Understanding the relationship between social support and mental health of humanitarian migrants resettled in Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Forced migration can lead to loss of social support and increased vulnerability to psychological distress of displaced individuals. The aims were to ascertain the associations of sociodemographic characteristics and social support received by resettled adult humanitarian migrants in Australia; determine the relationship between social support and mental health at different intervals following humanitarian migration; and examine the modification effects of gender, age and migration pathway on that relationship.

Methods

A secondary analysis was conducted of data generated in Waves One (three to six months after resettlement), Three (three years after resettlement) and Five (five years after resettlement) of the Building a New Life in Australia prospective cohort stu

SUBMITTER: Doma H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9472377 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature