ReviewGlobalization and health2017
Refugees, asylum-seekers and undocumented migrants and the experience of parenthood: a synthesis of the qualitative literature.
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A systematic review and narrative synthesis of fathers' (including migrant fathers') experiences of pregnancy and childbirth.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Pooled it
- Parenting Interventions for Refugees and Forcibly Displaced Families: A Systematic Review.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2022Pooled it
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- Material deprivation and its correlates in treatment-naïve migrants with HIV with rapid access to B/F/TAF at no cost: A sub-study of the ASAP cohort.HIV medicine · 2026Article
- "A family is an angel": Immigrant children's representations of family.Childhood (Copenhagen, Denmark) · 2026Article
- The Last Straw: Reasons for Leaving among Post Hurricane Maria Migrant Families.Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research · 2026Article
- Social support coping strategies among sub-Saharan African refugees: A systematic review and meta-synthesis.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026Review
- The Premise of Intersectionality for Family Therapy Interventions With Asylum Seekers in the United States.Journal of marital and family therapy · 2025Article
- Implementation of a Family Skills Programme in Internally Displaced People Camps in Kachin State, Myanmar.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Family life under strain: the impact of forced migration on refugee parenting in reception centers.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Lived experiences of migrant and refugee parents: Challenges encountered during their journey and settlement in Europe.Journal of migration and health · 2025Article
- Something lost, something gained: The trade-offs of Puerto Rican Hurricane Maria migrants.The American journal of orthopsychiatry · 2025Article
- Can using the Cochrane RCT classifier in EPPI-Reviewer help speed up study selection in qualitative evidence syntheses? A retrospective evaluation.Cochrane evidence synthesis and methods · 2025Article
- Exploring healthcare priorities, barriers, access and experiences of a family-centred approach among families seeking asylum in North London.BMJ public health · 2025Article
- International Displacement and Family Stress in Latin America.Journal of family issues · 2024Article
- Addressing challenges faced by young refugees in the Netherlands: Adapting problem management plus (PM+) with an emotional processing module.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2024Article
- The Relationship between Wellbeing, Self-Determination, and Resettlement Stress for Asylum-Seeking Mothers Attending an Ecosocial Community-Based Intervention: A Mixed-Methods Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Perspectives of women and partners from migrant and refugee backgrounds accessing the Cross Cultural Worker Service in maternity and early childhood services-a survey study.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Rebuilding life after migration: Research protocol of a mixed methods study on settlement experiences of refugee and migrant youth.PloS one · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo synthesize the recent qualitative literature and identify the integrative themes describing the parenthood experiences of refugees, asylum-seekers and undocumented migrants.
methodsWe searched seven online databases for the period January 2006 to February 2017. We included English and French published peer-reviewed articles and graduate-level dissertations, which qualitatively examined the parenthood experiences of refugees, asylum-seekers and undocumented migrants. We summarized study characteristics and performed a thematic analysis across the studies.
resultsOne hundred thirty eight studies met inclusion criteria. All but three were conducted in high-income countries, mainly in the US. Migrants studied were mostly undocumented from Latin America and refugees from Sub-Saharan Africa. Almost all studies (93%) included mothers; about half (47%) included fathers; very few (5%) included extended family members. We identified three integrative themes: 1) experiencing hardship and/or loss in the context of precarious migration and past traumas; 2) building resilience and strength by bridging language, norms and expectations; and 3) living transnationally: obligations, challenges and resources. Each theme contributed to shaping the parenthood experience; the transnationalism theme intersected with the themes on hardship and loss and resilience and strength.
conclusionMore research is needed with fathers, extended family members, asylum-seekers and in the LMIC context. A transnational lens needs to be applied to programs, policies and future research for refugee, asylum-seeker and undocumented migrant parents. Addressing transnational concerns (family separation and reunification), acknowledging transnational resources, fostering a transnational family identity and conducting transnational and longitudinal studies are potentially pivotal approaches for this sub-population of parents.
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