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Summary PDF: What are the best strategies for emergency preparedness and emergency information dissemination among resettled refugees?

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What are the best strategies for emergency preparedness and emergency information dissemination among resettled refugees?

The evidence in this area is suggestive. Within these suggestive studies, there is broad consensus on four key points related to emergency preparedness and emergency information dissemination among resettled refugees:

  • Pre-existing partnerships among refugee communities, community-based organizations (CBOs), and local emergency planners are vital.
  • People who serve as social bridges between refugee communities and governmental and community-based organizations are important conduits for emergency information dissemination.
  • Emergency messaging must be simple and consistent, delivered in refugees’ native languages and made available through multiple communication channels.
  • Refugees may meet disasters with resiliency.

 

Given the ethical and logistical challenges of conducting impact evaluation studies in disasters, the recommendations of these suggestive studies should be viewed as best practices at this time.

Post TitleStrength of EvidenceType of StudyDirection of Evidence
Family Empowerment (FAME): A feasibility trial of preventive multifamily groups for asylum seeker families in the NetherlandsPositive impactSuggestive evidencePositive impact
Family interventions in traumatized immigrants and refugees: A systematic reviewPositive impactSystematic reviewPositive impact
Feasibility of implementation of a parenting intervention with Karen refugees resettled from Burma.Positive impactSuggestive evidencePositive impact
The utility of the Positive Parenting Program (Triple P) for refugee background parentsPositive impactSuggestive evidencePositive impact
Family-based mental health promotion for Somali Bantu and Bhutanese refugees: Feasibility and acceptability trialPositive impactImpact evaluationPositive impact
We left one war and came to another: Resource loss, acculturative stress, and caregiver-child relationships in Somali refugee familiesNo evidence about impactSuggestive evidenceNo evidence about impact
Understanding the role of acculturative stress on refugee youth mental health: A systematic review and ecological approach to assessment and interventionNo evidence about impactSystematic reviewNo evidence about impact
Family efficacy as a protective factor against immigrant adolescent risky behavior: A literature reviewNo evidence about impactSuggestive evidenceNo evidence about impact
A review of the use of trauma systems therapy to treat refugee children, adolescents, and familiesNo evidence about impactSuggestive evidenceNo evidence about impact
Refugees, asylum-seekers and undocumented migrants and the experience of parenthood: A synthesis of the qualitative literatureNo evidence about impactSystematic reviewNo evidence about impact
Brief Family Therapy for Refugee ChildrenSuggestiveSuggestive evidencePositive impact

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 refugee

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immigrant

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“unaccompanied minor”

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asylee

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“temporary protected status”

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“victims of traffick*”

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“traffick* victims”

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T-Visa

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U-Visa

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Cuban

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Haitian

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 “family therapy”

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“family counseling”

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“family dynamics”

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“family relationship”

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“family roles”

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“marriage counseling”

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“couples therapy”

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“relationship counseling”

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“child parent relationship”