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This qualitative study explored the experiences of health visitors working with refugee and asylumseeking families in central London, and assessed the dimensions of their cultural competency using Quickfalls model (Quickfall, 2004, 2010). In-depth interviews were conducted with 14 health visitors. Data were analysed using Framework, a thematicbased analytical method. The findings revealed that the health […]
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This ethnographic study used an interpretive theory of culture to investigate the principles and factors underlying the delivery of culturally competent nursing care. Initially, a theoretical view was derived from the nursing literature, which led to the development of the Five Steps Model of cultural competence (Quickfall, 2004). This model incorporates organisational values, cultural awareness, […]
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Background: In New South Wales (NSW), the use of mainstream early childhood nursing services by families of refugee background is limited. Our aims were to describe a targeted Early Childhood Nurse Program after its first 12 months of operation, including staff impressions of achievements and how the program might be improved. Methods: Routinely collected data […]
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Sexual orientation-based asylum claims have historically been fraught with difficulties. Although considered eligible for refugee protection in a small number of countries beginning the 1990s, knowledge and acceptance of sexual minorities is itself a relatively recent phenomenon in the countries that accept their claims. In many cases decision-makers have been shown to rely on stereotypes […]
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The entitlement of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) individuals to claim asylum on the basis of their sexual identities has been a contentious matter, as sexual identity was not a ground of claim explicitly recognised under the 1951 Refugee Convention. Nonetheless, the United Kingdom (UK) has incrementally recognised the ability of LGB asylum-seekers to claim […]
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Several debates persist on how the key terms of the refugee definition apply in the context of LGB asylum claims. For example, identifying whether the thresholds of persecution have been met when the maltreatment experienced by LGB persons is often distinctive is particularly challenging. This chapter focuses on one of the most pressing of these […]
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This study is the first to assess whether smartphone apps can be utilised to improve financially capable behaviours. In this study four smartphone apps, packaged together under the title ‘Money Matters’, were provided to working-age members (16–65 years) of the largest credit union in Northern Ireland (Derry Credit Union). The smartphone apps consisted of a […]
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Purpose: Mental health disparities exist among Black, Asian and Minority Ethnics (BAME) populations. This paper aims to provide an overview of mental health services designed for the BAME population in the UK, both established BAME communities and refugee/asylum-seekers. Design/methodology/approach: A range of electronic databases were searched for peer-reviewed studies conducted within the past decade in […]
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We evaluated the impact of the Friendship Project, a program designed to improve elementary school children’s attitudes toward refugees. Participants either received 4 weekly lessons based on the program, or they received no lessons. All participants completed attitude measures before and after implementation of the program. Half completed the post-test 1 week after completion of […]
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This study investigated the experiences of, and interactions between, participants of a Forum theatre workshop, which addressed the issue of the refugee child at school. Staged by a UK theatre company, whose actors had, in their own lives, experienced being homeless and/or refugees, the workshop was investigated as it was performed in three London secondary […]