Characterization of Premigration and Postmigration Multidomain Factors and Psychosocial Health Among Refugee Children and Adolescents After Resettlement in Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

A better understanding of the psychosocial health of resettled child and adolescent refugees and associated premigration and postmigration factors may help this population integrate effectively.

Objective

To estimate the associations of premigration and postmigration multidomain factors with psychosocial health after resettlement among young refugees of different ages.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study used wave 3 data from the Building a New Life in Australia (BNLA) cohort study, as they represented the first time a BNLA study included a child module targeting children and adolescents in the migrating unit as a nested component of the broader study. The study population consisted of children aged 5 to 10 years and adolescents age

SUBMITTER: Guo L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10080375 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature