Sociodemographic Characteristics and Mental and Physical Health Diagnoses of Yazidi Refugees Who Survived the Daesh Genocide and Resettled in Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The health status of Yazidi refugees, a group of ethnoreligious minority individuals from northern Iraq who resettled in Canada between 2017 and 2018 after experiencing genocide, displacement, and enslavement by the Islamic State (Daesh), is unknown but important to guide health care and future resettlement planning for Yazidi refugees and other genocide victims. In addition, resettled Yazidi refugees requested documentation of the health impacts of the Daesh genocide.

Objective

To characterize sociodemographic characteristics, mental and physical health conditions, and family separations among Yazidi refugees who resettled in Canada.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective clinician- and community-engaged cross-sectional study included 242 Yaz

SUBMITTER: Hassan N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10339151 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature