A Scoping Review of Refugee Children's Health Conditions, Outcomes, and Measures Used in Refugee-Serving Public Health Centres/Clinics in Canada.

ABSTRACT: Refugee-serving primary health centres/clinics (PHCs) provide culturally safe, integrated care for refugee children, yet little is known about how their health conditions and outcomes are assessed. This scoping review examines the current literature on the health conditions and outcomes of refugee children aged 0-5 years and how they are measured in refugee-serving PHCs in Canada. In partnership with the New Canadians Health Centre and guided by Joanna Briggs Institute methodological guidelines, we systematically searched Medline, CINAHL, Scopus, and Embase. Included studies focused on refugee children in Canada and reported health conditions, outcomes, and their measurements within PHCs. Twenty-five studies (2008-2024) met the inclusion criteria, most from Ontario (n = 11), followe

SUBMITTER: Botwe A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12841079 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature