Mental health and child refugees
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DOI: 10.1080/09540261.2022.2072190
Abstract: Abstract This paper presents an overview of the importance of mental health services for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the United Kingdom. It reviews what mental health support appears to be available in the United Kingdom… read more here.
Keywords: health; united kingdom; health child; asylum seeking ... See more keywords
Outsourcing the ‘best interests’ of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the era of austerity
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DOI: 10.1080/1369183x.2017.1404266
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article examines the governance of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) and former UASC in the U.K. and reveals the expanding reach of asylum privatisation to unaccompanied children. In the process, the principle of the… read more here.
Keywords: best interests; seeking children; unaccompanied asylum; asylum ... See more keywords
Challenging the Welfare System and Forcing Policy Innovation? Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking Children in Sweden and Germany
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DOI: 10.1093/jrs/fez036
Abstract: The article examines from a comparative perspective how Sweden and Germany reacted to the unprecedented increase in unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) in 2015. Concretely, it analyses on the basis of Windrum’s taxonomy of public-sector innovation… read more here.
Keywords: sweden germany; seeking children; unaccompanied asylum; policy ... See more keywords
Failure to thrive among asylum-seeking children: A descriptive study from Turkey.
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DOI: 10.1111/phn.13199
Abstract: OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to determine failure to thrive among asylum-seeking children. DESIGN The study was a descriptive study. SAMPLE The sample of the study comprised of 187 children who were registered… read more here.
Keywords: thrive among; asylum seeking; seeking children; among asylum ... See more keywords
Screening for infection in unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and young people
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DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2019-318077
Abstract: We aimed to evaluate a screening programme for infection in unaccompanied asylum seeking children and young people against national guidance and to described the rates of identified infection in the cohort. The audit was conducted… read more here.
Keywords: unaccompanied asylum; seeking children; asylum seeking; infection unaccompanied ... See more keywords
Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and young people – Understanding their journeys towards improved physical and emotional health
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DOI: 10.1177/1359104520925865
Abstract: In 2018, approximately 20,000 unaccompanied children and young people applied for asylum in a European Union country. Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children present with significant emotional and physical health needs. These needs are likely the result of… read more here.
Keywords: children young; unaccompanied asylum; seeking children; asylum seeking ... See more keywords