Barriers and facilitators to access mental health services among refugee women in high-income countries: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Based on the Global Trends report from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee, in high-income countries, there are 2.7 refuges per 1000 national population, girls and women account for nearly 50% of this refuge population. In these high-income countries, compared with the general population refuge women have higher prevalence of mental illness. Thus, this review was conducted to examine the barriers to and facilitators of access to mental health services for refugee women in high-income countries for refugee resettlement.

Methods

We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, and CINAHL databases for research articles written in English with qualitative component. The last search date was on March 14, 2020. A narrative synthesis was conducted to gather key synth

SUBMITTER: DeSa S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8985267 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature