SynthesisAmerican journal of public health2013
Asylum seekers, violence and health: a systematic review of research in high-income host countries.
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52 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 136 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prevalence of physical violence against people in insecure migration status: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- The social and structural determinants of sexual and reproductive health and rights in migrants and refugees: a systematic review of reviews.Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit · 2021Pooled it
- Uncovering re-traumatization experiences of torture survivors in somatic health care: A qualitative systematic review.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- Ethnic inequalities in the incidence of diagnosis of severe mental illness in England: a systematic review and new meta-analyses for non-affective and affective psychoses.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2019Pooled it
- Risk of Psychosis Among Refugees: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA psychiatry · 2019Pooled it
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- Metasynthesis of youth suicidal behaviours: perspectives of youth, parents, and health care professionals.PloS one · 2015Pooled it
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- Torture and healthcare service utilization in Syrian refugees resettled in Norway - a longitudinal, registry-based study.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Article
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- Migrant-Led Community Organisations: Mobilising Ethnic Capital to Support Refugees and Asylum Seekers in England.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Adverse migration experiences, border community stress, and the mental health of asylum-seeking women in transit at the Mexico-U.S. border.SSM. Mental health · 2025Article
- The Body as a Vessel for Trauma: The Clinical Case Study of Aisha.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Child mental health predictors among camp Tamil refugees: Utilizing linear and XGBOOST models.PloS one · 2024Article
- Incidence of sexual violence among recently arrived asylum-seeking women in France: a retrospective cohort study.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2023Article
- [Determinants of asylum seekers' health and medical care in Germany].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2023Review
- Ethical and Forensic Issues in the Medico-Legal and Psychological Assessment of Women Asylum Seekers.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on health experiences of asylum seekers to the United States.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Risk and protective factors for suicide: a populational case-control study, Brazil, 2019.Revista de saude publica · 2023Article
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Abstract
We performed a systematic review of literature on violence and related health concerns among asylum seekers in high-income host countries. We extracted data from 23 peer-reviewed studies. Prevalence of torture, variably defined, was above 30% across all studies. Torture history in clinic populations correlated with hunger and posttraumatic stress disorder, although in small, nonrepresentative samples. One study observed that previous exposure to interpersonal violence interacted with longer immigration detention periods, resulting in higher depression scores. Limited evidence suggests that asylum seekers frequently experience violence and health problems, but large-scale studies are needed to inform policies and services for this vulnerable group often at the center of political debate.
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