Community-Based Intervention for Kosovar Refugee Families Is Effective

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Weine ◽  
D. Raina ◽  
M. Zhubi ◽  
M. Delesi ◽  
D. Huseni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Based ◽  
Refugee Families ◽  
Kosovar Refugee

scholarly journals “I have Felt so Much Joy”: The Role of Emotions in Community Sponsorship of Refugees

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny Phillimore ◽  
Marisol Reyes-Soto ◽  
Gabriella D’Avino ◽  
Natasha Nicholls
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Group Formation ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Individual Group ◽  
Refugee Families ◽  
The Uk

AbstractResettlement programmes are considered one solution to displacement following the so-called refugee crisis. Private or community-based sponsorship models enable volunteer groups to take responsibility resettling refugees. The UK Community Sponsorship scheme (CS) allows volunteer groups to support refugee families in their community. This paper explores the role of emotions in CS using Jaspers three-stage social action life cycle (1998) drawing upon Doidge and Sandri’s (Br J Sociol 70: 463–480, 2018) positive and negative emotions, Jaspers (Sociol Forum 13: 397–424, 1998) reactive and affective continuum and Hoggett and Miller’s (Community Dev J 35: 352–364, 2000) individual/group features to explore the role of emotions in CS work. Using interview data collected from 123 interviews with 22 sponsorship groups, we find across the life cycle that there is a shift from negative reactive emotions during group initiation to positive affective emotions during consolidation and finally a mix of negative and positive affective emotions as groups become sustained. Understanding the role of emotions in motivating and sustaining volunteers is essential to the success of the CS, to encourage group formation and reduce burnout.

scholarly journals Think Globally, Act Locally: Community-Engaged Comparative Politics

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 733-736
Author(s):  
Amy Risley
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Politics ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Partners ◽  
Refugee Families ◽  
Intercultural Competency ◽  
Arduous Task ◽  
Global Connections ◽  
Community Based Learning ◽  
Diverse Groups

ABSTRACTThis article describes how comparative politics specialists can adopt community-engaged strategies and other innovative pedagogies to emphasize local–global connections. It discusses a comparative course on urban social movements that requires sustained, community-based learning. Students are placed in organizations advocating for refugee families, Latinx communities, and people in situations of homelessness. Engagement with community partners supports student learning in meaningful ways. Students apply social-movement theory to real-world situations, develop an understanding of activists and the communities they seek to empower, and gain intercultural competency by working with diverse groups. They also grapple with different modes of social action and models of citizenship. Most important, students learn to investigate activism comparatively through analysis of overseas cases. Bridging the local and the global in a single semester can be an arduous task, but undergraduates have embraced this challenge.

Community-Based Interventions With Refugee Families Using a Family Systems Approach

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanja Pejic ◽  
Andrea E. Alvarado ◽  
Robyn S. Hess ◽  
Sarah Groark
Keyword(s):  
Family Support ◽  
Family Systems ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Community Based Interventions ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Refugee Families ◽  
Study Application

The purpose of this article is to identify how family-focused, community-based interventions can be implemented with refugee families in order to enhance their well-being and adaptation to their new communities. Past efforts at delivering these family support interventions using the Prevention and Access Interventions for Families (PAIF) framework to refugee families are reviewed. Through the case study application, recommendations for supporting refugee families are provided.

A community-based qualitative study of intergenerational resilience with Palestinian refugee families facing structural violence and historical trauma

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 357-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devin G. Atallah
Keyword(s):  
Extended Family ◽  
Historical Trauma ◽  
Situational Analysis ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Family Networks ◽  
Community Based Research ◽  
Positive Adaptation ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Refugee Families ◽  
Palestinian Refugee

The purpose of this study was to explore resilience processes in Palestinian refugee families living under Israeli occupation for multiple generations. Qualitative methods, critical postcolonial theories, and community-based research approaches were used to examine intergenerational protective practices and to contribute to reconceptualizations of resilience from indigenous perspectives. First, the researcher developed a collaborative partnership with a nongovernmental organization (NGO) in a UN refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. Then, with the support of this NGO, semistructured group and individual interviews were completed with a total of 30 participants ( N = 30) ranging in age from 18 to 90 years old coming from 5 distinct extended family networks. Using grounded theory situational analysis, the findings were organized in a representation entitled Palestinian Refugee Family Trees of Resilience (PRFTR). These findings explain resilience in terms of three interrelated themes: (a) Muqawama/resistance to military siege and occupation; (b) Awda/return to cultural roots despite historical and ongoing settler colonialism; and (c) Sumoud/perseverance through daily adversities and accumulation of trauma. The study findings shed light on how Palestinian families cultivate positive adaptation across generations and highlight how incorporating community-based perspectives on the historical trauma and violent social conditions of everyday life under occupation may be critical for promoting resilience. Results may be relevant to understanding the transgenerational transmission of trauma and resilience within other displaced communities internationally.

scholarly journals Evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of the Healthy Together program for immigrant and refugee families in Canada

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Huisken ◽  
Joan L. Bottorff ◽  
Catherine Nesmith
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Community Services ◽  
Social Connections ◽  
Healthy Lifestyles ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Community Based Organizations ◽  
Refugee Families ◽  
Immigrant And Refugee

Purpose Healthy Together (HT) is an innovative family education program focused on bringing families together to promote physical activity and healthy eating. The HT program was implemented in 10 community-based organizations across Canada offering services to immigrant and refugee families. The purpose of this study was to explore the feasibility and acceptability of HT when offered to these families. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional, non-comparative design was used. Caregiver participants were invited to complete a survey at the end of 15, 30 or 24 HT sessions. Trained program facilitators and directors of community-based organizations also provided feedback on the program. Findings Among the 203 caregiver participants, 135 (64%) were born outside of Canada. These caregivers were more likely to attend 50% or more of the HT sessions than Canadian-born caregivers. Survey responses show that the HT program was acceptable to immigrant and refugee caregivers and held important benefits for families including positive changes in healthy eating and physical activity, strengthening social connections and learning about community services and resources. Areas for enhancing the HT program for immigrant and refugee families were identified by participant caregivers and community organizations delivering the program. Practical implications The HT program demonstrates the value of family-centered program models in supporting immigrant and refugee families in establishing healthy lifestyles and building social connections in ways that hold promise for long-term impact. Originality/value The HT program model demonstrates strong potential to fill gaps in community programming for immigrant and refugee families. Although focused on promoting healthy lifestyles, the program extends additional benefits that can positively influence resettlement trajectories. The findings contribute to the growing field of implementation studies that are focused on expanding the reach and impact of community health interventions in a real-world setting while reaching multiple target populations.

Bioterrorism-Related Beliefs, Attitudes and Behaviors of Community-Based Clinicians

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (S2) ◽  
pp. S48
Author(s):  
Robyn R. M. Gershon ◽  
Kristine A. Qureshi ◽  
Stephen S. Morse ◽  
Marissa A. Berrera ◽  
Catherine B. Dela Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Community Based ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
And Behaviors

Community-based dental programs: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Dental School

1999 ◽  
Vol 63 (12) ◽  
pp. 969-975 ◽  
Author(s):  
WR Cinotti ◽  
RA Saporito ◽  
CA Feldman ◽  
G Mardirossian ◽  
J DeCastro
Keyword(s):  
New Jersey ◽  
Dental School ◽  
Community Based

American Speech-Language Pathologists' Training and Legislative Knowledge When Working With Immigrant and Refugee Populations: A Qualitative Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 1148-1161
Author(s):  
Camilo Maldonado ◽  
Alejandro Ashe ◽  
Kerri Bubar ◽  
Jessica Chapman
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Limited English Proficiency ◽  
Linguistic Diversity ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
Federal Mandates ◽  
Refugee Families ◽  
Provision Of Services ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Immigrant And Refugee

Background American educational legislation suggests culturally competent speech and language services should be provided in a child's native language, but the number of multilingual speech-language pathologists (SLPs) is negligible. Consequently, many monolingual English-speaking practitioners are being tasked with providing services to these populations. This requires that SLPs are educated about cultural and linguistic diversity as well as the legislation that concerns service provision to non-English or limited English proficiency speakers. Purpose This qualitative study explored the experiences of monolingual, American, English-speaking SLPs and clinical fellows who have worked with immigrant and refugee families within a preschool context. It investigated what training SLPs received to serve this population and what knowledge these SLPs possessed with regard to federal legislation governing the provision of services to culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) communities. Method Ten American clinicians with experience treating CLD children of refugee and immigrant families in the context of preschool service provision participated in the study. Semistructured interviews were utilized to better understand the type of training clinicians received prior to and during their service delivery for CLD populations. Additionally, questions were asked to explore the degree to which practitioners understood federal mandates for ethical and effective service provision. The data collected from these interviews were coded and analyzed using the principles of grounded theory. Findings The results of this study revealed that there was a general sense of unpreparedness when working with CLD clients. This lack of training also attributed to a deficiency of knowledge surrounding legislation governing service provision to CLD populations.

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