Health needs of refugee children identified on arrival in reception countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The worldwide number of refugees has considerably increased due to ongoing wars, national instability, political persecution and food insecurity. In Europe, about one-third of all refugees are children, an increasing number of which are travelling alone. There are often no systematic medical health assessments for these refugee children on entry in reception countries despite the fact that they are recognised as an at-risk population due to increased burden of physical and mental health conditions. We aimed to perform a systematic review of the literature to describe the health status of refugee children on entering reception countries.

Methods

A systematic search of published literature was conducted using the terms refugee, immigrant or migrant, medical or healt

SUBMITTER: Baauw A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6782036 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature