Search for dissertations about: "interpreters and unaccompanied minors"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words interpreters and unaccompanied minors.

  2. 1. Restricting participation : Unaccompanied children in interpreter-mediated asylum hearings in Sweden

    Author : Olga Keselman; Ann-Christin Cederborg; Per Linell; Carl-Martin Allwood; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Children; conditions for participation; interpreter-mediated asylum hearings; communication.; Barn; delaktighet; tolkmedierade utredningssamtal; kommunikation.; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : The overall goal of this thesis was to highlight different communicative aspects of participation in interpreter-mediated asylum hearings with unaccompanied Russianspeaking children who had applied for asylum in Sweden between 2001 and 2005. Participation in the asylum process is guaranteed to these children by the Swedish Administrative Law and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which are incorporated in the Swedish Aliens Act. READ MORE

  4. 2. Mental health service use among refugee children, other migrant children, and children born in Sweden : what are the differences and why does it differ?

    Author : Ester Gubi; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: Research shows that migrant children, and especially refugee migrant children, are at increased risk of poor mental health. Given that mental disorders are the leading cause of disability among children and youth globally, and that many children and adolescents with mental disorders do not reach services for their mental health conditions, research into utilization among potentially vulnerable groups is much needed. READ MORE