Teachers' experiences of supporting the mental health needs of refugee students in resource-poor settings: a qualitative study in Iran.

ABSTRACT: Background: Exposure to traumatic events is common amongst children from refugee backgrounds. Given the restricted access of refugee children to formal specialist resources and disrupted parental support mechanisms in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), teachers are increasingly expected to be the primary responders to the complex psychosocial needs of trauma-exposed refugee children. However, despite LMICs hosting over two-thirds of the world's refugee children, our current knowledge of how teachers respond to these needs is predominantly drawn from studies conducted in well-resourced, high-income countries, which fails to capture the unique experiences of teachers in inadequately resourced schools in LMICs.Objective: We aimed to explore qualitatively the experiences o

SUBMITTER: Rajabi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12424147 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature