dec. 2017 [text]

An Unbearable Wait: Lone Children Struggle on Greek Islands (Refugees Deeply, Dec. 2017) [text]

Blog posts & commentary:

Children under Attack in 2017 (Unicef, Dec. 2017) [text via Medium]
 - See also related Guardian article.

International Migration: Shared Commitment to Children’s Rights and Protection (EJIL: Talk Blog, Jan. 2018) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Best Interests, Durable Solutions and Belonging: Policy Discourses Shaping the Futures of Unaccompanied Migrant and Refugee Minors Coming of Age in Europe," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 20 Dec. 2017 [Academia]

"Increasing Understanding for Syrian Refugee Children with Empirical Evidence," Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies:  An International Interdisciplinary Journal for Research, Policy and Care, vol. 13, no. 1 (2018) [free full-text]
- Introduction to a special issue of the journal.

Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies: Operational Guidance for Emergency Relief Staff and Programme Managers, version 3.0 (IFE Core Group, Oct. 2017) [text]

"Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies: Organisational Policies and Activities during the Refugee Crisis in Lebanon," Maternal & Child Nutrition, Early View, 8 Jan. 2018 [open access]

"‘They don’t look like children’: Child Asylum-seekers, the Dubs Amendment and the Politics of Childhood," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 29 Dec. 2017 [open access]

"Undocumented and Unaccompanied: Children of Migration in the European Union and the United States," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 21 Dec. 2017 [free full-text]
- Introduction to a special issue of the journal.

Young People in Reception Centres (Finnish Youth Research Society & Network, Jan. 2018) [access]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Children (19 Dec. 2017)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Thematic Focus: Health

Opportunity:

CFP: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health [info]
- Submissions sought for special issue on "Refugee Health." Deadline for manuscripts is 30 July 2017. IJERPH is an open access journal.

Publications:

"Communicable Disease Surveillance and Control in the Context of Conflict and Mass Displacement in Syria," International Journal of Infectious Diseases, vol. 47 (June 2016) [open access]

"Health System Resilience: Lebanon and the Syrian Refugee Crisis," Journal of Global Health, vol. 6, no. 2 (Dec. 2016) [open access]

"Increase in Imported Malaria in the Netherlands in Asylum Seekers and VFR Travellers," Malaria Journal, 16:60 (Feb. 2017) [open access]

"Infant Feeding Practices in the Saharawi Refugee Camps Algeria: A Cross-sectional Study among Children from Birth to Six Months of Age," International Breastfeeding Journal, 12:8 (Jan. 2017) [open access]

"A Qualitative Study on African Immigrant and Refugee Families' Experiences of Accessing Primary Health Care Services in Manitoba, Canada: It's Not Easy!," International Journal for Equity in Health, 16:5 (Jan. 2017) [open access]

"Recruitment of Refugees for Health Research: A Qualitative Study to Add Refugees' Perspectives," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14(2) (Jan. 2017) [open access]

"Respiratory Health in Migrant Populations: A Crisis Overlooked," Annals of the American Thoracic Society, vol. 14, no. 2 (Feb. 2017) [full-text]

"Rising Up to the Challenge: Strategies to Improve Health Care Delivery for Resettled Syrian Refugees in Canada," University of Toronto Medical Journal, vol. 94, no. 1 (2017) [open access]

"Scoping Review on Maternal Health among Immigrant and Refugee Women in Canada: Prenatal, Intrapartum, and Postnatal Care," Journal of Pregnancy, vol. 2017, Article ID 8783294 (Jan. 2017) [open access]

"A Survey of Practice and Knowledge of Refugee and Migrant Pregnant Mothers Surrounding Neonatal Jaundice on the Thailand–Myanmar Border," Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, vol. 63, no. 1 (Feb. 2017) [open access]

"Tuberculosis Screening among Asylum Seekers in Sardinia," Journal of Public Health, vol. 38, no. 4 (Dec. 2016) [free full-text]


Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Health (14 Jan. 2017)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Thematic Focus: Health

"Assessment and Treatment of Asylum Seekers after a Suicide Attempt: A Comparative Study of People Registered at Mental Health Services in a Swedish Location," BMC Psychiatry, 15:235 (Oct. 2015) [open access]

"Conflict, Displacement and Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Mali: Analysis of 2013 Health Resources Availability Mapping System (HeRAMS) Survey," Conflict and Health, 9:28 (Sept. 2015) [open access]

Cut Off from Care: The Health Crisis of Populations Displaced by Conflict, Washington, DC, 25 June 2015 [info]
- Podcasts and transcripts are available via the a/m link and a summary of the event was produced by the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs.

An Environmental Health Assessment of the New Migrant Camp in Calais (Univ. of Birmingham, Sept. 2015) [text via Doctors of the World]
- See also related announcement.

"Experiencing 'Pathologized Presence and Normalized Absence'; Understanding Health Related Experiences and Access to Health Care among Iraqi and Somali Asylum Seekers, Refugees and Persons without Legal Status," BMC Public Health, 15:923 (Sept. 2015) [open access]

Interim Operational Considerations for the Feeding Support of Infants and Young Children under 2 Years of Age in Refugee and Migrant Transit Settings in Europe (UNHCR, Oct. 2015) [text]

"The Occurrence of Diseases and Related Factors in a Center for Asylum Seekers in Italy," Slovenian Journal of Public Health, Ahead of Print, 30 Sept. 2015 [open access]

Public Health Aspects of Migrant Health: A Review of the Evidence on Health Status for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the European Region, Health Evidence Network Synthesis Report, no. 44 (WHO Regional Office for Europe, 2015) [text]

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Mental Health (14 Sept. 2015)
- Thematic Focus: Health (General) (5 Sept. 2015)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Maternal, Child & Reproductive Health

Baby Friendly Spaces: Holistic Approach for Pregnant, Lactating Women and Their Very Young Children in Emergency (ACF International, Dec. 2014) [text]

Conflict and Health, vol. 9, Suppl. 1 (Feb.-March 2015) [open access]
- Focus is "Taking Stock of Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Settings: 2012-2014 Inter-agency Working Group on Reproductive Health in Crises' Global Review."

"Delivering High-Quality Family Planning Services in Crisis-Affected Settings I: Program Implementation," Global Health: Science and Practice, vol. 3, no. 1 (March 2015) [open access]

"Delivering High-Quality Family Planning Services in Crisis-Affected Settings II: Results," Global Health: Science and Practice, vol. 3, no. 1 (March 2015) [open access]

Emergency Contraception during Humanitarian Crises: Guideline on the Use of Emergency Contraceptive Pills (ECP) (UN Population Fund, June 2015?) [text via ReliefWeb]

"The Experiences and Perceptions of Family Planning of Female Chinese Asylum Seekers Living in the UK," Journal of Family Planning & Reproductive Health Care, vol. 41, no. 2 (April 2015) [free full-text]

"Experiences from the Field: Maternal, Reproductive and Child Health Data Collection in Humanitarian and Emergency Situations," International Health, Advance Access, 18 July 2015 [open access]

"Immigrants from Conflict-zone Countries: An Observational Comparison Study of Obstetric Outcomes in a Low-risk Maternity Ward in Norway," BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth, 15:163 (Aug. 2015) [open access]

"'In rape cases we can use this pill': A Multimethods Assessment of Emergency Contraception Knowledge, Access, and Needs on the Thailand-Burma Border," International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, In Press, 31 May 2015 [open access]

"Increasing Neonatal Mortality among Palestine Refugees in the Gaza Strip," PLoS ONE 10(8): e0135092 (Aug. 2015) [open access]

Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices Standard Operating Procedures for the Handling of Breastmilk Substitutes (BMS) in Refugee Situations for Children 0-23 Months (UNHCR, Aug. 2015) [text]
- See also related annexes.

"Maternal Health and Pregnancy Outcomes among Women of Refugee Background from African Countries: A Retrospective, Observational Study in Australia," BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 14:392 (Nov. 2014) [open access]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Health (General) (22 July 2015)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Health

"Exposures to War-related Traumatic Events and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms among Displaced Darfuri Female University Students: An Exploratory Study," BMC Public Health 12:603 (Aug. 2012) [open access text]

"High Initiation and Long Duration of Breastfeeding Despite Absence of Early Skin-to-skin Contact in Karen Refugees on the Thai-Myanmar Border: A Mixed Methods Study," International Breastfeeding Journal 7:19 (Dec. 2012) [open access text]

"HIV/AIDS and Associated Conditions among HIV-Infected Refugees in Minnesota, 2000–2007," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 9, no. 11 (Nov. 2012) [open access text]

"In the Face of War: Examining Sexual Vulnerabilities of Acholi Adolescent Girls Living in Displacement Camps in Conflict-affected Northern Uganda," BMC International Health and Human Rights 12:38 (Dec. 2012) [open access text]

"Insecticide-Treated Plastic Sheeting for Emergency Malaria Prevention and Shelter among Displaced Populations: An Observational Cohort Study in a Refugee Setting in Sierra Leone," American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, vol. 87, no. 2 (Aug. 2012) [open access text]

Psychological First Aid: Guide for Field Workers (WHO et al., Dec. 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]

"A Retrospective Study of Demographic Parameters and Major Health Referrals among Afghan Refugees in Iran," International Journal for Equity in Health 11:82 (Dec. 2012) [open access text]

"Validation of a French Adaptation of the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire among Torture Survivors from Sub-Saharan African Countries," European Journal of Psychotraumatology 3:19225 (Dec. 2012) [open access text]

Tagged Publications.