SynthesisPloS one2022
Determinants of food security among people from refugee backgrounds resettled in high-income countries: A systematic review and thematic synthesis.
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- Beyond conventional metrics: a scoping review of cultural food security definitions and indicators for migrant populations.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
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- Response to a Letter to the Editor.Public health nutrition · 2026Article
- Silent struggles: food insecurity and mental health among Syrian refugees in Türkiye.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Are the Australian Dietary Guidelines Fit for Purpose for Culturally Diverse Populations? A Qualitative Study.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2026Article
- Person-centred, community-oriented, and diversity sensitive primary care for migrants; a EFPC position paper.Primary health care research & development · 2026Review
- Effect of a stepped-care trauma rehabilitation programme for migrants in Germany: the 'NAT counselling intervention' study protocol for a naturalistic parallel group trial with a regression discontinuity design for quasi-randomization.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Australian settlement workers' use of food security information resources with refugee clients: a qualitative exploration.Public health nutrition · 2026Article
- Implications of water insecurity for food practices and health in contexts of migration and displacement: evidence from the US-Mexico borderlands.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Accessibility To Ethnic Food Stores Authorized by the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in Washington State.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2025Article
- Improving nutrition for migrant children in Europe through policy: A scoping review.Journal of migration and health · 2025Article
- Determinants of food insecurity among Syrian refugee women and their coping strategies.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- Prevalence and risk factors of food insecurity among Syrian refugees in Türkiye.BMC public health · 2024Article
- 'It is human work': qualitatively exploring community roles that facilitate cultural food security for people from refugee backgrounds.Public health nutrition · 2024Article
- Does cardiorespiratory fitness moderate the relationship between overweight, cardiovascular risk markers and mental health among forcibly displaced individuals living in a Greek refugee camp?Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
- Disparities in kidney care in vulnerable populations: A multinational study from the ISN-GKHA.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
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- Associations between food insecurity and child and parental physical, nutritional, psychosocial and economic well-being globally during the first 1000 days: A scoping review.Maternal & child nutrition · 2024Article
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Abstract
Food is intrinsically linked to culture, identity, and for people with lived refugee experiences, cultural foods are a critical part of settlement into a new country, which is often a time of high stress and dislocation from friends and family. However, cultural foods in settlement countries may be unavailable or inaccessible, adversely impacting on food security. This systematic review aimed to identify facilitators and barriers to accessing foods in high-income countries for people with lived refugee experiences. Sixteen health databases were searched from June 2020 and April 2021 and 22 articles met the inclusion criteria. Bias was assessed using a modified thematic synthesis method and the relevant Joanna Briggs Institute risk assessment checklist. Findings were thematically synthesised and the socio-ecological model and postcolonialism were used as a lens through which the data was viewed. Analysis revealed three themes: "Practicalities and Pragmatism"; "Identity, Belonging and Placemaking"; and "Postcolonial and Societal Influences". The determinants of food security were present across all levels of the socio-ecological model and people with lived refugee experiences used practical and pragmatic strategies to feed their families. Food was intrinsically linked to identity, belonging and placemaking, and as such, people preferred consuming cultural foods. Societies adversely affected the food security of people from refugee backgrounds by limiting their access to resources and restricting cultural food gathering practices, impacting on their ability to access or afford foods, especially cultural foods. To improve food security for people with lived refugee backgrounds, governments and organisations should collaborate with the cultural communities with lived experiences of accessing cultural foods, appreciate their strengths, and recognise the value of social and cultural capital.
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