Asylum seeking children and adolescents in Australian immigration detention on Nauru: a longitudinal cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Immigration detention has a profound and negative impact on the physical health, mental health, development and social-emotional well-being of children, adolescents and their families. Australian clinicians will report results from detailed health and well-being assessments of asylum seeking children and adolescents who have experienced prolonged immigration detention.

Methods and analysis

This is a national, multicentre study with a longitudinal cohort design that will document health and well-being outcomes of the children and adolescents who have been detained in offshore detention on the remote island of Nauru. Outcome measures will be reported from the time arrival in Australia and repeated over a 5-year follow-up period. Measures include demographics, resi

SUBMITTER: Zwi K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7073805 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature