ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Refugees' Agency: On Resistance, Resilience, and Resources.
Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Resistance, Intentionality, and Endurance: Understanding Asylum-Seeking Mothers' Agency During Resettlement in Montreal, Canada.Transcultural psychiatry · 2026Article
- The decision-making pathway and enablers to the utilization of assisted reproductive technology in Lagos metropolis: an interpretive phenomenological study.BMC women's health · 2026Article
- Person-centred, community-oriented, and diversity sensitive primary care for migrants; a EFPC position paper.Primary health care research & development · 2026Review
- Impact of Displacement on Refugee Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Participatory Study Using Photovoice.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2025Article
- Person-centred integrated primary care for refugees: a mixed-methods, stepped wedge design study to assess the impact.Primary health care research & development · 2025Article
- Developing a Collaborative Approach to Support Access and Acceptability of Mental Health Care for Refugee Youth: An Exploratory Case Study with Young Afghan Refugees.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Counter-narratives against hardships among Syrian refugee youth and parents.Transcultural psychiatry · 2024Article
- Agency and Mental Health Among Peruvian Older Adults During the COVID-19 Lockdown.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2023Article
- Coping and Resilience Strategies among Ukraine War Refugees.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
This study set out to answer the question 'Which kinds of agency do refugees perform when dealing with mental health problems of themselves and their children?'. Aiming to gain more insight in why it seems harder for refugee parents and minors than for the native population to talk to health professionals about their mental health and wellbeing, we combined two theoretical notions of agency to investigate a broad spectrum of informants' behaviour. We conducted 25 interviews with 30 refugees from 8 countries (Syria, Yemen, Iran, Afghanistan, Armenia, Eritrea, Turkish Kurdistan, Vietnam), whose Dutch residence permit varied from 26 years to less than one year. Data were analysed through open and axial coding, followed by pattern analyses. Although sometimes refugees seek (mental) healthcare, at other times they show agency by doing 'nothing' or by deliberately using distracting activities to deal with severe stress. Making use of resources available to them, oftentimes refugees show agency in ways that are less visible to healthcare professionals, by surviving, showing resilience, and suffering. In these cases, we think healthcare for refugees should intervene in a non-medical way, e.g., by supporting them to obtain resources that help refugees to (re)gain agency.
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