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SynthesisJournal of immigrant and minority health2023

Multisystemic Resilience and Psychosocial Wellbeing among Older Refugees: A Systematic Review with Implications for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS).

Julie A Tippens, Sarah Erwin, Kari Eller, R Marie Dutra Gross, Brittany Bearss, Blakelee Kemp, Elizabeth Mollard, Lucy Njiru, Patrick Okwarah, Angela L Palmer-Wackerly and 1 more

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Synthesis in Journal of immigrant and minority health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Julie A TippensDepartment of Child, Youth and Family Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 391 Carolyn Pope Edwards Hall, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA. jtippens@unl.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0465-3570
Sarah ErwinDepartment of Child, Youth and Family Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 391 Carolyn Pope Edwards Hall, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA.
Kari EllerDepartment of Child, Youth and Family Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 391 Carolyn Pope Edwards Hall, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA.
R Marie Dutra GrossDepartment of Child, Youth and Family Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 391 Carolyn Pope Edwards Hall, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA.
Brittany BearssDepartment of Child, Youth and Family Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 391 Carolyn Pope Edwards Hall, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA.
Blakelee KempDepartment of Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5614-0323
Elizabeth MollardCollege of Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Lincoln, NE, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0221-3459
Lucy NjiruAmref International University, Nairobi, Kenya.
Patrick OkwarahAmref International University, Nairobi, Kenya.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5322-947X
Angela L Palmer-WackerlyDepartment of Communication Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8384-5225
Alice LakatiAmref International University, Nairobi, Kenya.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3246-6924
University of Nebraska–Lincoln · USAmref Health Africa · KEUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Older refugees experience poor mental and emotional health outcomes compared to younger counterparts. Although older adults are instrumental in family/community adjustment in postmigration settings, little is known about how to enhance psychosocial resilience in this population. The aim of this systematic review is to glean deeper insight into the protective factors and processes associated with older refugees' resilience and positive psychosocial health in postmigration settings. We searched eight electronic health and social science databases. Twenty-three articles met the criteria for inclusion; we analyzed these using a multisystemic resilience lens. Studies spanned 1991 to 2022; importantly, 15 of the 23 articles were published in the past decade, indicating growing attention to the mental and psychosocial health of older refugees. Only six of the included articles focused on older refugees living in low- and middle-income countries, revealing a contrast between where most of the world's refugees reside and where the majority of mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) research is conducted. We found tremendous variation in determinants of psychosocial resilience based on the politico-historical contexts of migration; sociocultural backgrounds of refugees; and distinct postmigration needs, resources, and settings. Broadly, macrosystem determinants of resilience included security, access to basic services, and maintenance of culture and spirituality. Mesosystem factors were related to social support from families, ethnic communities, religious networks, and host country nationals. Finally, microsystem determinants of older refugees' resilience included language acquisition, cognitive reappraisal, and sense of optimism. Our findings suggest the importance of interdisciplinary, multilevel research designs to highlight how multiple ecosystems interact to promote psychosocial resilience among older refugees. Taken together, this systematic review offers important insight into multilevel protective factors and processes to enhance culturally and contextually meaningful MHPSS for older refugees.

Indexed as

Mental HealthRefugeesAgedEcosystemHumansPsychosocial Support SystemsSocial SupportAgingCross-cultural gerontologyMental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS)Older adultsRefugees

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PMID37453972
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