The Journey to Wellness: Stages of Refugee Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

被引:50
作者
Lawrence A. Palinkas
Sheila M. Pickwell
Kendra Brandstein
Terry J. Clark
Linda L. Hill
Robert J. Moser
Abdikadir Osman
机构
[1] University of California,Immigrant and Refugee Health Studies Program, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine
[2] University of California,Division of Graduate Nursing Studies
[3] The California Program of Project Concern International San Diego,Refugee and Immigrant Services, Catholic Charities
[4] Diocese of San Diego,undefined
[5] Linda Vista Health Care Center,undefined
来源
Journal of Immigrant Health | 2003年 / 5卷 / 1期
关键词
refugees; disease prevention; HIV; psychiatric disorders; health promotion;
D O I
10.1023/A:1021048112073
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摘要
Refugees experience a threefold challenge to their health and well-being: 1) psychiatric disorders precipitated by the refugee experience, 2) infectious and parasitic diseases endemic to countries of origin, and 3) chronic diseases endemic to host countries. This paper documents the “journey to wellness” in which these challenges are faced in stages by the refugees themselves and by the array of health and social service agencies committed to providing refugee assistance. Using the experience of a consortium of agencies in San Diego as an example, we examine the interaction between these challenges and the mobilization of organizations to develop a program of health promotion and disease prevention for Somali and other East African refugees. This mobilization involves a series of steps designed to facilitate refugee confidence, comprehension, and compliance with prevention efforts through community-provider partnerships and negotiation between refugee and organizational explanatory models of disease causation and prevention.
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页数:9
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