ReviewJournal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines2021
Annual Research Review: A multilevel bioecological analysis of factors influencing the mental health and psychosocial well-being of refugee children.
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- Mental health problems among ethnic minorities during public crises: a systematic review of coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Refugee and asylum seeker child and adolescent mental health: A systematic review of racial, ethnic, and contextual disparities.The American journal of orthopsychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Mental Health of Immigrant Parents.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2025Pooled it
- Children and young people at the intersection of chronic illness and migration: a scoping review.BMC global and public health · 2025Pooled it
- Trauma-sensitive school concepts for students with a refugee background: a review of international studies.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Psychological and environmental factors influencing resilience among Ukrainian refugees and internally displaced persons: a systematic review of coping strategies and risk and protective factors.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Pooled it
- Effectiveness of a community-led shared book reading intervention in Syrian refugee children: a randomised controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
- The Application of Bronfenbrenner's Bio-ecological Model in Children and Young People's Mental Health Research: A Rapid Review.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
- Psychosocial Experiences of Juvenile Detainees in Türkiye: An analysis of Environmental Factors from an Ecological Systems Perspective.International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology · 2026Article
- Evidence on interventions that promote the mental health and psychosocial wellbeing of migrant, refugee and asylum-seeker children and adolescents in transit: a scoping literature review.International journal for equity in health · 2026Article
- Can we protect refugee children from mental health problems?- a scoping review of modifiable factors to inform preventive interventions.BMC medicine · 2026Article
- Estimating indicator weights for the motor health of pre-school-aged children: an integrated-methods approach.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Mental health disorders, and associated factors among children aged 6-17 years living in Mahama refugee camp in Rwanda.PLOS mental health · 2026Article
- The social ecology of adolescent mental health in humanitarian settings: A qualitative study.PLOS mental health · 2026Article
- A family-systemic intervention for mental health with refugees in Jordan: Protocol of a randomised controlled trial of StrongerTogether.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026Article
- Child Care and Development in the Migration Context of Brazil: A Convergent Parallel Mixed Methods Study at an International Border.Child: care, health and development · 2025Article
- Building an evaluation model for the motor health of preschool-aged children from the perspective of interdisciplinary integration.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Mental health needs in war-affected refugee children: barriers, gaps, and strategies for effective care.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2024Article
- Developmental Trajectories of Mental Health in Chinese Early Adolescents: School Climate and Future Orientation as Predictors.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2024Article
- Hair hormone data from Syrian refugee children: Perspectives from a two-year longitudinal study.Comprehensive psychoneuroendocrinology · 2024Review
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Abstract
backgroundThis paper revisits the themes of an influential 1993 review regarding the factors shaping the mental health and psychosocial well-being of refugees to take stock of developments in the evidence base and conceptualisation of issues for refugee children over the last 25 years.
methodsThe study deployed a systematic search strategy. This initially identified 784 papers, which was reduced to 65 studies following application of inclusion and exclusion criteria. We used a later iteration of Bronfenbrenner's bioecological model of human development - the PPCT model - to consolidate evidence.
resultsWe identify a range of risk and protective factors operating at individual, familial, community and institutional and policy levels that influence outcomes for refugee children. The dynamics shaping the interaction of these influences are linked to the life course principles of socio-historical time and developmental age, proximal processes and child agency.
conclusionsActions at individual, familial, community, school, institutional and policy levels all have potential traction on mental health and psychosocial well-being of refugee children. However, evidence suggests that greatest impact will be secured by multilevel interventions addressing synergies between ecological systems, approaches engaging proximal processes (including parenting programmes) and interventions facilitating the agency of the developing refugee child.
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