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SynthesisHealth & social care in the community2019

Enablers of psychological well-being for refugees and asylum seekers living in transitional countries: A systematic review.

Miriam Posselt, Heather Eaton, Monika Ferguson, David Keegan, Nicholas Procter

Open access · hybridAbstract readSystematic Review
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
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Synthesis in Health & social care in the community, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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27citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 83 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Miriam PosseltMental Health and Suicide Prevention Research Group, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-1668-9933
Heather EatonMental Health and Suicide Prevention Research Group, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8475-769X
Monika FergusonMental Health and Suicide Prevention Research Group, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4738-8108
David KeeganHOST International, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Nicholas ProcterMental Health and Suicide Prevention Research Group, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-7289-3165
University of South Australia · AUInternational Education Specialist College · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this systematic review was to locate and synthesise existing peer-reviewed quantitative and qualitative evidence regarding enablers of psychological well-being among refugees and asylum seekers living in transitional countries and for whom migration status is not final. Systematic searches were conducted in nine databases: Academic Search Premier, CINAHL, Embase, Emcare, Medline, Psychology and Behavioral Science, PsycINFO, Scopus, and Web of Science. Search terms were related to refugees and asylum seekers, enablers, and psychological well-being. Studies were limited to those conducted in the last 20 years, with participants who were refugees and asylum seekers with no legal residency status, aged 16 years and above, and living in transit host countries without UNHCR resettlement programmes. This systematic review was conducted between March and June 2018 and followed the PRISMA guidelines. Results were screened by two reviewers at two stages: title and abstracts, and full-text. Critical appraisal and data extraction were also completed by two reviewers. Initial database searching yielded 3,133 results. Following the addition of two records from relevant reference lists and the removal of duplicates, a total of 1,624 results were included for screening. A total of 16 articles were deemed eligible for inclusion in this review, reporting on a collective sample of 1,352 participants. Twelve qualitative and four quantitative studies identified eight enablers of psychological well-being: social support; faith, religion and spirituality; cognitive strategies; education and training opportunities; employment and economic activities; behavioural strategies; political advocacy; and environmental conditions. Despite many challenges associated with forced displacement and the transit period, this review highlights multiple factors that promote well-being and suggest areas for intervention development and resource allocation.

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Personal SatisfactionAdolescentAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRefugeesYoung Adultasylum seekerscopingenablerspsychological well-beingrefugeestransit

Identifiers

PMID30417476
PMCPMC7380010
OpenAlexW2901447319

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