Impact of displacement context on psychological distress in refugees resettled in Australia: a longitudinal population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Refugees typically spend years in a state of protracted displacement prior to permanent resettlement. Little is known about how various prior displacement contexts influence long-term mental health in resettled refugees. In this study, we aimed to determine whether having lived in refugee camps v. community settings prior to resettlement impacted the course of refugees' psychological distress over the 4 years following arrival in Australia.

Methods

Participants were 1887 refugees who had taken part in the Building a New Life in Australia study, which comprised of five annual face-to-face or telephone surveys from the year of first arrival in Australia.

Results

Latent growth curve modelling revealed that refugees who had lived in camps showed greater initia

SUBMITTER: Nickerson A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9281487 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature