Health Of Children From Refugee Backgrounds

Ahn had not left this oppressive environment, he would have grown up in extreme poverty and would be a very different person due to the trauma that poverty causes. Refugees are here to escape poverty and persecution; because they have experienced severe trauma, they are at a much higher risk of psychiatric illness than the general population. I believe that these statistics can be reduced if our negative attitude towards marginalized groups changes. Because of the media and government induced stereotypes, Australians often show disdain towards refugees. This inhibits their adjustment to Australian society and creates further division among us. 'The Happiest Refugee' is a valuable resource in the fight against racism because it shows that refugees share our values, embrace our culture and are eager to contribute to Australian society, and I strongly support it’s inclusion in the Rochedale State High School English program.

In this paper I will discuss about the Syrian refugees Crisis, the characteristics of the of Syrian refuges crisis, how similar or different it the Syrian refugee crisis is from other refugee crisis, how Syrian refugee crisis affects individuals, families, and communities, what relevant research exists on the Syrian refugee crisis, and what key strategies have been known to be useful in this crisis, how one promote resilience in this crisis and how the social workers personal value affect him/her in addressing this crisis.

Refugees are people who crossed borders, fleeing due to problems related to race religion and nationality. While fleeing, refugees unknowingly carry many diseases due to lack of mental help and attention. When coming to a new country, refugees have no self-esteem to get jobs due to the language barrier. Refugees who flee their country and sacrifice everything are confident and strong willed with all the obstacles that come through their journey to start a new life. The long-term effects that a refugee experiences due to forced migration is Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and depression. Forced migration has a negative mental and physical affect on refugees.

Beside the genetic and life style that are individual determinants of health, there are many other factors -known as social determinants of health- which are varies even for the people who are living in the same society. They are defined as “social, cultural, environmental, and political factors that can affects the health of individuals” (Rumbold & Dickson-Swift, 2012, p. 40). This assignment will discuss the influence of one of the social determents of health, accessing to health services on health of a specific target group; refugees and migrant population in Australia. The Refugee Convention 1951 defines refugees as ‘‘persons outside their country of origin who are unable or unwilling to return because of a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social, or political opinion’’. Australia receives about 12,000 refugees each year. This population faced many difficulties in accessing to health services such as cultural and

universal refugee experience is shared with many refugees, including having to learn a new language, becoming sick and malnourished, and having to make new friends in their new home.

According to the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, as of June 2016 there are “33,972 people a day forced to flee their homes because of conflict and persecution” (UNHCR). A lot of these refugees who must resettle also have to try and fit into a new society. How the receiving community welcomes them plays a big part in how well children can adapt (Fantino and Colak). Ha has to deal with her peers bullying her for her differences (Lai 146) and racist acts towards her family (Lai 164). This negative welcome causes Ha to feel very neglected and hated. Refugees like Ha have to handle things like discrimination from peers which makes it difficult to fit into a new environment until they can find confidence and themselves.

Refugees are people who are coerced to flee their homes, for fear of persecution. There are many reasons that they need to flee including race, religion, nationality and political opinion.(Gevert). Ha was forced to flee Saigon and had to leave her old life behind, because of their view on communism. This meant Ha would have to go to a new school with new people, like many other refugees around the world. Ha like many other refugees have to adjust to their new schools, while having no friends to back them up from society's racism. Refugee children have trouble adjusting to their schools and friend groups, due to the racism in many communities, but are eventually able to reconstruct, like Ha in the novel Inside Out and Back Again.

Moreover, whilst refugees manage [attempt] to persevere through their previous hardships, they will continue to face greater complications in their lives such as struggling to merge into their new culture. As suggested in the article "Refugee and Immigrant Children: A Comparison," (71) stated "They share with adolescents the desire to be accepted by their peers. Both groups may experience a role and dependency reversal in which they may function as interpreters and cultural brokers for their parents... Perhaps the greatest threat is not the stress of belonging to two cultures, but belonging to none." In other words, the author implies that like immigrants, refugees can face the dilemma of not being considered a part of their new culture. The

In 2012, Canada received approximately 23,000 refugees and their families (Statistics Canada, 2012). Canada welcomes an ethno cultural diversity and follows the international mandate to ensure safety, stability and accessibility to health services for refugees. The refugees come from different countries, which are socioeconomically unstable, and they are in search of stability and a better destiny. Canada is recognized as one of the most developed countries in the world, it is undeniable that the protection of refugees will be provided. The Ottawa Newcomer Clinic, located in Ottawa, is one of the agencies that welcomes newcomer refugees. This clinic plays an essential role in the reintegration of refugees in their new environment and provides preventive healthcare services. To improve its services, the team members of the clinic are committed to promoting mental health in order to undertake a holistic approach in the care of refugee youths. Consequently, it is important to explore the obstacles facing this particular population using the Population Health model in order to identify startegies for mental health promotion programs that aims to optimize the health status of refugee youths. This brings us to review the importance of mental health among refugees and concepts involved, such as importance of the role of health care providers who have direct contact with the target population as well as mental health promotion.

Four health determinants that influence the health status of children living in Australia and Iraq are access to services, housing, culture and stress. Having access to services can act as a secondary prevention of ill health and can reduce the burden of disease in a community. If many people in a community do not have access to medical services the spread of disease will be higher and the population of the community will also be at a higher risk of contracting a disease. Children in Australia are fortunate to be able to readily have access to medical services on a regular basis. The quality of these services are closely monitored by the government with many health benefits and health care services provided. Many of these services are free

Refugees experience many traumatic events throughout both their lifetime in their home country and during their trip of refuge. According to an online database by the name of Infobase Learning, “Refugees are at particular risk of developing mental health problems because of the trauma they often experience before and during flight, such as war-related violence, genocide, sexual assault and torture,” (Infobase Learning). By understanding the fact that refugees undergo many harrowing incidents, people may begin to grasp the fact that these events traumatize the refugees making them an unnecessary issue in the United States and other first world countries to deal with. As reported by the National Alliance on Mental Illness, 43.8 million adults in the U.S. alone experience a mental illness in a given year. This number is only increasing every year in addition to the growing amount of refugees we accept annually, the United States and other first world countries will be overloaded with the complication of mental health issues. Considering that daily life is already complicated enough, first world countries should not be obligated to accept refugees. These displaced people need not to come first world countries, instead stay in their own home country. If transported to the U.S. or other first world

The second factor in refugees educational barriers and needs deals with how fast parents and children acculturate. Researchers suggested that in order for refugee students, to acculturate successfully, they must merge new and native cultures in an additive assimilation strategy, or upward mobility and ethnic solidarity. Political, social,

The author states that we must build a family-centered approach to refugee mental health. To the majority of people it might seem obvious that when it comes to treatment, it should not be one size fits all. Yet that seems to be what mental health professionals are doing with the majority of refugees.

In the article “Letter to a Young Refugee” by Andrew Lan, Andrew writes to a young child in a refugee camp giving them a range of advice on how to survive. Andrew uses a variety of tactics while writing the article including structure, and tone. The author's purpose is to guide a young refugee using his own personal experience of life in a refugee camp. This article is intended for a young audience giving them valuable and inspiring life advice.

Advocacy for change at the policy level regarding Italy’s treatment of refugees and their health needs encompasses the third intervention proposal. The previously mentioned factors causing post-migration depression in refugees and asylum seekers all stem from the institutional incapacity and neglect of the Italian government. It cannot be expected for refugees and asylum seekers to successfully to find their footing without access to basic services and without any background knowledge in aspects of Italian society such as the language. Immigration policy changes regarding these nonexistent rights must occur in the pursuit of reducing the depression present in those that have migrated to Rome.