New Issue of JRS

The latest issue of the Journal of Refugee Studies (JRS) has been published. Contents of vol. 33, no. 3, September 2020 include:

• Administering Spiritual Assessments with Refugees: An Overview of Conceptually Distinct Assessment Options [abstract] [ResearchGate]
• Harms at the Crossroads of Carework and Irregular Migration [abstract] [Academia]
• ‘They Say Our Work Is Not Halal’: Experiences and Challenges of Refugee Community Workers Involved in Gender-based Violence Prevention and Care in Dadaab, Kenya [open access]
• Integration Processes of Syrian Refugees in Turkey: ‘Class-based Integration’ [abstract] [Academia]
• ‘Blood Doesn’t Become Water’? Syrian Social Relations during Displacement [open access]
• ‘I Am a New Zealand Citizen Now—This Is My Home’: Refugee Citizenship and Belonging in a Post-colonizing Country [abstract]
• Reluctant Refuge: An Activist Archaeological Approach to Alternative Refugee Shelter in Athens (Greece) [abstract] [postprint]

 

Six book reviews are also available.

Tagged Periodicals.

Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

*COVID-19 in the Palestinian refugee camps (RSC Blog, May 2020) [text]

Migrants in Libya, Trapped between War and Covid-19 (Open Migration, May 2020) [text]

"Phone-based Data Collection in a Refugee Community under COVID-19 Lockdown," The Lancet Psychiatry, Online First, 28 April 2020 [free full-text]
- Correspondence. Focuses on Syrians in Lebanon.

Protecting Refugees in the Middle East from Coronavirus: A Fight against Two Reinforcing Contagions (POMEPS Blog, April 2020) [text]

"Refugees Besieged: The Lurking Threat of COVID-19 in Syrian War Refugee Camps," Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 5 May 2020 [free full-text]
- Letter to the editor.

"Simple Ideas to Mitigate the Impacts of the COVID-19 Epidemic on Refugees with Chronic Diseases," Conflict and Health, 14:23 (May 2020) [open access]
- Letter to the editor.

What Does It Mean to be an Urban Refugee in Turkey during a Pandemic? (openDemocracy, May 2020) [text]

Journal articles & books:

"Ben-Gurion and the Palestinian Refugees: Ideology, Morality, and Praxis," Israel Studies Review, vol. 35, no. 1 (March 2020) [free full-text]

*Crisis Magazine, no. 1 (Oct. 2019) [full-text]
- "This first issue of Crisis revisits and re-problematizes the 'European migration crisis' through the lens of Syrian migration. It takes a close look at the root causes of displacement and the nature of the Syrian conflict that has pushed so many millions to flee."

Fighting for Dignity: Migrant Lives at Israel's Margins (Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, 2019) [info]
- See also related press release.

"The Protection of Refugees under International Law: The Case of Iraqi Kurdistan Region Refugees," Qalaai Zanist Scientific Journal, vol. 5, no. 1 (2020) [open access]

"Réfugiés Syriens au Maroc: Etude de Perceptions des Marocains sur l’Accueil des Réfugiés Syriens," Viaggiatori, vol. 3, no. 2 (2020) [open access]

Multimedia:

Palestinian Refugees & Covid-19: Webinar with Elizabeth Campbell & Gwyn Lewis of UNRWA, 14 April 2020 [access]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria (10 April 2020)

Thematic Focus: Health - Pt. 1

New resource:

Humanitarian Health Digest, no. 1 (First Quarter 2018) [full-text]

- "[I]naugural issue of the Humanitarian Health Digest—a quarterly bibliography of published peer-reviewed journal articles on humanitarian health. The Digest is compiled by the Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health and The Lancet. It includes one or two new commentaries on peer-reviewed articles cited in the Digest." The comments in this issue focus on palliative care and health care for Palestinian refugees.

Publications:

"The Brotherhood Medical Center: Collaborative Foundation of Maternity and Children’s Healthcare Facility for Displaced Syrians," Frontiers in Public Health, 6:108 (April 2018) [open access]

'Everyone and Everything is a Target': The Impact on Children of Attacks on Health Care and Denial of Humanitarian Access in South Sudan (Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict, April 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Health Care Cuts: Australia’s Reduced Health Care Support for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Papua New Guinea (Amnesty International, May 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Refugees, Healthcare and Crises: Informal Syrian Health Workers in Lebanon (IIED, April 2018) [text]
- See also earlier related briefing paper.

"Use of the Emergency Department by Refugees under the Interim Federal Health Program: A Health Records Review," PLoS ONE 13(5): e0197282 (May 2018) [open access]

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Health - Pt. 1 (27 April 2018)
- Thematic Focus: Health - Pt. 2 (27 April 2018)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Health

Happening now:

MSF Scientific Day 2015, 7-8 May 2015 [info]
- View the livestream here.

Publications:

"Foreign Medical Teams in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan 2013: Who Were They, When Did They Arrive and What Did They Do?," PLoS Currents: Disasters, Edition 1 (May 2015) [open access]

mhGAP Humanitarian Intervention Guide (mhGAP-HIG): Clinical Management of Mental, Neurological and Substance Use Conditions in Humanitarian Emergencies (WHO & UNHCR, May 2015) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Promoting the Inclusion of Afghan Women and Men in Research: Reflections from Research and Community Partners Involved in Implementing a ‘Proof of Concept’ Project," International Journal for Equity in Health, 14:13 (Jan. 2015) [open access]

Refugee and Asylum Seeker Health Services: Guidelines for the Community Health Program (State Government of Victoria Department of Health & Human Services, 2015) [text]

"A State of Limbo – in Transition between Two Contexts: Health Assessments upon Arrival in Sweden as Perceived by Former Eritrean Asylum Seekers," Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, vol. 33, no. 5 (July 2015) [open access]

UNHCR Public Health 2014 Annual Global Overview (UNHCR, 2015) [access]
- Four regional overviews can also be accessed via the link, for Africa, Asia and MENA.

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Mental Health (1 May 2015)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Thematic Focus: Health Literacy & Education

Opportunity:

Health and Humanitarian Response in Complex Emergencies, Oxford, 6-7 December 2014 [info]
- No application date is indicated; the course is limited to 30 participants.

Publications:

"Approaching the Vulnerability of Refugees: Evaluation of Cross-cultural Psychiatric Training of Staff in Mental Health Care and Refugee Reception in Sweden," BMC Medical Education, 14:207 (Sept. 2014) [open access]

"Building Information Resilience: How do Resettling Refugees Connect with Health Information in Regional Landscapes – Implications for Health Literacy," Australian Academic & Research Libraries, vol. 45, no. 1 (2014) [abstract]

"Health Literacy among Refugees in Sweden: A Cross-sectional Study," BMC Public Health, 14:1030 (Oct. 2014) [open access]

"Health Promotion and Education among Refugee Women: A Literature Review," Journal of Social Change, vol. 6, no. 1 (2014) [open access]

Mental Health Literacy of Resettled Iraqi Refugees in New South Wales: Paving the Way for Mental Health Education and Promotion in Vulnerable Communities (Univ. of Western Sydney, Sept. 2014) [text]

"Training and Deployment of Lay Refugee/Internally Displaced Persons to Provide Basic Health Services in Camps: A Systematic Review," Global Health Action 7:23902 (Oct. 2014) [open access]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Health (8 Oct. 2014)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Thematic Focus: Health

"Improving Early Detection of Refugee-Related Stress Symptoms: Evaluation of an Inter-Professional and Inter-Cultural Skills Training Course in Sweden," Societies 3(2) (May 2013) [open access text]

"Meaningful Change or Business as Usual? Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Settings," Forced Migration Review 25th Anniversary Collection (April 2013) [open access text]

Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Disaster Situations in the Caribbean (PAHO, Dec. 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Piloting Community-based Medical Care for Survivors of Sexual Assault in Conflict-affected Karen State of Eastern Burma," Conflict and Health 7:12 (May 2013) [open access text]

"Quality of Ultrasound Biometry Obtained by Local Health Workers in a Refugee Camp on the Thai–Burmese Border," Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, vol. 40, no. 2 (Aug. 2012) [open access text]

War Surgery: Working with Limited Resources in Armed Conflict and Other Situations of Violence, vol. 2 (ICRC, 2013) [text]

Tagged Publications.  

Thematic Focus: Older Refugees

*Aging in Displacement: Assessing Health Status of Displaced Older Adults in the Republic of Georgia (Johns Hopkins University, April 2012) [text]

"Ending Neglect of Older People in the Response to Humanitarian Emergencies," PLoS Medicine, vol. 9, no. 12: e1001357 (Dec, 2012) [open access text]

Enhancing the Lives of Older Refugees: A Self Improvement Resource for Community Service Providers, Rhodes, Australia, 21 June 2012 [info]
- Here is the presentation and here is the guide.

Ensuring Inclusion of Older People in Initial Emergency Needs Assessments (HelpAge & ECHO, Dec. 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]

Food Security and Livelihoods Interventions for Older People in Emergencies (HelpAge & ECHO, Dec. 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]

Health Interventions for Older People in Emergencies (HelpAge & ECHO, Dec. 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]

*updated

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Publications on Civilians in Somalia, Health, IDP Livelihoods in Azerbaijan, Libya Lessons Learned, Monitoring Environmental Migration, Right to Work

Asylum Seekers and the Right to Work (House of Commons Library, Nov. 2011) [text via Hans & Tomar Oppenheimer Chair]

Azerbaijan - Building Assets and Promoting Self Reliance: The Livelihoods of Internally Displaced Persons (World Bank, Oct. 2011) [text via ReliefWeb]

Civilian Harm in Somalia: Creating an Appropriate Response (CIVIC, Nov. 2011) [text]
- See related UNHCR news story.

New Technologies and the Monitoring and Management of Migration Flows and Population Displacement (UK Government Office for Science & Foresight, Oct. 2011) [text]

Responding to Migration from Complex Humanitarian Emergencies: Lessons Learned from Libya (Chatham House, Nov. 2011) [text]

Scaling up the Community-based Health Workforce for Emergencies (Global Health Workforce Alliance, Oct. 2011) [text]

Tagged Publications.