SynthesisBMC public health2025
Health assets among refugees in Australia: a systematic review.
Synthesis in BMC public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
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.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
3 citing papers in PubMed.
- Reduced social support perpetuates disadvantage across the lifespan for Australian women.BMC women's health · 2025Article
- The Health and Well-Being of Women and Girls Who Are Refugees: A Case for Action.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Review
- Health Promotion Interventions Targeting Refugees Resettling in Major Resettlement Countries. A Scoping Review.Journal of primary care & community healthArticle
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
8 authors.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundA health assets-based approach seeks to identify health-promoting or protective factors across multiple levels. Evidence of the health assets of refugees at the individual, family, and community levels in Australia is scarce. We aimed to synthesise current evidence from Australia to identify refugee health assets and explore how they influence health and well-being. We explored existing strengths that can be harnessed to ensure sustainable, equitable, and culturally responsive health interventions.
methodsWe systematically reviewed qualitative and quantitative observational and experimental Australian studies. We searched MEDLINE/PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, psych INFO, Web of Science Core Collection and SCOPUS, and used Covidence software for screening and collating articles. We adapted a health assets model for this study using four intersectoral domains and applied it to data extraction and qualitative content analysis.
findingsTwenty-nine observational studies were included in this review. Studies reported a relationship between health assets and improved physical, mental, and social well-being of refugees resettled in Australia. A sense of belonging and identity, resilience, acculturation, and well-being most frequently intersect with social capital. This was built through engagement with family and friend networks, participation within cohesive and friendly cultural and host communities, and involvement with religious and educational organisations. Access to education, employment, and community-based activities positively impacted the well-being of refugees.
conclusionA health assets model is a valuable approach to examining protective factors. Refugee social capital and connectedness are strongly linked to resilience, acculturation, health, and well-being. Further research is needed using participatory assets mapping to examine the effects of co-produced interventions that harness the assets of diverse refugee groups to improve health and well-being.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.