ArticleJournal of community health2012
High prevalence of chronic non-communicable conditions among adult refugees: implications for practice and policy.
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- Interventions to Improve Health Among Refugees in the United States: A Systematic Review.Journal of community health · 2025Pooled it
- Access to Healthcare Among US Adult Refugees: A Systematic Qualitative Review.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2023Pooled it
- Interventions for improving health literacy in migrants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Social capital in the prevention and management of non-communicable diseases among migrants and refugees: a systematic review and meta-ethnography.BMJ global health · 2021Pooled it
- Medical care for migrant children in Europe: a practical recommendation for first and follow-up appointments.European journal of pediatrics · 2019Guideline
- Comparison of Emergency Department Processes and Intensive Care Unit Admissions Between the Local Population and Refugees in Türkiye: A Retrospective Observational Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- New Checkbox, Now What? A Scoping Review to Guide Health Research among Middle Eastern and North African Communities.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Social Determinant Correlates of Self-Rated Health Among Newly Resettled Afghan Refugees in Oklahoma City.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2026Article
- "I'm Sorry, I Can't Hire You because of That": Examining the Role of Employment and Exclusion on Health and Well-Being among U.S. Asylum Seekers.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2026Article
- Morbidity burden and predictors of hospitalization among unaccompanied migrants and persons prone to statelessness in Ghana.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Health status and care utilization among Afghan refugees recently resettled in Calgary, Canada between 2011-2020.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Development of a Refugee Health Research Agenda in North America.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2025Article
- Health-related quality of life and associated factors among older refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh residing in Kotayk province of Armenia.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Health Status and Healthcare Utilization Patterns of Emergency Department Patients Who Prefer a Language Other Than English.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2024Article
- Risk Factors for Non-Communicable Diseases in Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Subsidiary Protection Beneficiaries Resettled or Relocated in Portugal Between 2015 and 2020.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Barriers and enabling factors for utilizing physical rehabilitation services by Afghan immigrants and refugees with disabilities in Iran: a qualitative study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- 'Getting control of Corona takes many angles': COVID-19 vaccine knowledge, attitudes and beliefs among refugee/immigrant/migrant communities in four US cities.Health education research · 2024Article
- Changing landscape of paediatric refugee health in South Western Sydney, Australia: a retrospective observational study.BMJ open · 2023Observational
- [Experiences of people with refugee backgrounds in utilising healthcare in Germany-findings from a qualitative study].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2023Article
- The Disproportionate Burden of COVID-19 Cases among Arab Americans.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2023Article
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Abstract
The global rise in non-communicable disease (NCD) suggests that US-based refugees are increasingly affected by chronic conditions. However, health services have focused on the detection of infectious disease, with relatively limited data on chronic NCDs. Using data from a retrospective medical record review of a refugee health program in the urban Northeast (n = 180), we examined the prevalence of chronic NCDs and NCD risk factors among adult refugees who had recently arrived in the US, with attention to region of origin and family composition. Family composition was included because low-income adults without dependent children are at high risk of becoming uninsured. We found that half of the adult refugees in this sample had at least one chronic NCD (51.1%), and 9.5% had three or more NCDs. Behavioral health diagnoses were most common (15.0%), followed by hypertension (13.3%). Half of adults were overweight or obese (54.6%). Chronic NCDs were somewhat more common among adults from Iraq, but this difference was not significant (56.8 vs. 44.6%). Chronic NCDs were common among adults with and without dependent children (61.4 vs. 44.6%, respectively), and these two groups did not significantly differ in their likelihood of having a chronic NCD after adjustment for age and gender (AOR = 0.78, 95% CI = 0.39, 1.55). This study suggests that chronic NCDs are common among adult refugees in the US, including refugees at high risk for uninsurance. We propose that refugee health services accommodate screening and treatment for chronic NCDs and NCD risk factors, and that insurance outreach and enrollment programs target recently arrived refugees.
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