Search for dissertations about: "refugee children"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 swedish dissertations containing the words refugee children.

  2. 1. Psychology of the refugee, the immigrant and their children : Development of a conceptual framework and application to psychotherapeutic and related support work

    Author : Binnie Kristal-Andersson; Institutionen för psykologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; refugee; support work; treatment model; psychotherapy; psychology; refugee and immigrant children; torture rehabilitation; refugee trauma; refugee psychology; immigrant psychology; immigrant; psychological framework; Psykologi; immigrant;

    Abstract : In recent years, awareness has grown of the necessity of understanding the inner world of refugees (in particular traumatized refugees), immigrants, and their children. These groups have come in increasing numbers to Scandinavia, and otherwise confident and capable professionals in all arenas of mental health, social work and other fields have often felt inadequate when working with them. READ MORE

  4. 2. Refugee Children and Families : Psychological Health, Brief Family Intervention and Ethical Aspects

    Author : Gunilla Jarkman Björn; Per A Gustafsson; Gunilla Sydsjö; Cécile Rousseau; Linköpings universitet; []
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    Abstract : Background: There are more than 45 million refugees and displaced people in the world. Children constitute almost half of the refugee population. READ MORE

  5. 3. “That will be your home” : Resettlement preparations for children and youth from the Horn of Africa

    Author : Mehek Muftee; Jakob Cromdal; Anna Lundberg; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Resettlement; cultural orientation program; refugee; children; Sudan; Kenya; Sweden; stereotyping; agency; discursive practices; Vidarebosättning; barn; Sverigeprogram; Kenya; Sudan; agens; stereotypifiering; flyktingskap; diskursiva praktiker;

    Abstract : This thesis analyzes how children and youth being resettled from Kenya and Sudan were prepared for their upcoming resettlement to Sweden, through cultural orientation programs (COPs). COPs are held for refugees who have been granted permanent Swedish residence and are undergoing resettlement to Sweden. READ MORE

  6. 4. Living in the present with the past : mental health of Bosnian refugee children in Sweden

    Author : Stephen Goldin; Bruno Hägglöf; Lars Åke Persson; Anders Hjern; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; child and adolescent; refugee; multiple informants; war; traumatic events; mental health; PTSD; risk factors; social network; family; coping; Child and adolescent psychiatry; Barn- och ungdomspsykiatri;

    Abstract : The negative impact of war on child mental health has been repeatedly documented. Still, the majority of children exposed to ethnic and political violence show no signs of clinical disorder. READ MORE

  7. 5. Forced repatriation of unaccompanied asylum-seeking refugee children : towards an interagency model

    Author : Johanna Sundqvist; Anna-Karin Hurtig; Mehdi Ghazinour; Mojgan Padyab; Kenneth Ögren; Solvig Ekblad; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; collaboration; coping; forced repatriation; interagency collaboration; mental health; social support; social workers; Sweden; police officers; psychosocial job characteristics; unaccompanied asylum-seeking refugee children;

    Abstract : Introduction Not all children seeking asylum without parents or other relatives are entitled to residence permits. In the last few years, more than one in four unaccompanied asylum-seeking refugee children have been forced to repatriate, either to their home country or to a transit country. READ MORE