Thematic Focus: Detention

Short pieces:

MSF General Assembly Keynote: The Global Expansion of Immigration Detention, “Unleashed from Human Rights” (Global Detention Project, April 2026) [text]

Reengineering detention: Why ICE’s shift from prison to warehouse calls for a new analysis (Border Criminologies Blog, April 2026) [text]

- See also related ACLU post.

Serbia: Rights at Risk Amidst Ongoing Ad Hoc, De-Facto Detention (Immigration Detention Monitor, April 2026) [text]

When immigration detention becomes a system of concentration: Lessons from research on 150 historical cases (The Conversation, May 2026) [text]

Reports:

Inside Lukavica: Bosnia’s Immigration Detention Black Box (Collective Aid, May 2026) [text via Immigration Detention Monitor]

What ICE’s Data on Pregnant, Postpartum, and Lactating Women in ICE Detention Really Shows (Women's Refugee Commission, April 2026) [text]

- See also request for submissions to the WRC's Detention Pregnancy Tracker.

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Australian media's response to the end of indefinite detention: towards a rights-based treatment of people seeking asylum?," Media International Australia, OnlineFirst, 28 Feb. 2026 [open access]

*"The changing landscape of immigration detention in Australia: preventive ‘crimmigration’ and the legislative response to NZYQ," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 14 May 2026 [open access]

"Crimigración: un análisis feminista del encarcelamiento de jóvenes mexicanos indocumentados en Estados Unidos de América," Migraciones Internacionales, vol. 17 (2026) [open access]

- Available in both Spanish and English.

"Detention-Related Health Harms Among Recently Deported Central American Immigrants," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 7 May 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on the US.

"Do street-level bureaucrats have discretionary power? Analysing the immigration detention policy implementation from the perspective of organizational power struggles in Belgian ‘closed centres'," Political Research Exchange: An ECPR Journal, vol. 8, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"Ghosts of the Afterlife of Violence: the Traces of Racial Capitalism in the Carceral Practices of Remote Detention and Punishment of Refugees," Chapter in Racial Capitalism: In the Shadow of the Swedish Model (Brill, April 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Australia and Sweden.

"Minor Wives: Married Girls in US Immigration Detention," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 14, no. 2 (June 2026) [full-text]

"Substandard medical care of detained immigrant children experiencing common acute illnesses: evidence from a U.S. family immigration detention facility," International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, EarlyCite, 21 April 2026 [postprint]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Detention (United States) (10 April 2026)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2 (MENA)

Reports:

Sexual violence and forcible transfer in the West Bank: How the Exploitation of Gender Dynamics Drives Displacement (Norwegian Refugee Council, April 2026) [text]

Understanding Gender Dynamics to Inform the Jordan Refugee Response (Inter-Sectoral Gender Advisory Team, March 2026) [access via UN Women]

Journal articles:

"From solidarity to selective engagement: boundaries of feminist praxis and refugee women in Turkey," New Perspectives on Turkey, FirstView, 23 April 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Syrian women.

"Maternal outcomes and access to maternal healthcare services among migrant, refugees and forced displaced women in the Middle East and North Africa: A systematic scoping review," International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances, vol. 10 (June 2026) [open access]

"Structural vulnerability and maternal health: Qualitative insights into the three delays faced by undocumented migrant women in Tunisia," SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, vol. 9 (June 2026) [open access]

"Unplanned pregnancy and contraceptive use in humanitarian settings: the case of Syrian refugee women in Lebanon," Conflict and Health, 25 April 2026 [open access]

"Widowed and displaced: Spiritual and religious coping in mental health recovery among Syrian refugee women in Türkiye," Women's Health, 3 May 2026 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1 (9 May 2026) 

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1

Short pieces & reports:

"Editorial: Trauma-informed perinatal care for asylum-seeking and refugee women survivors of conflict-related and gender-based violence in the UK," British Journal of Psychiatry, FirstView, 8 May 2026 [free full-text]

Study visit to Luxembourg on good practices in upholding the rights of asylum-seeking and refugee women and girls (ECRE, April 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"At the Heart of the Heartless Bureaucracy of the UK Asylum System: Refugee Women’s Experiences of the State of Limbo in Between Violence and Protection," Social Sciences, vol. 15, no. 4 (April 2026) [open access]

"A grounded theory exploration of wellbeing and liveable space for Uganda-based forced migrant women, forcibly displaced due to conflict," International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, vol. 22, no. 1 (Jan. 2026) [postprint]

"Minor Wives: Married Girls in US Immigration Detention," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 14, no. 2 (June 2026) [full-text]

"Prevalence and predictors of domestic violence among Rohingya refugee and neighboring host communities in Bangladesh," Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies: An International Interdisciplinary Journal for Research, Policy and Care, Latest Articles, 24 April 2026 [open access]

"Trends in Trauma: Increasing rates of sexual and domestic violence among female Latin American asylum seekers," Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 5 May 2026 [postprint]

"Vulnerabilities and Inequities: Challenges Experienced by Professionals Engaged with Migrant and Refugee Survivors of Gender-Based Violence in Canada," Social Sciences, vol. 15, no. 5 (April 2026) [open access]

"Women Asylum Seekers and Intermediaries in South Africa," Modern Africa, vol. 14, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues (30 March 2026)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2

Journal articles (health-related aspects):

"Barriers to access and utilization of sexual and reproductive health services among young Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh," Reproductive Health, 22:212 (Oct. 2025) [open access]

"Inequality in receiving maternal health care among Rohingya women living in Cox’s Bazar refugee camps and its associated factors," International Journal for Equity in Health, 24:309 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

"Investigating the Impact of Syrian Conflict on Women’s Education, Mental Health, and Rights: A Cross-Sectional Study," BMC Women's Health, 25:551 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

"Loss, trauma, and survival: Experiences of Syrian migrant widows in Türkiye," Women's Studies International Forum, vol. 114 (Jan.-Feb. 2026) [free full-text]

"Structural barriers to prenatal care for migrant women at the United States–Mexico border: a qualitative study," Public Health, vol. 249 (Dec. 2025) [open access]

"Using a human security lens to examine experiences of violence against women in long-term encampment," PLoS One 20(11): e0336028 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on Kenya.

"Why we should care about asylum seeking Latina pregnant migrants," Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 5 Nov. 2025 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1 (14 Nov. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1

Reports:

Development of Referral Pathways for Refugee and Asylum-seeking Victims of Gender-based Violence (GBV) in Lithuania (UNHCR, Oct. 2025) [access]

Legal Identity, Gender and Migration: Understanding Barriers to Access (International Organization for Migration, 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

- "A desk study was conducted, including a review of numerous studies on access of women, girls and SOGIESC to legal identity system across various settings. Additionally, the assessment used a case study approach by focusing on three countries – Morocco, Nigeria and Tunisia."

Migration and gender in the UK (Migration Observatory, Oct. 2025) [text]

Journal articles, focusing on reproductive & maternal health:

"Beyond Birth Support: How Doulas Navigate Anti-Racism Advocacy for Refugee and Asylum-Seeking Women in UK Maternity Care," Frontiers in Public Health, 15 Oct. 2025 [open access]

"Correlates of sexually transmitted infections among Syrian refugee women and girls in Lebanon: knowledge, symptoms, and health-seeking behaviors," BMC Women's Health, 25:477 (Oct. 2025) [open access]

"Economic factors influencing utilization of World Health Organization recommended ANC visits among women in Jordan: an analysis of Jordan population and family health survey 2023," Archives of Public Health, 83:251 (Oct. 2025) [open access]

"Forced migration and fertility: disruption and adaptation outcomes of women fleeing to Türkiye from Syria," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 29 Sept. 2025 [open access]

"'Vulnerable and strong at the same time': Forcibly displaced young women’s lived experiences of their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) as unaccompanied girls seeking asylum in Sweden," PLOS Glob Public Health 5(10): e0005241 (Oct. 2025) [open access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1 (25 Sept. 2025) 

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2 (25 Sept. 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: Children & Families - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Disappearance of migrant children in the EU (EPRS, May 2023) [text]

Improving Maternal and Newborn Healthcare Access in Humanitarian Settings: Is it Time to Rethink Our Strategy? (Speaking of Medicine Blog, July 2023) [text]

Number of displaced children reaches new high of 43.3 million (UNICEF, June 2023) [text]

Researching Tibetan youth in Delhi (Refugee Research Online, July 2023) [text]

Reports & book chapters:

"Binds and Bridges to Protection in Crisis: The Case of Unaccompanied Refugee Youth from Afghanistan in Sweden," Chapter in Migration and Integration in a Post-Pandemic World (Springer, June 2023) [open access]

Evidence for Investment: New research on effective early childhood development programming in humanitarian settings (Ahlan Simsim Initiative, June 2023) [text via INEE]

- Focuses on the Middle East.

Integrating Videos for Young Children into Multi-sectoral Interventions: What We’re Learning from Pilots in Bangladesh, Colombia, and Kenya (Sesame Workshop, June 2023) [text via INEE]

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Statement on Membership of Particular Social Group and the Best Interests of the Child in Asylum Procedures (UNHCR, June 2023) [text]

- Scroll to section 5 for discussion of "assessing the best interests of the child in asylum procedures."

Research guide on the rehabilitation and reintegration of child returnees from North East Syria (CRIN, April 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

- See also French version.

Multimedia:

Co-creation in research with migrant and refugees: Challenges and opportunities (Refugee-Ed, March 2023) [access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1 (20 May 2023)

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 2 (20 May 2023)

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Request for feedback:

Are you using ALNAP resources in your academic work? We want to hear from you (ALNAP, Jan. 2023) [info] 

- Follow link to complete a short survey designed to "get a better understanding of how our materials are being used in academic settings and to promote stronger links with the humanitarian academic community."

Blog posts & press:

"Is aid from the richest countries really at a record high?," The New Humanitarian, 11 Jan. 2023 [text]

The Weaponization of Humanitarian Aid (RI Blog, Jan 2023) [text]

"Why so many humanitarian crises are ‘forgotten’, and 5 ideas to change that," The New Humanitarian, 16 Jan. 2023 [text]

- See also related article.

Reports & journal articles:

Background Note on Independent Review of Humanitarian Response to Internal Displacement (IASC, Jan. 2023) [text]

Breaking the Silence: The 10 most under-reported humanitarian crises of 2022 (Care International, Jan. 2023) [text]

"Facilitating hand hygiene in displacement camps during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative assessment of a novel handwashing stand and hygiene promotion package," Conflict and Health, 16:65 (Dec. 2022) [open access]

- Focuses on Bangladesh, Ethiopia and the DRC.

Guidance: Addressing Suicide in Humanitarian Settings (IASC, Dec. 2022) [access]

- Follow link for multiple language versions of these guidelines.

Humanitarian Aid on the Move, no. 24 (Dec. 2022) [full-text]

- Mix of articles.

Linking humanitarian assistance and social protection in response to forced displacement: an analytical framework (ODI, Nov. 2022) [access]

- Follow link for for the analytical framework, a document describing how it was refined, and an annex with a literature review.

"Migrants in Need Report Barriers to Assistance and Fragile Trust in Humanitarian Organizations," Migration Information Source, 2 Feb. 2023 [text]

The Regional Refugee Response Plans: Ten Years of Coordinated Action in Support of Refugees (UNHCR, Jan. 2023) [text]

"Scaling up a monitoring and evaluation framework for sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health services and outcomes in humanitarian settings: A global initiative," Dialogues in Health, vol. 1 (Dec. 2022) [open access]

UNHCR’s Approach to Accountability to Affected People (AAP): Synthesis of Evaluative Evidence, EVO/2022/14 (UNHCR, Nov. 2022) [text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (4 Jan. 2023)

Thematic Focus: Children & Families

Blog posts & press:

Displaced Children, Youth, and Families Traumatized by War and Violent Conflict in Ukraine and Beyond (Yale School of Medicine, June 2022) [text]

My advice to other kids as a refugee from Ukraine? Appreciate what you have (UNHCR, May 2022) [text]

Youth groups give young Rohingya refugees skills and a sense of purpose (UNHCR, May 2022) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Childcare in Humanitarian Crises: Programming Models for Acute Onset Emergencies (UNICEF, May 2022) [text]

"Children and youth in internal displacement," Part 2 in 2022 Global Report on Internal Displacement (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, May 2022) [access]

- Note: A series of related background papers can also be found under the "download report" section of the GRID 2022 landing page. 

"Context matters: a systematic review of neonatal care in humanitarian emergencies," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 7:13 (June 2022) [open access]

“Es mucho daño lo que yo tengo”: Niñas, niños y adolescentes desplazados forzados internos en la frontera norte de México (El Colegio de la Frontera Norte & UNICEF, May 2022) [text]

*Hungry and unprotected children: The forgotten refugees (World Vision, June 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

NEOS, vol. 14, no. 1 (Spring 2022) [open access]

- Thematic issue on "Local Realities and Global Challenges: Approaches to Childhood and Youth Studies from the Global South." Scroll to p. 45 to view the commentaries and articles included in "Collection II: Migration and Movement."  

"Parenting Interventions for Refugees and Forcibly Displaced Families: A Systematic Review," Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, vol. 25, no. 2 (June 2022) [ResearchGate]

Russia’s war on Ukraine: The situation of children in and outside Ukraine (EPRS, May 2022) [text]

Saving Maternal and Newborn Lives in Refugee Situations: Evaluation Summary (UNHCR, May 2022) [text]

- Focuses on Cameroon, Chad and Niger.

Stronger Data, Brighter Futures: Protecting children on the move with data and evidence (International Data Alliance for Children on the Move, May 2022) [text]

"Symbolic Interaction, Power, and War: Narratives of Unaccompanied Young Refugees with War Experiences in Institutional Care in Sweden," Societies, vol. 12, no. 3 (June 2022) [open access]

**See also this post which highlighted items that focus on child marriage.

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families (17 May 2022)

New Issues of Gender Questions, IJMHSC, Intl. Migr., ICRC Rev., Migraciones Int., Migr. Pol. Pract., Ped. Annals, Ref. Watch, Rts. in Exile News

Gender Questions, vol. 8, no. 1 (2020) [contents]
- Special issue on "Transnational Migration, Gender and Sexuality in the Global South." The editorial is freely available.

International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, vol. 16, no. 1 (2020) [contents]
- Mix of articles, with most focusing on health and well-being issues affecting refugees and IDPs. One article on "Drug use and criminality among unaccompanied refugee minors" is open access.

International Migration, vol. 58, no. 3 (June 2020) [contents]
- Special issue on "New Chinese Migration Modalities." Also includes general articles, two of which are open access, and commentaries, all three of which are freely available.

International Review of the Red Cross, vol. 101, no. 911 (Aug. 2019; posted June 2020) [full-text]
- Theme of this issue is "Children and War."

Migraciones Internacionales, vol. 11 (2020) [open access]
- Six articles available in both Spanish and English on a range of topics.

Migration Policy Practice, vol. X, no. 2 (April–June 2020) [full-text]
- "[T]his special issue...discusses the emerging effects of COVID-19 for migrants and migration policy worldwide from a range of perspectives including the humanitarian, economic and data-related implications of the new pandemic."

Pediatric Annals, vol. 49, no. 5 (May 2020) [contents]
- Special issue on "The Care of the Child Who is an Immigrant or Refugee." The editorial is freely available.

Refugee Watch: A South Asian Journal on Forced Migration, vol. 54 (Dec. 2019) [full-text]
- Mix of articles, including one on the Global Compact on Refugees and another on asylum law in South Asia.

Rights in Exile Newsletter
- News and information for refugee legal aid providers; follow links for the May 2020 (no. 112) and June 2020 (no. 113) issues.

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: Health

AMA Journal of Ethics, vol. 21, no. 1 (2019) [open access]
- Special issue on "Health Care for Undocumented Immigrants." Includes the "AMA Policies and Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to Health Care for Patients Who Are Immigrants, Refugees, or Asylees."

"Global Patterns of Mortality in International Migrants: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis," The Lancet, vol. 392, 10164 (15 Dec. 2018) [open access]
- See also related Thomson Reuters Foundation News article.

"Health Impacts of Parental Migration on Left-behind Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis," The Lancet, vol. 392, 10164 (15 Dec. 2018) [open access]

Health of Older Refugees and Migrants: Technical Guidance (WHO Regional Office for Europe, Nov. 2018) [text]
- See also related policy brief.

Health of Refugee and Migrant Children: Technical Guidance (WHO Regional Office for Europe, Dec. 2018) [text]
- See also related policy brief.

Health Promotion for Improved Refugee and Migrant Health: Technical Guidance (WHO Regional Office for Europe, Dec. 2018) [text]
- See also related policy brief.

Improving the Health Care of Pregnant Refugee and Migrant Women and Newborn Children: Technical Guidance (WHO Regional Office for Europe, Dec. 2018) [text]
- See also related policy brief.

A New Normal in Humanitarian Aid: Treating Middle-class Diseases (IRIN, Dec. 2018) [text]

Public Health Guidance on Screening and Vaccination for Infectious Diseases in Newly Arrived Migrants within the EU/EEA (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Nov. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

"The Refugee Health Partnership: A Longitudinal Experiential Medical Student Curriculum in Refugee/Asylee Health," Academic Medicine, Ahead-of-Print, 18 Dec. 2018 [free full-text]

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Health - Pt. 1 (4 Dec. 2018)
- Thematic Focus: Health - Pt. 2 (4 Dec. 2018)

Tagged Publications.

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 - Pt. 2

"How Do We Reach the Girls and Women Who are the Hardest to Reach? Inequitable Opportunities in Reproductive and Maternal Health Care Services in Armed Conflict and Forced Displacement Settings in Colombia," PLoS ONE, 13(1): e0188654 (Jan. 2018) [open access]

Migration and Health Webinar Five: Health Care of Pregnant Migrant and Refugee Women and Newborn Children, 10 April 2018 [access]
- Follow link for video.

"Migrant Children within Europe: A Systematic Review of Children's Perspectives on Their Health Experiences," Public Health, Articles in Press, 4 April 2018 [open access]

"Pediatrician-experienced Barriers in the Medical Care for Refugee Children in the Netherlands," European Journal of Pediatrics, First Online, 20 April 2018 [open access]

"Preparedness of Health Care Professionals for Delivering Sexual and Reproductive Health Care to Refugee and Migrant Women," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(1) (Jan. 2018) [open access]

"Refugee Maternal and Perinatal Health in Ontario, Canada: A Retrospective Population-based Study," BMJ Open, vol. 8, no. 4 (April 2018) [open access]

"Vaccination Status and Needs of Asylum-seeking Children in Denmark: A Retrospective Data Analysis," Public Health, Articles in Press, 4 April 2018 [open access]

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

Tagged Publications. 

Thematic Focus: Health

"Afghan Migrants Face More Suboptimal Care than Natives: A Maternal Near-miss Audit Study at University Hospitals in Tehran, Iran," BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 17:64 (Feb. 2017) [open access]

"How MSF Works: Questions Answered, Explored, and Raised," Alert, vol.18, no.1 (Spring 2017) [full-text via ReliefWeb]

"Bibliometric Analysis of Medicine-related Publications on Refugees, Asylum-seekers, and Internally Displaced People: 2000 – 2015," BMC International Health and Human Rights, 17:7 (March 2017) [open access]

"Challenges to Conducting Epidemiology Research in Chronic Conflict Areas: Examples from PURE-Palestine," Conflict and Health, 10:33 (Feb. 2017) [open access]

"Determinants of Health Care Services Utilization among First Generation Afghan Migrants in Istanbul," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14(2) (Feb. 2017) [open access]

"Encouraging Understanding or Increasing Prejudices: A Cross-sectional Survey of Institutional Influence on Health Personnel Attitudes about Refugee Claimants' Access to Health Care," PLoS ONE 12(2): e0170910 (Feb. 2017) [open access]

"Ethical Problems in an Era Where Disasters Have Become a Part of Daily Life: A Qualitative Study of Healthcare Workers in Turkey," PLoS ONE 12(3): e0174162 (March 2017) [open access]

Health Access and Utilization Survey: Access to Health Services in Jordan among... (UNHCR, Dec. 2016)
- Iraqi Refugees
- Refugees from Other Nationalities
- Syrian Refugees

Health and Status of Palestine Refugees from Syria in Jordan: Situational Analysis (John Snow, Inc., March 2017) [text via Popline]

Health Sector Humanitarian Response Strategy: Jordan 2017-2018 (UNHCR, Jan. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Health Workers and the Weaponisation of Health Care in Syria: A Preliminary Inquiry for The Lancet–American University of Beirut Commission on Syria," The Lancet, Online First, 14 March 2017 [free full-text]
- See also related AUB news story, more information about the Commission, and The Lancet's Syria: Health in Conflict page.

"Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Undocumented Immigrants and Refugees in Southern Italy: Demographic, Virological, and Clinical Features," Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 6:33 (Feb. 2017) [open access]

Recovery, Relapse, and Episodes of Default in the Management of Acute Malnutrition in Children in Humanitarian Emergencies: A Systematic Review (Oxfam, Feinstein International Center & UKAID, March 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

"The Right to Health of Non-nationals and Displaced Persons in the Sustainable Development Goals Era: Challenges for Equity in Universal Health Care," International Journal for Equity in Health, 16:14 (Feb. 2017) [open access]

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Mental Health (18 March 2017)
- Thematic Focus: Health (8 Feb. 2017)

Tagged Publications.

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

Discrimination and Distress among Afghan Refugees in Northern California: The Moderating Role of Pre- and Post-Migration Factors (Preprints.org, Jan. 2017) [text]

Guidelines for Referral Health Care in Lebanon: Standard Operating Procedures (UNHCR, updated Dec. 2016) [text via ReliefWeb]

Jordan Medical Referral Report: Mid-Year, January-June 2016 (UNHCR, Jan. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Maternal and Child Health of Internally Displaced Persons in Ukraine: A Qualitative Study," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14(1) (Jan. 2017) [open access]

"Pre-Migration Trauma Exposure and Mental Health Functioning among Central American Migrants Arriving at the US Border," PLoS ONE 12(1): e0168692 (Jan. 2017) [open access]

"Prevalence of Multidrug-resistant Organisms in Refugee Patients, Medical Tourists and Domestic Patients Admitted to a German University Hospital," BMC Infectious Diseases, 17:17 (Jan. 2017) [open access]

"Secondary Psychotic Features in Refugees Diagnosed with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: A Retrospective Cohort Study," BMC Psychiatry, 17: 5 (Jan. 2017) [open access]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Health (6 Jan. 2017)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Health

"Adult Asylum Seekers from the Middle East including Syria in Central Europe: What are Their Health Care Problems?," PLoS ONE 11(2): e0148196 (Feb. 2016) [open access]

At a Glance: Health Access and Utilization Survey among Non-camp Refugees in Lebanon (UNHCR, Nov. 2015) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Bridging the Gap: Using an Interrupted Time Series Design to Evaluate Systems Reform Addressing Refugee Maternal and Child Health Inequalities," Implementation Science, 10:62 (April 2015) [open access]

"Consequences of Tuberculosis among Asylum Seekers for Health Care Workers in Germany," Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, 11:4 (Feb. 2016) [open access]

"The Health Care Consequences of Australian Immigration Policies," PLoS Med, 13(2): e1001960 (Feb. 2016) [open access]

"Improved Detection of Tuberculosis and Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis among Tibetan Refugees, India," Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 22, no. 3 (March 2016) [open access]

"Parenthood in Transition: Somali-born Parents' Experiences of and Needs for Parenting Support Programmes," BMC International Health and Human Rights, 16:7 (Feb. 2016) [open access]

"Self-rated Health and Medical Conditions in Refugees and Immigrants from the Same Country of Origin," Iraqi Journal of Medical Science, vol. 13, no. 2 (2015) [full-text via PubMed]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Health (28 Jan. 2016)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Health

"Health Service Utilization and Access to Medicines among Syrian Refugee Children in Jordan," The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Early View, 22 Jan. 2016 [open access]

Improving Maternity Care for Refugee and Migrant Women in Western Australia: Report from 2015 Consumer Focus Groups (Govt. of Western Australia Dept. of Health, 2015) [text]

"Knowledge of Healthcare Coverage for Refugee Claimants: Results from a Survey of Health Service Providers in Montreal," PLoS ONE 11(1): e0146798 (Jan. 2016) [open access]

"Pregnant and Seeking Asylum: Exploring Experiences 'from Booking to Baby'," British Journal of Midwifery (Forthcoming) [postprint via Univ. of Bradford IR]

Stepping up Action on Refugee and Migrant Health: Towards a WHO European Framework for Collaborative Action (WHO, Jan. 2016) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Unconditional Cash Transfers for Assistance in Humanitarian Disasters: Effect on Use of Health Services and Health Outcomes in Low- and Middle-income Countries," The Cochrane Library, 11 Sept. 2015 [free full-text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Health (13 Jan. 2016)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Health

"A Cost-benefit Analysis of a Proposed Overseas Refugee Latent Tuberculosis Infection Screening and Treatment Program," BMC Public Health, 15:1201 (Dec. 2015) [open access]

"Early Motherhood: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Experiences of African Australian Teenage Mothers in Greater Melbourne, Australia," BMC Public Health, 15: 873 (Sept. 2015) [open access]

High-level Meeting on Refugee and Migrant Health, Rome, 23-24 Nov. 2015 [access]
- Follow link for documents related to the conference.

"How Aid Workers Can Stay Healthy – A Psychologist's Guide," The Guardian, 26 Nov. 2015 [text]

Mental Health and Psychosocial Support for Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Migrants on the Move in Europe: A Multi-agency Guidance Note (UNHCR et al., Dec. 2015) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Neonatal Outcomes of Syrian Refugees Delivered in a Tertiary Hospital in Ankara, Turkey," Conflict and Health, 9:38 (Dec. 2015) [open access]

"The Principle of Non-Discrimination: An Empty Promise for the Preventive Health Care of Asylum Seekers and Undocumented Migrants?," Groningen Journal of International Law, vol. 3, no. 2 (2015)[open access]

Rebuilding Adolescent Girls' Lives: Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Conflict-affected Gaza, Liberia and Sri Lanka (ODI, Oct. 2015) [text]

"Screening for Infectious Diseases among Newly Arrived Migrants: Experiences and Practices in Non-EU Countries of the Mediterranean Basin and Black Sea," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 12, no. 12 (Dec. 2015) [open access]

State of World Population 2015 - Shelter from the Storm: A Transformative Agenda for Women and Girls in a Crisis-prone World (UNFPA, Dec. 2015) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Vitamin D Status and Associated Metabolic Risk Factors among North Korean Refugees in South Korea: A Cross-sectional Study," BMJ Open, 5:e009140 (Nov. 2015) [open access]

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- Thematic Focus: Health (2 Dec. 2015)

Tagged Publications.

New ETDs - Pt. 3

Journey of Jeopardy: Using Multimedia Storytelling to Humanize the Immigration Experience of Central American Families Seeking Asylum in Oregon, Bachelor thesis (Univ. of Oregon, June 2015) [text]

Maternal and Perinatal Health of Refugees in Ontario: A Population-based Perspective, Dissertation (Univ. of Toronto, June 2015) [text]

Mental Health and Well-being of Refugees to Canada: A Brighter Future, Thesis (Univ. of Manitoba, Sept. 2015) [text]

The Need for International Policy for Environmental Refugees, Senior project (California Polytechnic State Univ., June 2015) [text]

Partnership for Education? A Case Study on Tumaco, Colombia on a North-South Co-operation for Education in Conflict Areas, Thesis (Univ. of Oslo, May 2015) [text]

[Esoteric note: If you ever wonder why I always break up these ETD posts into multiple parts, it's because Blogger limits the number of characters that I can use to create subject labels!]

Tagged Publications.