SynthesisHealth expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2022
Improving primary health care quality for refugees and asylum seekers: A systematic review of interventional approaches.
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41 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.
- Primary healthcare models for refugees involving nurses: a systematic review and narrative synthesis.BMJ global health · 2025Pooled it
- Improving primary health care quality for refugees and asylum seekers: A systematic review of interventional approaches.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2022Pooled it
- Mental Health Supports for SOGIE Asylum Seekers in Canada: A Community-Responsive Scoping Review.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- From crisis to care at a refugee community health centre: a community-based participatory qualitative study of refugee experiences and outcomes.Health promotion international · 2026Article
- The impact of public health services on the quality of life of migrants in China: an examination based on health records and health education.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Expectations Shaped Elsewhere: Refugee Experiences of Healthcare in Aotearoa New Zealand.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026Article
- Population-oriented health promotion and disease prevention interventions in primary healthcare: a scoping review of reviews.BMC primary care · 2026Article
- Person-centred, community-oriented, and diversity sensitive primary care for migrants; a EFPC position paper.Primary health care research & development · 2026Review
- 'Respond'-A novel approach to healthcare delivery for people seeking asylum.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- A service evaluation of clinicians' Signposting of asylum seekers and refugees (ASRs) attending an emergency department in South-West England.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Community health assets and refugee wellbeing: Qualitative evidence across mental health, disability inclusion, end-of-life care, and women's health - A global scoping review.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Social prescribing for refugee populations: a protocol for a rapid realist review of international evidence.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Barriers to and Enablers of Preventive Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Among Women Seeking Asylum in Melbourne, Victoria: A Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Unpacking the Mystery of the Ontario Healthcare System in Canada: Ukrainian Temporary Migrants and Healthcare System Navigation.The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres · 2025Article
- Factors influencing general practice nurse's implementation of culturally responsive care, using normalization process theory: A cross-sectional study.Journal of advanced nursing · 2025Article
- "The Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Community Is Not Just Minoritised But Ignored": Engaging Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities in Australia With Blood-Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmissible Infections Healthcare.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
- Transition in care interventions for Refugee, Immigrant and other Migrant (RIM) populations: a health equity-oriented scoping review.Globalization and health · 2025Article
- Development and implementation of a digital clinical decision support system to increase the quality of primary healthcare delivery in a refugee setting in Chad.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the Context of Global Travel, Migration, Refugee Populations, and Humanitarian Crises.Clinics and practice · 2025Review
- Communication practices with patients using a language other than French: a cross-sectional survey in a university hospital in France.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundIt has been widely acknowledged that refugees are at risk of poorer health outcomes, spanning mental health and general well-being. A common point of access to health care for the migrant population is via the primary health care network in the country of resettlement. This review aims to synthesize the evidence of primary health care interventions to improve the quality of health care provided to refugees and asylum seekers.
methodsA systematic review was undertaken, and 55 articles were included in the final review. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews was used to guide the reporting of the review, and articles were managed using a reference-management software (Covidence). The findings were analysed using a narrative empirical synthesis. A quality assessment was conducted for all the studies included.
resultsThe interventions within the broad primary care setting could be organized into four categories, that is, those that focused on developing the skills of individual refugees/asylum seekers and their families; skills of primary health care workers; system and/or service integration models and structures; and lastly, interventions enhancing communication services. Promoting effective health care delivery for refugees, asylum seekers and their families is a complex challenge faced by primary care professionals, the patients themselves and the communication between them.
conclusionThis review highlights the innovative interventions in primary care promoting refugee health. Primary care interventions mostly focused on upskilling doctors, with a paucity of research exploring the involvement of other health care members. Further research can explore the involvement of interprofessional team members in providing effective refugee/migrant health. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION: Patient and public involvement was explored in terms of interventions designed to improve health care delivery for the humanitarian migrant population, that is, specifically refugees and asylum seekers.
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