Refugee Youth and Transition to Further Education, Training, and Employment in Australia: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Young people with refugee experiences are widely acknowledged as encountering multiple disadvantages that affect their school completion and retention, university entry, and subsequent employment. This paper discusses the rationale for and protocol of a mixed methods investigation focusing on improving education and employment outcomes among refugee background youth aged 15 to 24 years from three focus regions: the Middle East (Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria), South Asia (Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar/Burma, Pakistan) and Africa (Sudan, South Sudan, Liberia, Ethiopia, Somalia, DR Congo).

Objective

The rationale of the project is to identify the facilitators and barriers to successful transition from school to further education and employment; investigate participant awar

SUBMITTER: Ziaian T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6693298 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature