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   Food Security and Nutrition
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What works to increase food security in newcomer populations?

This evidence summary summarizes the state of available evidence regarding the impacts of various intervention types on the level of food insecurity faced by newcomers.

Post TitleStrength of EvidenceType of StudyDirection of Evidence
Labor market effects of a work-first policy for refugeesSuggestiveSuggestive evidenceInconclusive or mixed impact
The Long-term Economic Outcomes of Refugee Private SponsorshipSuggestiveSuggestive evidencePositive impact
Triple Disadvantage? A first overview of the integration of refugee womenSuggestiveSuggestive evidencePositive impact
Syrian women refugees in Jordan: opportunity in the gig economySuggestiveSuggestive evidenceInconclusive or mixed impact
Interventions to Improve the Economic Self-sufficiency and Well-being of Resettled Refugees: A Systematic ReviewStrongSystematic reviewInconclusive or mixed impact
Integrating refugees into host country labor markets: Challenges and policy options.SuggestiveSuggestive evidenceInconclusive or mixed impact
Which Employment Strategies Work for Whom? A Meta-RegressionStrongSystematic reviewPositive impact
Evaluating Foreign Skills: Effects of Credential Assessment on Skilled Immigrants’ Labour Market Performance in CanadaSuggestiveSuggestive evidencePositive impact
Extended Case Management Services Among Resettled Refugees in the United StatesModerateImpact evaluationPositive impact

Websites and Databases Population Terms Methodology Terms Target Intervention Terms
Campbell Collaboration

Cochrane Collaboration

Mathematica Policy Research

Evidence Aid

Urban Institute

Migration Policy Institute

HHS OPRE

ASSIA

Social Services Abstracts

Social Work Abstracts

ReliefWeb

Sociological Abstracts

Policy File Index

PAIS

GenderWatch

 refugee

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asylee

OR

T-Visa

OR

U-Visa

OR

Cuban

OR

Haitian

OR

Amerasian

OR

immigrant

OR

low English proficien*

 

 evaluation

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impact

OR

program

OR

intervention

OR

policy

OR

project

OR

train*

OR

therapy

OR

treatment

OR

counseling

OR

workshop

OR

review

OR

meta-analysis

OR

synthesis

 (women or female)

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employ*

OR

“job readiness”

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work

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“self-sufficien*”

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“workforce development”

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“job development”

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“career”