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Objectives: Refugee populations arriving to the United States report high rates of exposure to trauma and associated psychiatric distress that may necessitate referrals to mental health services. Although refugee arrivals receive a voluntary health screening, mental health screening is not routine. Public health providers report that one barrier to mental health screening concerns uncertainty about […]

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This case study focuses on complex trauma in a refugee family. It explores the barriers faced while supporting a family presenting with complex and multifaceted needs. It reviews the roles, processes and participation of practitioners from Service Coordination (case management) and Treatment (therapeutic intervention) perspectives. This case study also examines the gaps in existing services […]

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Human trafficking, often referred to as modern-day slavery, entails the exploitation of a person for commercial sex or labor through methods that include force, fraud or coercion. Many of those human trafficking survivors who are identified have experienced significant physical, sexual, emotional, social or economic abuse at the hands of their traffickers. Professionals who work […]

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Refugee resettlement in recent months has become an issue of intense debate in the United States. An issue that was once viewed as a humanitarian one has now taken on political significance. It has become a commonly discussed subject in public circles and one that requires an opinion regarding its good or evil. Despite these […]

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Purpose. The purpose of this paper is to explore the defining characteristics of an interdisciplinary culturally sensitive approach to family therapy with traumatized refugee families affected by family violence. Furthermore, the paper aims to explore the mechanisms of change as seen from the perspective of the therapists. Design/methodology/approach. Based on qualitative analysis of semi-structured interviews […]

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The purpose of this study was to enhance students’ cultural competence through a servicelearning project in a community clinic. This quasi-experimental study used a pretest–posttest control group design. Twenty-six nursing students volunteered either in the comparison or in the experimental group. The students in the experimental group significantly increased their cultural knowledge (Z = ?2.51, […]

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The Center of International Rehabilitation Research, Information, and Exchange (CIRRIE) has prepared curriculum guides for rehabilitation professionals in occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech language pathology, and rehabilitation counseling. The objective is to provide a resource to faculty who wish to include or strengthen cultural competency education in their program and courses. CIRRIE assessed students’ cultural […]

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The 2004 Amsterdam Declaration called for countries across Europe to take adequate measures to ensure that health provision is accessible, appropriate and sufficiently ‘culturally competent’ to meet the needs of migrants from diverse backgrounds, a call more recently reiterated in the WHO High Level Meeting on Refugee and Migrant Health held in Rome in November […]

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This ethnographic study used an interpretive theory of culture to investigate the principles and factors underlying the delivery of culturally competent nursing care. Initially, a theoretical view was derived from the nursing literature, which led to the development of the Five Steps Model of cultural competence (Quickfall, 2004). This model incorporates organisational values, cultural awareness, […]

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Purpose: Refugees and asylum seekers have unique and complex needs related to their experiences of forced displacement and resettlement. Cultural competence is widely recognized as important for the provision of effective and equitable services for refugee populations. However, the delivery of culturally appropriate services—including health care and social services—is often complicated by unclear definitions and […]