Stronger together: Community resilience and Somali Bantu refugees.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Refugee populations are at risk of adverse mental health outcomes. It is important to identify refugee strengths at the community level that can be leveraged to overcome barriers to well-being. In pursuit of this goal, this study focuses on identifying what promotes community resilience among Somali Bantu refugees in the United States.

Method

Researchers used snowball-sampling strategies in a large New England city to recruit 81 Somali Bantu youth and adults to participate in 14 focus groups conducted between 2011 and 2013. Researchers used principles of thematic content analysis to analyze data specific to the construct of community resilience.

Results

Authors identified 2 main components of Somali Bantu community resilience: independence and cultural pres

SUBMITTER: Frounfelker RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6765444 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature